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CATALOGUE

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LEPIDOPTERA PHALAEN At

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BRITISH MUSEUM.

VOLUME VIII.

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PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.
1909.

CATALOGUE

OF THE

NO GQ ito D 7

IN THE

COLLECTION

OF THE

BRITISH MUSEUM.

Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, Barr.

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PREFACE

Tuer subject of Vol. VIII. of the ‘Catalogue of Moths’ is the
second part of the Noctuid subfamily Acronyctine; it contains
720 species belonging to 104 genera as compared with 843
species belonging to 96 genera in Vol. VII., leaving 171 genera
to be dealt with in the third and final part of the subfamily,
which it is hoped will appear before the end of the current year.

Sir George Hampson desires to thank all those who helped
him with the earlier volumes of the Catalogue for their assistance
in the preparation of the present volume.

SIDNEY F, HARMER,

British Museum (Natural History), Keeper of Zoology.
March 18th, 1909.

SYSTEMATIC INDEX,

Fam. NOCTUID..........
Subfam. ACRONYCTINZ..

Cosmodesy Gens an. skis an ssi
3591. elegans (Donov.)......
Waray Hey neces aeit este 6s
3592. prasinaria (Wik.) ....
3593. malachitis (Oberth.) ..
3594. pulchripicta, Wik. ....
Daseocheta, Warren
3595. viridis (Leech)
3596. metapheea, Hmpsn.....
3597. pallida (Moore)
38098. vivida (Leech) ........
3599. vigens ( W/k.)
3600. brevipennis, Hmpsn. ..
3601. fasciata (Moore)......
3602. chrysochlora (Hmpsn.) .
3605. alpium (Osdeck)
3604. miuscosa (Hmpsn.) ....
3605. discibrunnea (Moore) . .
3606. marmorea (Leech) ....
3607. verbenata (Dist.)......
3608. beryllodes (Turner)
Leuconycta, Hmpsn.
3609. ‘diphteroides (Guen.) 60
3610. vesta (Schaus)........
Agriopodes, Hmpsn.
8611. fallax (Herr.-Schaff.) ..
3612. geminata (Smith)
3613. tybo (Barnes)
3614. viridata (Zarv.)
Rolionyeta, Himpsn..-........
3615. apicata, Himpsn. ......
Thalatha, Wik.
3616. malagassica, Hmpsn. ..
3617. dinaya (Beth.-Buker) ..
3618. eceicei (Beth.- Baker) ..
3619. psorallina (Lower) ....

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3620.
3621.

cebee (Beth.-Baker) ..
conjecturalis (Swinh.)
3622. sinens ( W7k.)
3623. melaleuca, Hmpsn.....

Goenycta, Hmpsn.

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3624. niveiguttata (Zmpsn.) .

Tycracona, Moore
3625. obliqua, Moore ......
Craniophora, Snell. ..........
3626, nigrivitta (Hmpsn.)
3627. fasciata (JZoore)
3628. albonigra ( Herz.)
3629. preeclara (Gres.)......
3630. nubilata (Zmpsn.) .
3631. pontica (Staud.)
3632. paragrapha (Leld.) ..
3633. ligustri (Schiff)
3634. obscura, Leech ........
AGOMICID, IAs 060555005900
3685. theodora, Schuus......
3636. mansueta, Smith ......
3637. hemileuca, Pung.
3638. strigosa (Schiff-)
3639. vinnula (Grote)
3640. paupercula, Grote ....
3641. lepetita, Smith........
3642. parallela (Grote)......
3643. alborufa, Grote
3644. connecta, Grote
3645. exilis, Grote..........
3646. modica, Wk.
DLs Oye, CHOW ooconasse
3648. heesitata (Grote) ......
3649. hasta, Guen.
3650. marmorata, Smith ....
3651. albiorbis, Hmpsn.
3652. jancousci (Oberth.) ....
3653.
3654.
3600.

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Vili SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

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Acronycta (con.). 3710. radcliffei (Harv.) .... 127
3656. brumosa, Guen. ...... 78 8711. felina (Grote) ........ 128
3657. velia, Schaus ........ 79 3712. frigida, Smith ........ 129
38658. inclara, Smith ........ 50 3713. cyanescens, mpsn. .. 129
3659, clarescens, Gen. .... 80 3714, pacifica, Smith ...... 130
3660. minella (Dyar) ...... 81 3715. interrupta, Guen. .... 18
3661. superans, Guen. ...... 82 3716, spinigera, Guen. ,..... 131
3662. subochrea, Grote...... 83 | 38717. auricoma (Schiff.) .... 132
3663. noctivaga, Grote...... 84 3718. pulverosa, Hmpsn. .... 188
8664. carbonaria, Gres. .... 85 3719. menyanthidis ( View.).. 154
8665. subornata, Leech ...... 85 3720. canadensis, Sith §Dyar 1385
3666. afflicta, Grote ........ 86 3721. cinderella, Smith...... 135
3667. hamamelis, Guen. .... 87 | 3722. lepusculina, Guen. .... 156
BOOS MM Cre tae Otel ele 88 | 8723. chionochroa, Hmpsn. .. 186
3669. retardata (W/k.)...... 88 3724, populi, eye on ese 137
3670. ceesaree, Smith........ 89 | 3725. similana, Snuth ...... 138
8671. impleta, Wik. .....7.. 90 | 3726. castridia, SUBD e631 133
De, We, SUGTE oa coasco5 90 3727, metaxantha, Himpsn. .. 139
3673, pruinosa, Guen. ...... 91 3728. nigricans, Leech ...... 140
3674. consanguis, Buti .... 92 3729. emaculata, Smith .... 140
3675, albistigma, South .... 98 | 3730, impressa, W/k. ...... 141
3676. rumicis (Linn.) ...... 93 3731, .distans (Grote) ...... 142
3677. lutea, Brem. & Grey .. 95 37 32. edolata (Grote) ...... 143
8678 catocaloida, Gres. .... 95 | 3733. lithospila, Grote ...... 143
3679. quadrata, Grote ...... 101 3734. barnesi, Smith ...... 144
8680. strigulata, Smith...... 101 3735. perdita, Grote ........ 145
8681. thoracica ((rrote) .... 102 3736. extricata (Grote)...... 145
3682. Jeetitica, Smith....... 103 Moves Chee (“eWHh)) scoecace 146
3688. lobeliz, Guen........-. 104 3788. raphaelis, Uberth. .... 147
3684. manitoba, Smeth...... 105 3739. rubricoma, Guen. .... 148
3685. turcifera, Guen. ...... 105 3740. centralis, Ersch. ...... 148
3686. psi (Linn. Nee ee eis 106 | 38741. megacephala (Schiff) .. 149
3687. aia ( (SERGI) coosoc 108 SA, HIE, Jeo ebb oo on 150
3688. incretata, Hmpsn. .... 109 | 3748. bicolor, Moore........ 150
3689. cuspis, Tibi een OV 3744s betulees sities 151
3690. leucocuspis, Butl, .... 111 | 3745. americana (Harris).... 151
3691. orientalis, Wann...... 11 3746. hesperida, Smuth...... 152
3692. maxima (Moore)...... 112 3747. hastulifera (Smith &
SOS, TB, QUMs oconconene 113 Ab0OE) ot ete eae 153
3094, hercules, Feld. ...... 114 3748. dactylina, Grote ...... 164
2695. rubiginosa, IVik..... ,. 115 3749. insite. Cea 155
8696. taurica, Staud. ...... 115 3750. innotata, Guen. ...... 155
8697. aceris (Zznn.) ......,. 116 3701. othello, Smith oo... 0. 156
HEV MAO JGR ooscdoce Ole 3752. longa, Guen ae 157
8699. eldora, Syuth ,....... 118 | 98758. sperata, Grote........ 157
3700. tritona (JEG) gob 0.00 119 | 3754. euphorbiee (Schiff) .... 158
3701. faleula (Grote) ..,... 120 3755. abscondita, 7reit. .... 159
3702. elizabeta, Smith ...... 120 3756. cretata, Snuth ........ 160
3708. revellata, Snuth ..,... 12) | (877. leporinan (277728) eal 161
Os zorisca Uae nen 12277) Hulonches (Grote eae 162
3705. alni (Linn.) ...-.... 123 | 8758. oblinita (Knuth § Abbot) 163
3706. funeralis, G7 ote S Rob.. 124 3799. arioch (Streck.) ...... 164

3707. morula, Grote & Rob... 125 37€0. lanceolaria (Grote) .... 164

3708. transversata, Smith.... 126 3761. insolita (Grote) ...... 164
3709. tota (Grote)...... oe let | Merolonche:(Guote aaa 165

SYSTEMATIC INDEX. 1X

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3762. lupini (Grote) ........ 165 3807. albiclava, Druce...... 198
37638. ursina, Smith § Dyar.. 166 | Andropolia, Grote .......... 199
3764, spinea (Grote) ........ 167 3808. diversilineata (Grote).. 199

Siloti, Muawies “Sosdodsoea4s 168 3809. illepida (Grote) ...... 200
3765. hypzenides, Staud. .... 168 | 3810. pulverulenta (Smith) .. 201
Elypeuthina, Leds) on. 6.. 169 3811. contacta (Wik.) ...... 202
3/66. fulvurita, Led......... 169 3812. pallifera (Grote) ...... 202
3767. numida (Oberth.) .... 170 3813. dispar (Smzth)........ 203
Pseudoligia, Staud........... 170 3814. ochracea (Smith) .... 204
3768. similiaria (Mén.)...... 171 3815. olorina (Grote) ...... 204
Scotocampa, Staud........... 171 3816. aedon (Grote) ........ 205
3769. indigesta, Staud....... 172 | 3817. extincta (Smith) ...... 206
Leiometopon, Staud. ........ 172 | 8818. theodori (Grote) ...... 206
3770. simyrides, Staud. .... 172 | 3819. maxima (Dyur) ...... 207
‘Sime, Cees, Sedoacosoosvse 173 | 3820. acera (Smith) ........ 208
3771. buettneri ( Hering) .... 174 | Lithomoea, Miibn. ........... 208
3772. nervosa (Schiff.) ...... 174 | 3821. rectilinea (Zsp.) ...... 209
3773. splendida (Staud.) .... 175 3822. xylinoides (Guen.) .... 210
3774, dentinosa (Fir.) ...... 175 | 3823. brunneicrista (Smzth).. 211
Sijomennicia (Groce). 176 | 8824. indistincta (Smith) .... 212
S776, colloentln (Sime) oce0 NOU |) Wiullenere, 4M, scoccco0d5006 213
3777. albovenosa (Goeze) .. 177 3825. catomelas, Alph....... 213
3778. sepistriata (Alph.).... 178 | Fota, Grote ..:............. 214
3779. albicosta, Hmpsn. .... 178 3826. minorata, Grote ...... 214
3780. contusa'((Wiki) ...... 178 | 38827. armata, Grote ........ 215
3781. conspersa, Moore .... 179 | Oxycnemis, Grote .......... 215
Thome, GHGs oo¢n56006ssa00 179 3828. fusimacula, Smith .... 216
3/82. contaminei (Zv.) .... 179 | 3829. gustis, Smith ........ 217
Calophasidia, Hmpsn. ...... 180 | 38830. baboquavaria, Smith .. 217
3783. lucala (Swinh.) ...... 180 | 3881. advena, Grote ........ 218
3784. radiata (Swinh.) ...... 181 3832. subsimplex, Dya .... 218
3785. dentifera, Hmpsn. .... 182 | 38383. acuna, Barnes ........ 219
WetolaV lucy Oh acta tees sia, ies 182 | 3834. gracillinea (Grote) .... 219
3786. rubricosta, Hmpsn. .. 183 | 3835. adusta, Smith ........ 220
Sitio Clemmemmn, We so6ccanc SS e\yebalan Grocer cece 220
3788. radiata, Hmpsn. ...... 184 | 3886. ptychophora, Grote .. 221
Nilewioy Ne: JONG Soo ca oe nA SDS 185 | Leucocnemis, Aanpsn. ...... 221
3789. nigrivittata, Hmpsn. .. 185 3837. sectilis (Smith) ...... 222 |
3790. inangulata, Hmpsn. .. 186 3838. perfundis (Smith) .... 222
BIO. those, JOVGES ~ soos odes 186 | 38839. nivalis (Smeth) ...... 223
3792. actinophora, Hmpsn. .. 187 | Stomafrontia Hmpsn......... 223
3798. selecta (Wik.) ...... 188 3840. albifasciata, Hmpsn. .. 228
8794. hemileuca, Hmpsn. .. 189 | Cephalospargeta, Méschl. .... 224
3795. neotropicalis, D. Jones . 189 | 3841. elongata, Méschl. .... 224
Dein Gains Yoosecoccccumce SOM ee rochirinaxse7707 51 teres 225
3796. goniosema, Hmpsn, .. 191 3842. luteomedia (Smuth) .. 225
3797. intermedia (Brem.).... 192 | Copibryophila, Smith ........ 226
3798. ramosula (Given.) .... 193 | 3848. angelica, Smith ...... 226
3799. steuarti (Grote) ...... 193 | Prodicella, Hmpsn.........+: 227
3800. stolifera, Saalm. ...... 194 | 3844. darena (Druce) ...... 227
3801. campyla, Hmpsn. .... 194 | Escaria, Grote ............ .. 228
3802. gnorima (Piing.) ...... 195 | 3845. clauda, Grote ........ 225
3803. detersina (Stawd.) .... 196 | Aleptina, Dyar ............ 229
3804. indica (Wik.) ........ 196 SS46, inca, Yar aaa 229
3805. peterseni (Christ.) .... 197 | Prorachia, Hmpsn........... 230

3006. nea (Diruce) ........ 198 ' 8847. daria (Druce) ........ 230

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3848. rectiradiata (mpsn.).. 251
3849. pergentilis, Grote .... 232
Taloynelll (CORHRe oo5ccuedoon0000 232
3850. cylindrica (Grote) .... 238
3851. notalis, Grote ........ 253
Catabenay Wii sone cease <8 234
3852. esula (Druce) ........ 234
3853. lineolata, Wk. bo omen)
3854. vitrina (Wik.)........ 236
3855. terens (Wik.) ........ 286
(Cremona, ViWes sa wsoodeodso 237
3800, involuta, Wilke. ..2... 2387
Calogramma, Guen. ........ 238
3857. festiva (Donov.) ...... 239
IPROCleWIe, CG. coococp000et 240
3858. rubrifusa, Hmpsn. .... 240
3859. dolichos (Fabr.) ...... 242
33860. pulchella (HHenr.-Schdff.) 243
3861. androgea (Cram.) .... 244
3862. litura (Fabr.) ........ 245
3863. latifascia, Wik. ...... AT
3864. ornithogalli, Gwen. .... 248
3e6o. preetica, Grote... ..... 250
3866. marima, Schaus ...... 251
SpodopterastGvven amare ernie: 251
3867. umbraculata (Wik.) ... 252
3868. pecten, Guen. ........ 252
3869. abyssinia, Guen. .... 204
3370. compta ( Wik.) 255

3871. mauritia (Boisd.) .... 256
3872. postfusca, Hmpsn. .... 258

Laphygma, Guen. ....5..... 208
3873. leucophlebia (mpsn.) . 259
3874. apertura (W/k.) ...... 260 |
3375. exempta (Wik.) ...... 261
3876. frugiperda (Smeth &

Ps lO) Maino tes oo. 60 c 262
3877. flavimaculata (Harv.) . 264
3878, exigua (ftibn.) ...... 265

Neolaphygma, Hmpsn. ...... 266
3879. leucoplaga, Hmpsn. .. 267

Lophotarsia, Hmpsn. ........ 268
3880. ochroprocta, Hinpsn. .. 268

Stauropides, Hmpsn. ........ 269 |
3881. superba (Druce) ...... 269
3882. persimilis, Hmpsn. .... 270

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3883. eridania (Cram.) .... 271
3884. peruviana (Wik.) .... 273
3885. ochrea, Himpsn. ...... 273
3886. sunia, Guen........... 274

Anthas Stauds i 4 oe sas ene 274
Biloy gfe (VATE) jSoged hoc 275

Acroviay Wilkie. wegen ee 276
3888. terens (Wik.) ........ 276

SYSTEMATIC INDEX,

3889. denterna (Guen.)......
3890. mexicana, Hmpsn. ....

3891. diminuta (Gwen.)
Acroriodes, Himpsn.

3892. diplolopha, Druce ...

Paracroria, Hmpsn.

Strigiphlebia, Hmypsn.
3895. flavirena, Hmpsn.

Centrarthra, Hmpsn. .......
3896. furcivitta, Hmpsn. .... 2
Mimleucania, ZImpsn......... 2

3895. griseocincta (Hmpsn.).. :
Thyatirodes, Hmpsn. .......
3894. gvodalma (Schaus) ...

3897. leucosoma ( eld.) 285
3898. perstriata, Hmpsn. .... 286
Rhabinopteryx, Christ. ..... 287
3899. turanica (Ersch.)...... 237
3900. subtilis (Mad:)........ 288
IDONEAECCIA,, GWA. coccoccococse 288
SAO, Msiwwlla 4) ooscnac 288
WWemegina, Suan, occcoonsonce 289
3902. oreophila, Staud. .... 290
Swill, SuGWido soosccecosne= 29)
OR, irewlles, JPW Sabegnuc 291
3904. anomala (fHaw.) ...... 291
Prestilbvas Stands sane eee os
3905. armeniaca, Staud. .... 292
Hypostilbia, Honpsn. ........ 298
3906. megastigma (Piing.) .. 298
3907. correpta ( Ping.) ..... 294
Ainphidrina, Staud. 1.2... 294
3908. pexicera, Himpsn. 295
3909. amurensis (Staud.) .... 296
3910. glaucistis (Hmpsn.).... 296
3911. intaminata (W/k.) .... 297
3912. speelotidia (But. ) 207
3913. agrotina, Staud. ...... 298
PRUNE, JEMHSO, 5 6000000000 299
3914. chionopis, Hmpsn. .... 299
3915. albipuncta (Hmpsn.) .. 860
3916. ceca (Hmpsn.) ..... 300
3917. melanopis, Himpsn. .. 301
3918. leucopis (Ampsn.) .... 302
3919. nephrosticta, Hmpsn. .. 303
3920. capicola (Herr.-Schiff.). 303
3921. rutipuncta (Hmpsn.) .. 508
3922. poliostrota, Hmpsn. .. 304
3923. microtera (7Zmpsn.) .. 304
3924. tenebrata (Himpsn.) .. 300
3925. expolita (Butl.) ..... 305
3926. externa (Wi/k.) ..... 306
3927. cervina (Moore) ..... 306
3928. castaneipars (Moore) .. 807
3929. foveata, Hmpsn....... 207
3930. delecta (Woore) ..... 315

B98 1.
3982.
3933.
3984.
3000.
39386.
5987.
3938.
3939.
3940.
3941.
3942.
3943.
3944.
3945.
3946.
3947.
3948.
3949,
3950.
3951.
3952.
3953.
3954.
3956.
3956.
3957.
3958.
3959.
3960.
3961.
3962.
3963.
3964.
o965.
3966.
3967.
3968.
3969.
3970.
3971.
3972.
3973.
3974.
3975.
3976.
3977.
3978.
3979.
3980.
3981.
3982.
3983.
3984.
3985.
3986.

SYSTEMATIC INDEX, x1

Page
conspicua (Leech) .... 3138
triquetra (Grote) .... 314
atriluna (Gwen.) ...... 315
gonionephra, Hmpsn... 315
preetexta (Sroih.) 316
GConuusay CL77) sels 317
placata (Leech) ...... 317
divisa (Moore)........ 318
neviulls, (JEM) ao00 66 318
alsines (Brahm) ...... 319
blanday(Sch7fa er. > 320
ambigua (Schiff) 321
superstes (TZrezt.)...... 322
respersa (Schiff.)...... 322
leucosticta, Hmpsn. 323
interstincta (Moore) .. 324
longiciliata, Hmpsn. .. 324
fasciata (Moore) ...... 325
satellitia (Hmpsn.) .... 3825
conformis ( W/k.) 326
pulmonaris (EZsp.) .... 326
flavar(Oberth.)\s.....-. 327
usen (ULEEEN) Sooondos els)
TmGROER, (WHat) 6 sconone 328
rebeli (Staud.)........ 329
rougemonti (Spiiler) .. 329
jurassica (Riggenbach) . 330
Selimin((boUsds)ien a 331
flavirena (Guen.)...... 39
vullschlegeli (Piing.) .. 382
selinoides (Bell.)...... 338
menetriesi (Avetschmar) 338
bremusa (Swrrh.) .... 334
multifera (Wik.)...... 354
himaleyica (Koli.) .... 385
chinensis (Leech) .... 386
clavipalpis ( Scop.) .... 336
extima (Wik.)........ 337
frmsen) (WBDs)) o.c0coc0can 338
hispanica (Mab.)...... 838
ingrata (Staud.) ...... 339
Alona (JB0s))oco0070000 340,
rere (GHAR) oadaon00 340
fusicornis (Rmbr.) .... 341
melanosticta, Hmpsn... 342
flavipuncta, Hmpsn. .. 348
croceipuncta, Hmpsn... 345
germaini (Dup.) .....- 344
obtusa (Hmpsn.)...... 344
ignava (Giuen.) ...... 340
jolene) (Cai,)) sosocuee 346
sincera (Swinh.) ...... 346
placida (Moore) ...... 347
cognata (Moore)...... 347
singula (Moschl.) 348
348

heliastis, Hmpsn. ....

Page

3987. anomeceosis, Haipsn. ., 349
3988. albirena (Hmpsn.) ..., 349
3989. leuconephra, Hmpsn. .. 350
3990. bicornis (Hmpsn.) .... 3850
3991. meralis (Morr.) ...... 351
3992. melanopis, Hmpsn..... 351
3993. glauca (Hmpsn.)...... 3852
3994. melanephra, Hmpsn. .. 352
3995. atrirena (Hmpsn.)’.... 353
996. absorbens (W/k.) .... 854
3997. pallicornis (Feld.) .... : 354.
3998. pertinax (Staud.) 309
3999. vicina (Staud.) ...... 355
4000. flavitineta, Hmpsn. .. 356
4001. stygia, Hmpsn. ...... 357
4002. paupera ( Christ.) . 397
4003. morpheus (Hiifn.) .... 357
4004, eeschria, Hmpsn......, 358
4005. nitens (Saalm.) .. BO9
4006, funesta (Staud.) ...... 859
4007. gluteosa (7vrert.)...... 360
4008. tarda (Gwen.) ........ 360
4009. smintha (Hmpsn.) .... 861
4010, aspersa (Rmbr.) ...... 362
4011. maculatra (Lower) .... 562
4012. bimacula (W7k.)...... 363
4013. maurella (Staud.) .... 363
4014, hypereeschra, Hmpsn... 564
4015. variana (Swink.)...... 364
AOIG eulvan(@Donz.) ns 365
4017. drasteroides (Smith) .. 365
4018. tixseni (Christ.) ...... 366
4019. casearia (Staud.)...... 566
4020. melanurina (Staud.) .. 367
Prometopus, Guen. .......... 367
4021. flavicollis (Leech) .... 367
4022. albistigma (Swinh.) .. 568
4023. horologa (Meyr.) .... 569
4024. inassueta (Gwen) .... 869
4025. nodyna, Zwirner ...... 370
IBRAMOC MOD, MGT 6 00600006 370
4026. psammias, Meyr....... 371
4027. thermidora, Hmpsn. .. 871
4028. macropa (Lower) ..., 372
4029. paradesma, Lower .... 3/2
4030. alphitias, Meyr....... 373
IN GeTROy NI, JEDI, soo oe ne oe 373
4031. rhodocentra (Lower) .. 374
Omphaletis, Hinpsn. ........ 374
4032. florescens (W7k.) .... 87¢
4033. passalota (Turner) .... 876
4034, exundans (Gwen.) .... 377
4035. heliosema (Lower) .... 877
4036, nuna (Guen.) ........ 378
4037, melodora (Lower) .... 879
4038. metaneura (Lower)..., 3880

Xil SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Omphaletis (con.).
4039, sarcomorpha (Loves) . .
4040, petrodora (Lower) ....
4041. xerampelina (Twrner). .

Page
380
381
381

4042. plinthina (Turner) .... 382
4043. ethiopica, Hmpsn. .... 382
AXTAADUGA, LW sooadgodcoscec 383
4044, ochroleuca (Zower).... 383
4045, pelosticta (Lower) .... 383
4046. endesma (Lower) .... 384
4047. cornuta (Lower) ...... 385
4048. euchroa (Lower)...... 385
4049. angasi (Feld.) ........ 386
4050. amathodes (Twrner) .. 386
4051. excisa (Hei.-Schaff.).. 387
4052. semiluna (Hmpsn.).... 388
40538. tortisigna ( WTk.) .. 890
4054, chrysospila (Lower) .. 391
4055. paragypsa (Lower) .... 392
4056. gypsina (Lower) ...... 392
4057. paratorna (Lower) .... 393
4058. chionopasta, Himpsn. .. 393
4059. cyanoloma (Lower).... 394
4060. callimera (Lower) .... 394
4061. etoniana (Lower) . 395
4062. hydreecioides (Guen.).. 395
4063. marginalis (W/k.) .... 396
4064. microspila (Lower) .... 397
4065. atmoscopa (Lower).... 897
4066. confinis (Wik.) ...... 398
4067. poliocrossa (Turner) .. 398
4068. porphyrescens (Lower). 399
4069. bistrigula ( Wik.) , 399
4070. capularis (Guen.) .... 400
4071. comma (Wik.) ...... 400
4072. atra (Guen.).......... 401
4073. microdes (Lower) . 402
4074. atrisquamata (Lower) . 405
4075. cryphea (Turner) .... 403
4076. heterogama (Lower) .. 404
4077. monochroa (Lovwer’) 404
4078. adelphodes (Lower) 408
4079. leucosticta (Terner) .. 405
4080. interferens (Wik.) .... 406
4081. flexirena (Wik.) ...... 406
4082. adelopa (Lower) ....:. 407
4083. nycteris (Yurner) .... 407
4084. basisticha (Zwner).... 405
4085. striolata (Butl.) ...... 408
4086. acallis (Turner) ...... 409
4087. melanographa (Turner). 409
NCO) PECTS Naso 6 b0.0 G06 ¢ 410
4088. pacifica, H. Edw. .... 410
4089) catina, Harv. . 0. J... 410
4090. incana, H. Edw....... 411
4091. perpallida, Grote...... 412
Acosmetia, Steph. .......... 412
4092. tenuipennis, Honpsn. .. 412

Page

4093. caliginosa (Hiibn.) .... 413
4094. arida, de Joan. ...... 414
i Betilamanva Agee Al 4
4095. minima (Haworth).... 414
4096. palustris (Hiibn.)...... 415
4097. anotha (Dyar) ...... 416
4098. camina (Smith) ...... 417
Amefrontia, Hmpsn. ........ 417
4099. purpurea, Hmpsn. .... 417
Ethiopica, Hmpsn. .......... 418
4100. vinosa (Hmpsn.)...... 418
4101. cupricolora (Hmpsn.).. 419
4102. polyastra, Hmpsn. .... 419
4105. hesperonota, Hmpsn. ., 420
4104, micra (Hmpsn.) ...... 420
4105. asteropa, Hmpsn. .... 421
Paromphale, Himpsn. ........ 421
4106. ceeca (Swinh.)........ 421
Hypoperigea, Hmpsn......... 422

4107. albonotata (Himpsn.) .. 428
4108. leprosticta (Hmpsn.) .. 423

ANOS, wunyare) (UAlss)) ok oooeoe 424
4110. tonsa (Guen.) ........ 425
4111. hemorrhanta, Turner . 425
Dysmilichia, Spetser ........ 426
4112. rufalis (Beth.-Baker).. 426
4113. gemella (Leech) ...... 427

4114. calamistrata (Moore) .. 428
4115. perigeta (Schaus) .... 428
4116. bicyclica (Staud.) .... 429
Proxenus, Herr.-Schiff. ...... 430
4117. hospes (Frr.) .....,.. 430
4118. xantholopha (Ampsn.). 431
4119. dissimilis (South) .... 481

4120. xanthopis, Hmpsn..... 432
4121. fragosa (Grote) ...... 433
4122. distracta (Ev.) ...... 435
4123. tenuis (Bufi.) ........ 434
4124, lepigone (Méschl.) .... 454
4125. nitens (Dyar) ........ 435
4126. miranda (Grote) ...... 435
4127. hennia (Swink.) ...... 436
4128. insipida (Streck.) ...... 436
4129. cinerea (Adph.)........ 436
4130. tristis (Brem.) .......- 437
Mesotrosta, Led. ..........0+ 437
4131. signalis (Treat)........ 437
Heemassia, Himpsn. ........+- 438
4132. renalis (Hiibn.) ...... 438
GaloulainGvern eee 439
4133. subapicalis, Hmpsn..... 440
4134. partita (Guwen.)........ 440
4135. castra, Schaus ........ 44]
Micrathetis, Hmpsn. ........ 442
4136. canifimbria (W7k.) .... 442
4137. triplex (WIk.) ........ 443

4136. dasarada (Druce)...... 444

Paga
Stygiathetis, Hmpsn. ....... 444
4139. mus (Hmpsn.) .....-. 445 -
Crambodes, Guen. ......... 445
4140. talidiformis, Guten. .... 446
Wlatysenta, Grote. ss sess. 447
4141. temecula, Barnes...... 447
4142. discistriga (Smith) 448
4145. videns (Guen.)....... 448
4144. albipuncta, Smith..... 449
GronodesweLlapsitme nnn ae 450
4145. dianiphea, D. Jones.... 450
4146, albifissa, Druce ..... 451
4147. obliqua, Druce....... 452
4148. liquida (Méschl.)..... 452
4149. aroensis (SAWS) oc0ec 453
BION Y 1/47 ea ee Mea eet ere a 454
4150, malana (LEGG) ooo 00 .. 404
4151. tristrigella (W7k.) 456
4152. labecula (Grote) ..... 456
Monodes, Gwen. ........... 457
4153, cuprescens, Hmpsn..... 457
4154. deliriosa (W7h.) ..... 458
' 4155. agyra (Druce) ....... 459
4156. villicosta (Wik.) ., 460
4157, devara (Druce)....... 461
4158. barbarossa, Hmpsn..... 461
4159. vittifera, Hmpsn...... 462
4160. antica (Wik.) ....... 463-
4161. fuscimacula (Grote).... 464
4162. hyposcota, Hmpsn. .... 464
4163. insipida (Dogn.) ..... 465
4164. deltoides (Moschl.) .... 465
4165. nucicolora, Giuen...... 466
4166. subrubens (G'uen.) 467
4167. punctula (Schaus) 468
4168. conjugata (Moore) . 473
4169. fissistigma ({mpsn.) .. 473
4170. albiviata, Hmpsn. 474
4171. trifissa, Hmpsn. ..... 475
4172. plectilis (Guen.) ..... 475
4173. atrisecta, Hmpsn. 476
4174. interstriata, Hmpsn. 476
4175. rubrisecta, Ampsn. .... 477
4176. costagna (Schaus) 477
4177. monyma, Druce ..... 478
4178. agrotina (Guen.) ..... 478
4179. proleuca, Hmpsn...... 479
4180. subobliqua (IV7k.) 479
418]. jalapensis (Schaus) .... 480
4182. versicolora (Grote) . 48]
4185. chaicedonia (Ziibn.) 482
4184. festivoides (Guen.) . 482
4185, exesa (Guen.) ....... 433
4186. obliquirena, Hmpsn. 484
4187. ensina (Barnes) ..... 485
4188. polysticta, D. Jones .... 485

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

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Page

4189. apicalis (Schauws) ...... 486
4190. pallescens, Hmpsn. .... 486
4191. hemipolia, Druce...... 487
4192. pheeopera, Hmpsn. .... 488
4193. niveiplaga (Schaus).... 488
4194. leucomela, Dogn....... 489
4195, mastera (Schaus)....-. 490
4196, marmorata (Schavs) 490)
4197. semirufa, Druce ...... 49)
4198. repanda (Schaus)...... 491
4199, basistigma (Wik.) .... 492
4200. hemileuca, D. Jones 493,
4201 venustula (Miidn.) .... 493
4202. pheeoplaga, D. Jones .. 495
4203. chlorozona, D. Jones .. 495
204, bertha (Schaus) ...... 495
4205, sanctanna (Guen.) 496
4206. rubripicta, Zmpsn. .... 497
4207. leucostigma, Druce .... 493
4208. algama (Schaus) ...... 498
4209. pulchra (Druce) ...... 499)
4210. orbiculata (Sehaus).... 499
421]. chionopis, Druce...... 500
4212. thoracica (Schaus) .... 501

4213. castrensis (Schaus) .... 501
4214. cenicienta (Dogn.) 502
4215. stelligera (Schaus) 503
4216. mesomela, Dogn....... 503

217. cadema (Schaus) ...... 504
4218. flaviorbis, Dogn. ...... 504
4219. callopistrica, en -. 505
4220, acaste (Herr.-Schiiff.) .. 505
4221. langia (Druce)........ 506
4222. bastula (Schaus) . 507
4223. tenebrosa, Doyn....... 507
4224, stygiata, Hmpsn....... 508
4225. heemassa, Hmpsn...... 508
4226. miochroa, D. Jones .... 509
4227. grata (fuibn.) ........ 510
4228. stenonephra, Hmpsn. .. 510
4229, lentilinea, Hmpsn. . oll
4230. targa'(Schaus) ........ 512
4931. atrisigna, Hmpsn. . ol2
4232, jonea (Schaus)........ 513
4233. editha (Schaus)........ 513
4234. lithodia (Sehaus) ...... 514
4235. thionaris (Schaus) . O14
4236. virescens (Schaus) . 15
4237. stenelea (Schaus)...... 516
4238. costipuncta (Schaus) .. 516
4239, ditrigona, D. Jones .... 517
4240, bucephalina (Mad.) .... 517
Neomilichia, Hmpsn. ........ 518
4241. caternaulti (Guen.) .... 518
4942, hylea (Cram.) ........ 519
4245. veprecola (Swinh.) .... 520

X1y

SYSTEMATIC INDEX,

Page | Page
lalaNGHO, SOME. sc ogeooassnbd Dik | Nemennerina, Sint bhecadsoan 544
4944, radiata (Leech)........ 521 4278. pectinicornis (Hmpsn.) 545
4245, biguttula (Wotsch,) .... 523 4279, licentiosa (Smith) . O45
4246. carcaroda (Dist.)...... 524 4280. alfceni (Grote)...... 546
4247. illustrata (Staud.) .... 524 4281. minor (Butl.) ....... 547
4248, cupreipennis (Moore) .. 525 4282. preecuta (Smith) ...... 947
4249, chinensis (Wilgrn.) .... 525 4283. adela ({Impsn.) ..... 548
4250. vichti (Hirschke)...... 526 4284. cashmirensis (Moore) .. 550
4251. cimerea, Ampsn. ...... 526 4285. atrescens (Hmpsn.).... 550
AID lubosas Stauwd. a see 6s 527 4286. canoa (Barnes).....,.. 501
4253. heata (Staud.) ........ 527 4287. atripars, Hmpsn. .... 552
4254. atrinota, Ampsn. . 528 4288. abalus (Smuth)....... 552
4255, modestissima (S7ell.) 528 4289, vulnerea (Grote) ...... 502
4256. viscosa (Zrr.) ........ 529 4290. flavistriga (Smith) . 093
4257. paleestinensis (Staud.) .. 530 4291. cretacea, Staud. ..... 554
4258. poliastis (Hmpsn.) .... 580 4292. accurata (Christ.) . 54
4259. ferruginea (South) 531 4293. morsa (Smith) ....... 555
4260. pyroxantha (Hmpsn.) .. 531 4294. begallo (Barnes) ..... 5d)
A261. grisea (Hmpsn.) ...... 532 4295. egestis (Smzth)...... 556
A262. pallida (Leech) ........ 532 4296. leucorena (Smith) .... 556
Hroerateniapsi.ee ce ereisan. 539 4297. albirena, Hmpsn..... 557
4263. pterota, Hmpsn. ...... 538 4298. niveirena ( Harv.) Ha SO
4264. noloides, Hmpsn......- 534 4299. consors (Smith) ..... 558
Xylomeea, Staud........ ose. OOF 4300. texana (Smith) ..... 558
4265. leetrina (Druce) ...... 530 4301. variata (Schaus) ..... 5d9
4266. didonea (Smrth) ...... 536 4302. charada (Schaus) ...... 560
4267. graminea (Gre@s.) .... 58 @arbonaeSchais mae nye 560
Ruacodes, Hinpsn. : d37 4303. obscura, Schaus ...... 560
4268. tela (Smzth) .......... 3/7 | Cingalesa, Ampsn........... 561
Agnes, IDWUP 2360006006 ¢006 588 | 4304. strigicosta (Hmpsn.) .. 561
4269. leetabilis (Smzth) ...... 53 INeastrotia,pi710p0S70 neice eels 562
4270. continens (H. Edi.) 539 4305. nigripalpis (Schaus).... 562
SON seis IOVS 66 005368 540 4306. malonia (Schaus)...... 563
@ntamecia, Stade 540 | Neomonodes, Hmpsn. ........ 564
4272. furtiva (Swinh:) ...... 541 4307. bertha (Schaus)....... 564
4273. connectens (Hmpsn.) .. 542 | Micromonodes, Hmpsn. ...... 565
4274. deceptrix (Staud.) .... 542 4308. mochensis (Schaus) .... 865
4275, minima (Swink.) ...... 543 4309. marita (Schaus) ..... 566
497%. jordana, Staud. ...... 545 4310. guarama (Scehaus) . O67
4277. contrita (Chrzst.) +25... 544

CATALOGUE

LEPIDOPTERA PHALAN A,

Family NOCTUID.

Subfamily ACRONYCTIN AA (continued).

The key to the Genera is reprinted, with some additions and correc-
tions, from Vol. VII. of the Catalogue, with the references to the pages
ot the present volume inserted with the figure (2) before them.

Key to the Genera.

A. Fore wing without an areole.
a. Fore wing with vein 7 stalked with 8, 9.
a, Fore wing with vein 10 stalked with 8, 9,
or 9 absent.
a*. Frons with pointed corneous process ...... PACHYLEPIS, p.
62, Frons with rounded prominence with
raised edges.
a, Proboscis absent ; hind wing with vein 8
anastomosing with the cell to middle,
then approximated to it to extremity ... StomarronTIA, (2) p. 223.
63, Proboscis tully developed.

a‘, Hind wing with vein 8 approximated to [(2) p. 224.
HN) Gall KO raaWCICW ponccecbonsscooHocesc00K00N CEPHALOSPARGETA,
64, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only ............ Promutopus, (2)p. 367.
c?. Frons with slight rounded prominence.
a’, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base ...... EMARGINEA, p.
63, Abdomen without crests ................2.00 MicrapaTeris, p. »

d?, Frons without prominence.
a3. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.
a4, Fore wing with the termen angled at

TMOKCUK® sseonenboqsossosooooBHeuapodoosoados0G Neoprrstria, p. 530.
64. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved.
a. Fore wing with vein 9 absent............ Cincauesa, (2)p. 561.
6°. Fore wing with vein 9 present ..... .... ARBORICORNIS, p. 398.

63, Abdomen without crests.
a‘, Fore wing with vein 9 absent; meta-

thorax with paired crests ............++ Nerotarnyema, (2) p. 266.
bt. Fore wing with vein 9 present.
a. Proboscis aborted, small ..,............55- NEOLITA, p.

VOL. VIII. B

NOCTUID &,

6°. Proboscis fully developed.
a6, Metathorax with spreading crest ...... Neostrot1a, (2) p. 562.
68, Metathorax without crest.
a, Tarsi with the Ist joint tufted with

SCHIOS: a ncanateniatsteeecesseeecueaeaseeeiiee Lornorarsta, (2) p. 268.
b7, Tarsi with the Ist joint not tufted
WATS CATES hence nicsacacinnesseeelevsem ects .. CLOSTEROMORPIIA, p.

oe , Fore wing with vein 10 from the cell.
2, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.
ie Pro- and metathorax with spreading crests.

a4. Proboscis aborted, minute .......... ..... Nzomonones, (2)p. 564.
64. Proboscis fully developed ............ see. FERACARA, p. 600.
68, Thorax without erests ...... Re Onan Aare ... CASMINODES, p. .-

2, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.
a’, Forewing with the termenangledatvein4. GonosTyGiA, p. .
63, Fore wing with the termen strongly

excurvediatmidclley se-saeeeeeeeeeeseceeen ees NiocaLyMniA, p. .
c2, Abdomen without crests.
a3, Frons with rounded prominence ......... XENOPSEUSTIS, p.—-
63, Frons without BE OUUUNEIMOD sonddosssonaoces00 Micromonopus, (2) p.560.

b. ton uPTa( itl Ves 9, 10 stalked, 7 from cell.
a}, Kyes small, enon,
a*, Frons with trilobate process ......... sistas JANTHINEA, p. 3
62, Krous with rounded prominence with
raised edges and central process,
ae apPallpigupp nun ed sceseseneeescccrees 6 Micriantia, p. .
63, Palpi porrect............... seteinitas salsa APAUSTIS, p.
6}. Eyes large, round.
a?. Frons with transverse corneous plate ...... XANTHOLEPIS, p. .
6?, Frons smooth.
a®, Fore wing with the termen angled at vein4. Luucosicma, p. .
6°. Fore wing with the termen not angled at
VeMned iso ck ae ace mcr ean aveeemeeMeeaeer Borportana, p. 084.
c. Fore wing with veins 8, 9 stalked, 7 and 10
from cell.
a. Frons with bifid corneous plate from middle;

abdomen without crests .......... Lape hentseny oe EUTERPIODES, p. °
61, Frons with rounded prominence ; abdomen
with dorsal crests on basal segments ...... MvsoruymMs, p.

B. Fore wing with areole.
a. Fore tibia with one or more claws on outer side.
a, Frons with heart-shaped corneous promi-

ISG ss GaGnaborandowanaacond sauainermerecisuseaent PoLENTA, p. -
. Frons with trilobate process ............ ..-ee. NARTHECOPHORA, p. ‘
Enonsismoothwerresncties Ssead eae se posoaqacaene Crntrovopia, p. 452

be Bon tibia with small claws at inner and outer

sides; frons with pointed prominence con-

nected ty a keel with the trilobate plate below

it. which is produced to lateral points below. ParxG.y, p. .
c. Fore tibia with large ean plate at ex-

tremity, and large and small claws on inner

SIS) odods GHc DS ALOE sodenucssnsoasacoaddoadoKiasouRnesacd TRIOCNEMIS, p.
d. Fore tibia with long curved claw on inner i
side and two claws on outer ...............55. DERRIMA, pp...

e. Fore tibia with long curved claw on inner
side and small claw on outer.
uw, Frons with truncate prominence with raised
CO EES>: toa. tujaamanuertee eetaice solace acre eee PLAGIOMIMICUS, p. :
>}, Frons smooth, with corneous plate below it. PsmupaconTia, p. .
f. Fore tibia with claw on inner side only.
a’, Frons wih shovel-shaped plate at middle
and corneous plate below it .................- PINACOPLUS, p. .
61. Frons with pointed prominence with tri-
lobate plate below atta ssssesseseneee: .... MinnaGinn, p.

LTo face p. 2.

a. Hyper

podes. Ch

Synealay

iyela. Di
oe
(loss, Say
eh 7d.
t Licrohelia. Aanthothrix.

eliothodes. Axenus. Janthinea.

lutricopis. Annaphila. Stemmaphora. Micriantha.

des. tgaristodes.

Padinocera, Pseudacontia. Mydrodoxa.

pia. Pseuqdalina. Cenotoca. Panemeria. Copanarta. Daphenura.

aL LE

| |
Fotella. Catabena. Prodenia. Spodoptera,

5 sa. peoctopt

PHYLOGENY OF THE ACRONYCTINA,
Emarginca.

Bryolymnia. Gonosygia. Atimaa. Leucorigna. Trichocosmia,

| |
Calymniodes. Ipimorpha, Meristis. Bagisara.

Stauropides.

Orcogonn. Mane, Nopun.Dildapia. Onin. rep. Data Fin Potirins. |

[ |
Pai ie Barat, Euplexidia. Checupa. Heterochroma. wile Perigeodes. Cetola. sents Oxyenemis. Fala. Stomafrontia. Copibryophila.

Aleptiva.
" | I Jee | ] ¢ like
| Giiplesia. Galophasidia. Matopo. Lithomua. Pulcheria. Lewcocnemis. Cephalospargeta. Prodicella. Excaria. Prorac
‘Trachea, Paratrachea, alga Perigea. Microplesia. Arboricornis. Corythurus.
| Fracara. Mionides.

Oligia. Agroperina. Cderemia. Macronoctua. chy Pseuderastria. Bryomira. Petry.

Eremsbia Exromas. Hypoplesia, Herema. Taniosea. Taye Bhynchoplexia. Ee Harrisimemna. Cosmodes.

Tae hata Lewconycta, Thalatha. Goonyeta.

= cil

| | |
Sidemia. Mo as Centropodia. Pseudohadena. Tambia, Iambiodes. Pariambia. Agriopodss. Polionycta. Tycracova. Craniophora.

! | | ]
Neolaphygia. Acrosia. Acroriodes. Paracroria. Thyatirodes. Cirrhophanis,

Lophygna. Lophotarsia. Strigiphlebia. Centrarthra.

Tuinidifrontia. Lophotyna, Achatodes. Xanthacia.
Gorlyna.
imecia, Apamea,

Fergana. Prometopus. Eremochroa. Micropia. Omphaletis.

|
lomyyes. Antha.
|

Elydna, Neocalymnia, Androlymnia. Nicara. Apocalymnia. Musothyma. Hypercalymnia. Phalerodes. Phragmatiphila, Rabila, Neolita,

Ramesodes. Lophocalama. Calamistis. Cea.

|
Acylita, Amolita. Cilla. Dantona.

Basilodes. | Archanara,

Acrapex.-Nonagria. Doerriesa.

| |
Embolecia. Basilica. Ectolopha, Satrapodes. Chalcopasta. Centrogone.

Arenostola. Cenobia.

Papaipeme Mutaria. Pinacoplus. Mycteroplus. Sphida, Microlita.

| | |
Ogdoconta, Geroda. ngenia. Ochrocalama. Syncalans. Metopoplus. Psectrotarsia, Bellura. Hypocwna. Amphilita. Oria. Arvilasisa,

|
Hydrercia, Callacia.

Dicycla. Derrima. Stiria. Noeloa.

|
__ Brachyxanthia. Rhoducia. Pyrrhia, Rrithiecis. Copifrontia, Mucapta, Selicanis. Stibadiuin. Cytocanis, Kulymnia. Bnargia. Nanthiia Stirioses. Potent, Plagiomimicus. Ostaria.

Eeigonophors.

|
| Stithia. Hypostilbia. Amphidrino. Acopa,

Cytothymia. Megatodes. Narthecophora.
i

Polyphanis. Amsfrontia. Paromphale. Hiypoperigea. Dipinacia. Synthymia. nia. Paragle. Metagle.
Chutapha, Asche, Thalpopila, Nephents, Besta, Dryteen. Meret. Stilbina. Rhabinoplerys. Pee _ Arinthisa. Acormetia. Petilanpa, Ethiopioa. Dy | Cyelopera.
{ ee Coelonars.
tt Argyrostrotis. Neopistria- Sm Hilti. Paeuish Scotocampa. Proxenus. Mexotrosta, Hemassia. Galgula. (utile female Ale, Antaplayn, mala. Tristyla. Buterpiodes. Triccnenis. Pscudinodes.
Conservula. Calpiformis. an Epa Borbotana. Tepes. Platysenta. Gonodes. Balsa. Xylomaa, Ruacodes,

| ! |
Perinania. Syntomopus. Cobaliodes. Syrrusia, Diparopsis. Teluilla. Pacilogramma, Acherdoa. Ara. Melagramma. Merolonehe. Leiumetopon.

| . ee ] |
Amphipyra. Gracitipalpus, Tiekplee Gallargyra. Selambina, Callogonia. Plusilia. Fagitana, singe |
Phavpyra. Bityla. Stygiostola, Luperina. Lasiplexia. Oroplexia. Phuphena. Agrotisia. Acronycta. Ei = Mimlewcania. Micrathetis, Stypsiathetis

Apsarass, Paratiiorta.

I |
Monodes. Neomilichia. Hadjina, Amiana. Catamecia,

Clethrorasa. Mazuca. Chasminodes.

| I |
Choxmina, Molvesa, Cauilaris, Rhosis, Gerrodes, Ovios. Sewlyra.

Eudryas, Erocha. Gerra.

Neonuomodes.

1
romonostes. _Calainia. Callyna. Oxcythres.

Apina.

Micrapatetis, Radinoeera,

(10 face p. 2.

Microhelia. Xanthothriz.

Hdiothodes. ae Janthines,

|
Butricopis. Annaphila. Stenmaphora, Micriantha.

Agaristodes,
Peeudacontia, Mydrodora.

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wlerpia. Pseudina. Nerociris. Aucula. Vespola, Paychomorpha. Leucovis. Zalissa. Protosenilyrit. Opsyra, Leueogonia. Metaxanthia. Ipanica Xenopeustis. Iialima. Cunotoca. Panencria. Copanarta, Daphanura.

Hypocalamia,

ACRONYCTINE.

cl, Frons with corneous prominence with raised
edges and central process.
a. Proboscis aborted ......... 300006
67. Proboscis fully developed.
a3, Wyes small, reniform ............
&. Eyes large, round.
a4, Thorax clothed with rough scales; pro-
and metathorax with crests; patagia
curled upwards at extremity ............ CHALCOPASTA, p.
5*. Thorax smoothly clothed with scales.
a, Pro- and metathorax with slight crests. Fora, (2)p. 214.

Scpecdonagad .. CENTROGONE, p. .

sesseseeeeee MANTHOTHRIX, P. -

6°. Pro- and metathorax without crests ... ANTAPLAGA, p. 5
c+, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like
SCarlestem acct cetaceans chad ccasu anne neers Catornasinta, (2)p. 181.

d+, Thorax clothed with hair only, the pro-
and metathorax with spreading crests... Faua, (2)p. 220.
d'. Frons with corneous prominence with raised
edges, its lower edge produced to a point.
«2, Fore wing with the apex produced andacute. Stier, p. :
62, Fore wing with the apex round ..... Sananen CiRRHOPHANUS, p.
. Frons with corneous prominence with
raised edges not produced to a point.
Proboscis aborted, minute ............600e.00 . Merororuus, p.
S Proboscis fully developed.
a’, Kore wing with the termen excurved at
middle and oblique towards tornus ...... BastnopEs, p.
63, Fore wing with the termen evenly curved. Sr1Bap1uM, p.
f. Frons with rounded prominence with
corneous plate below it ...... noacconcacocpooson ANNTMETIRIUN, Jp °
g. Frons without prominence.
ad. Proboscis aborted, small.
a, Pro-and metathorax with spreading crests. Psnupoxrera, (2) p. 170.
63, Prothorax without crest, metathorax with
IGNFES) GREIB cooocoseceacaaeece a sige ae steinerasicl -- Oxycnemts, (2)p. 215.
62, Proboscis fully developed.
a3. Thorax smoothly clothed with scales.
a4, Pro- and metathorax with spreading

GOMES Sooosososn0002200000006 sraaescecosien site CopaNARTA, p. .
be Mh oTaxawithouticrests me -ereeeeseeaceeees Lrucocnemis, (2)p. 221.
68. Thorax roughly clothed with hair and
hair-like scales ......... Jasob abeenier .... CENTRARTURA, (2) p. 284.

g. Fore tibia without claws.
a, Kore tarsus with curved claw-like spines on
outer side of Ist joint.
a*, Frons with truncate conical prominence
with raised edges.
a. Proboscis aborted, small; abdomen with
dorsal crest at base only ................4. MYcrERopuus, p.
63. Proboscis fully developed ; abdomen with-
out crests.
a‘, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the

metathorax with paired crests ......... OmpuaLetis, (2)p. 374.
64. Thorax clothed with hair only and
without crests ...............+8 agnesoneds PSHCTROTARSIA, p.

62, Frons with rounded prominence with cor-
neous plate below it; proboscis aborted... Mrcropra, (2) p. 373.
c?. Frons with vertical ridge.
a, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only... Ca Luarcyra, p. 515.
63, Abdomen without crests ............... sees. SCOTOCAMPA, (2)p. 171.
d?. Frons without prominence.
a3, Prothorax with sharp ridge-like crest,
metathorax with spreading crest; abdo-
-men with basal crest ...........0.0.06 vs... RHODGCIA, Pp.

NOCTUID A.

68, Pro- and metathorax with spreading
crests; abdomen without crests ......... PsEUDONADENA, p. 454.

‘1, Fore tarsus without claw-like spines on outer
side of Ist joint.

a?, Frons with truncate corneous prominence

with raised edges, its lower edges pro-

duced to a trilobate plate with corneous
plate below it.

. a3. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales ......... CyToTHYMIA, p. .
63. Thorax clothed with rough hair and hair-
Iuketscalles\een stearic aoecesreemeseaceeteser cs MEGALODES, p. .

62, Frons with long trilobate process and cor-
neous plate below it.
a. Proboscis aborted, small.
a4, Palpi oblique, reaching to beyond frons. Azrnta, p.
64. Palpi porrect, very short .................. PsnuDINODES, p.
63. Proboscis fully developed.
GA WES MEME, RAMMING caoocadaadeossoacancde STEMMAPIIORA, p.
64. Hives large, round.
a. Palpi extending to just beyond frons.
a6, Metathorax with spreading crests ... Tristyna, p.

CoM Mhoraxe wat houtlerestslsereereeeeeeseere Muparia, p. .
6*, Palpi very short and not reaching as
faritis Gronst is. iace sccamecsenoseceind seen ane SYNTIHYMIA, p.

cl, Frons with long bilobate corneous process.
a3. Proboscis aborted, small.
a’, Frons with long triangular plate belowit. Prorimrinax, (2)p. 225.
é4, Frons with short plate below it excised
in front.
a. Thorax clothed with hair and scales,
the pro- and metathorax with spread-

TSA OKESLS abnasso sn oaddepdseostnaacacctecadedd STinBina, (2) p. 168.
6°. Thorax clothed almost entirely with
scales and without crests ............... CYCLOPERA, p.
ce, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like
scales and without crests .............-. OcnRocatama, p.
c4, Frons without plate below it ............ ARCHANARA, p. .
68. Proboscis fully developed.
at, Metathorax with spreading crest ......... Drprnacta, p.
b+. Metathorax without crest .............-.... ABGLE,p. .

d?, Frons with rounded prominence with
shovel-shaped process at middle and cor-
neous plate below it.
GH), IPFOOONNS QIDSEWE, sanadocancqoaoag0009900002000 Hyrnuraina, (2)p. 169.
68. Proboscis aborted, sinall.
a‘, Frons with the corneous process some-
what pointed at extremity and keeled
bel@iwe eeuSscsne -ossssemsneaancenauranuaeanennee Diraropsis, p. 909.
o4. Frons with the corneous process not
pointed or keeled.

GP, Wallon WyOWPDEG! scocooscooosacnooscasoncoonens Amurronmt, (2) p. 417.
65. Palpi obliquely porrect ...............04. STIRIODES, p.
ce’. Proboscis fully developed.
at, Byes small, reniform ...........--.. Es adnarete ANB Deo

b¢. Kyes large, round.
a5, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.
a®, Frons with trilobate plate below it;
hind wing with veins 3,4 from cell... Corisryopura, (2)p. 226.
66. Frons with triangular plate below it ;
hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked... Propromuua, (2)p. 227.
c6. Frons with the corneous plate below
it excised in front ; hind wing with
; vein ») from well below middle of cell. AtEprina, (2) p. 229.
6*, Thorax clothed with hair only ......... Iranica, p.

ACRONYCTIN #.

e?. Frons with truncate conical prominence
with raised edges.
a, Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal
seginents.

at, Proboscis aborted, minute.
a’. Fore wing, with the termen and cilia
STROMEINT CITENI®) sodocoacavconscoasenso0500.
6, Fore wing with the termen and cilia
sliglithvacrenullalieseeeeseeesenseeesteet ccna

44, Proboscis fully developed.
a’. Thorax with slight double ridge-like

@HEIS ‘onasonontoadonocsooonacentooncseononcscosc
05. Pro- and metathorax with spreading
GIES. | coanesouspocospabsonedonaqnasdoseabaede
oc, Prothorax without crest, metathorax
with large spreading crest ..............-

@, Thorax without crests.
a6, Thorax clothed with rough hair and
Scales mixed Fissihs.cesassosewadaasoenecuee
68, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like
scales.
, Gi, Wallon WyetwreAMnee! — raaoopananpseonacoase08
Wi, WENO OOMEBES — coocaconeonecanpcbdenseccan
63. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.
a4. Prothorax with spreading crest.
a. Frons with flattened vertical process to
the frontal prominence ..................
6°. Fronswith long central process hollowed
out in front to the frontal prominence.
a6, Proboscis aborted, minute ............
66. Proboscis fully developed ..............-
o@, Frons without central process to the
frontal prominence.
G5, JE ROOOTOS HISORIEC! Sococdcconcunsne0cn0900
68. Proboscis fully developed.
a’, Hind wing with vein 5 from middle
Ot ChiECOCAUIMIETES ccococcpcnesaco0ns000000
67, Hind wing with vein & from below
middle of discocellulars.
a8. Frontal prominence large ............
68, Frontal prominence small ............
64. Prothorax without crest.
a, Frons with truncate process in middle
Olt FOROMMINETNCD ooo cacconcoardocsenosanbn0ece"
6. Frons without truncate process in
middle of prominence.
a§, Proboscis aborted, small .............-.
6°, Proboscis fully developed.
ai, Frontal prominence large.
a8. Palpi upturned.
a9, Mesothorax with paired crests
69, Mesothorax without crest .........
68. Palpi porrect.
a9, Kyes small, reniform ...............
9. Eyes large, round.
@0, Thorax clothed with hair and
scales mixed,
a, Patagia fringed with long rough
hainranduscalesimernerreeseeseres
bu, Patagia normal.
a2, Abdomen with fan-like crest
formed of scales .............-
612, Abdomen with tufted crest
formed of hairs ..........0.06

Crrona, (2) p. 182.

ArrepHss, p. 284.

Sravroripes, (2) p. 269.

Sprocropia, p. 290.

Eupryas, p.
PARATUERTA, p.

SEUDYRA, p.
GmERRA, p.

Ruacopes, (2) p. 537.

SYNCALAMA, p. :
HApENELLA, (2) p. 231.

Ecsouemia, p. 448.
Catamecta, (2) p. 540.

Procrarerta, (2)p. 533.

(Sy

Hyvorsricna, (2) p. 422.

Noctoa, p.

OsuartA, p. ,

Jampropns, p. 659.
APOCALYMNIA, p. «

AGARISTONES, p. 0

Ovios, p. ;

RADINOCERA, p.

ERrocua, p.

NOCTUIDA.

0, Thorax clothed with hair only.
au, Patagia with the extremities
turned upwards, the meta-

thorax with paired crests ......
6. Patagia normal ............. 06006

b7, Frontal prominence very small.
a8, Palpi upturned ...............005 oacoce

48, Palpi porrect, the 38rd joint down-
turned and dilated at extremity ...
ce, Abdomen without dorsal crests.
a’, Eyes small, reniform.

a°, Frontal prominence with its lower edge
produced to a corneous plate .........
65, Frontal prominence with its lower edge

not produced to a corneous plate.
a6. Frontal prominence with central

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66, Frontal prominence without central
JOWOBESS oosooanes00000 0600000 noogebo9e900000

6}. Hyes large, round.
5, Frons with beak-sbaped process from
lower edge of prominence ...............
6°, Frons with flattened plate from lower
edge of prominence, grooved in front.

J
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©, Frons with wedge-shaped process in
middle of prominence ..................

di, Krons with rounded truncate process in
middle of prominence ..............----

e5, Frons with vertical ridge in middle of
[OIROMMITAETIKED Goocounbencsoceobons00de0acqeR6

f°. Frons without process in middle ot
prominence.

a’. Frontal prominence long.
. Thorax clothed with hair and scales
mixed ; abdomen smoothly scaled.
a8, Palpi upturned, the 3rd joint porrect.
68, Palpi porrect.
a’, Proboscis absent.
a0, Prothorax with spreading crest .

610, Prothorax without crest .........
o9. Prcboscis aborted, minute; frontal
prominence indented below ......

c9. Proboscis fully developed.
a0, Frons with pointed corneous
plate below it ............. sees
610, Frons without corneous plate
belo whit <:.:2sccceenantmeseaeeneenes
67, Thorax clothed wey Thee only ; ab-
domen clothed with rough hair,
Gh, lean WyHWeVINEC! —cooccsocobocdesc60 saucer
GS Pallipl pPOLrect seas. .secesesee sees g09706
+6. Frontal prominence short.

a’. Thorax with broad dorsal ridge of scales.

a’. Frons with the corneous promi-

THES) ETRG@asoconeandcc0008000 godo000d00¢

68. Frons with the corneous promi-
mence small eases enceeee

bi, Pro- and metathorax with spreading
GREE cooocodocosoccosoa0cddgonn0 000000000006

ci, Metathorax with depressed crest ;
hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ...

di, Thorax without crests.
a’. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
vertex of head ; thorax clothed
with hair and hair-like scales ......

GERRODES, Pp. °
CavULaRris, p. ;

Tatar, (2)p. 42.

Lrvucoconia, p. ;

AXENUS, p. :

Microneria, p..

HurLiotnopEs, p. .

YTOCANIS, p. 2
CaLiacia, p. 4
Bastuica, p.

SELENISTIS, p. F

ARGYRUODA, p. °

Ipatima, p. .
RaABILA,
Eriwocnroa, (2)p. 370.

Escarta, (2) p. 228.

Mo.nyena, p. ¢
Ruosvs, p. E

AUCUMA, p. >
Levcvvis, p. *

Paracrorta, (2)p. 281.
Tnyatrropgs, (2) p. 282.
HYPERCALYMNIA, p.

PAROMPHALE, (2)p. 421.

SryatatTnetis, (2)p. 444.

ACRONYCTIN &,

6s, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
middle of frons; thorax clothed

with hair and scales mixed.
a9, Palpi upturned, slender ; fore wing
with thetermen excurved at middle
and oblique towards tornus ......
6°, Palpi oblique, short; fore wing
with the termen evenly curved ...

f2. Frons with pointed prominence.
a3, Hyes small, reniforin .............06 000000000
63, Eyes large, round.
a*, Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal
seements.

a, Proboscis aborted, minute ........-....«-
4°, Proboscistully developed ............-+-
é+, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.
@. Prothorax with sharp triangular ridge-
like crest, the metathorax with divided

(GOS Gpemictesetactelcietsvotarslaceicicists sisiaieleteromets este areretsaeets
65, Prothorax with divided crest, metu-
thorax with spreading crest ...... do doc

o>, Thorax without crests.
a®, Krons with beak-like pointed process ;
palpi with the 2nd joint very broadly
Scaloclipemertr eccun seen deraacsen sscaeeeere
66, Frons with slight pointed prominence ;
palpi slender.
Gi, Jalon WOMUPNEE .oasocccoccosacanesoGo5060"
Gi, TN KOR JOXORFEG — scconcooogcn005000000000000
c#, Abdomen without crests.
a. Proboscis aborted, minute .......... seas
6°. Proboscis fully developed.
a°, Thorax clothed almost entirely with
SCA ESA cimeanauaecimeiasmstesiouaisnuiacaeteuneniner'e
06, Thorax clothed with hair and _hair-
inWepscallesMira- tas ccecadscctnedsaorieccemas:
g?. Frons with rounded prominence with trans:
verse corneous plate at middle square in
IURONIE: | Aoapnntqoossesouscoon epee eHouscopeanedoodacd
h2. Frons with rounded prominence with ver-
tical ridge at middle.
a3, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests......
63. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.
GA, Wellon WyOMUNANEE! sooo acepe00dscneqencocn00nod6C
OH VERNON JOOP RVE Gogo0ccac90q2—0000300000006005000
c3, Abdomen without crests ................ee00
#- Frons with rounded prominence with
slight transverse ridge.
a. Frons with cornevus plate below it.
a4, Abdomen with dorsal crests on first two
SOSTIOMUS coogacoascodo05a0000000000pB00000000
64, Abdomen without crests ..............
63, Frons without corneous plate below it ...
v2. Frons with rounded prominence.
a’, Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal
segments.
a‘, Proboscis absent.
a>, Pro- and metathorax with spreading
GHERMS _ oc000000000090009050e000000900900000000
65, Pro- and metathorax without crests ...
64. Proboscis fully developed.
a, Pro- and metathorax with spreading
@REBWS _ socoaacgn onanc009R0neds900000K0se000006
5°, Pro- and metathorax without crests.
a®, Thorax smoothly clothed with scales
CUI Wo vasepeeeerore racposde ahtctcieetuny-checunet

SATRAPODES, p. 0
Dysminicuta, (2) p. 426.

Psycnomorria, p.

ACHATODES, p. c
Ca@noroca, p.

XANTIGCIA, p. :

XEROCIRIS, p.
APSARASA, Pp. :
Mazuca, p. .
PROTOSHUDYRA, p.

CoNICOFRONTIA, p. ¢

Micro.ira, p. .

C@noBIA,p. .
PHRAGMATIPHILA, p-
Eucroria, p. 286.
Parramsia, p. 660.

MetaxANTHIA, p. 5
CHRYSOECIA, p.

CiALCorcta, p. 5
Proracuta, (2) p. 230.
(preiexta, p. 218.

TUMIDIFRONTIA, p. °
Mionizs, p. 616.

(Epgreia, p. 405.

Gornycra, (2)p. 49.

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NOCTUID Ai,

66, Thorax clothed with rough hair and
BcaleswMIKeG | caeanmaese coe aa eeeeees
63. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.

a’, Prothorax with spreading crest.

@. Fore wing with the termen oblique

towards tornus.

a6, Fore wing with seale-tooth at tornus .

b6. Fore wing without scale-tvoth at

tornus

6°, Fore wing with the termen evenly curved.

a, Build stout.
ai, Kore wing with the termen erenulate.
b7, Fore wing with the termen not
crenuilaitie: osaccadenchdaceeeenesseeenacesees
boil dislend erypeeesesee hese eeeee seen eeacee
6*. Prothorax without crest.
a. Thorax clothed chiefly with seales.
a®, Kore wing with the apex produced,
the termen obliquely curved .........
6S. Fore wing with the apex not pro-
duced, the termen more erect.
a7, Antenne laminate, almost simple
b7, Antenne ciliated.
a8. Fore wing narrow, the inargins sab-
parallel Gras. cecccewctaeincencosacuntases
68. Fore wing triangular .................-
65, Thorax clothed with hair only
c3, Abdomen without dorsal crests.
Hs _ aes small, elliptical.

5. Thorax clothed with rough hair and scales,

5. Thorax smoothly scaled
i ‘Eyes large, round.
a, Metathorax with crest.
a, Prothorax with spreading crest.
Gi, IO TONONS IDEM coococosocossatooon0000C
U7, Proboseis aborted, small ...
c7, Proboscis fully developed
66, Prothorax without crest.
a’. Proboscis aborted, minute.
a8, Thorax clothed with haar and seales
FAG E=() GRRE BO OARRaUMERCCaac acoso dacce
68, Thorax clothed with hair only ......
b7, Proboscis fully developed...... os0egon¢
65. Metathorax without crest.
a. Thorax clothed almost. ONDECNY with
scales.
AieperoOboOscistabontedmsse seers ceeeeeeeC eee
7, Proboscis fully developed.
a8. Frons with corneous ridge above ...
68. Frons without corneous ridge above.
a’, Fore wing with the apex rather
produced and acute..... ............
o9. Fore wimg with the apex rounded .
#6, Thorax elothed with hair and hair-
likeiscalest. cafe coadeneeeectensanere
c&, Thorax clothed with hair only.........
k2, Krons with vertical flattened process with
rounded edge.
a, Abdomen with dorsal series of erests..
£3, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only...
/2, Frons with transverse ridge.
a3, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests ......
6%. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.
a4, Pro- and metathorax with spreading
CROSESni i jaacei nie cite eaten asec cece
44, Pro- and metathorax without crests

ZALISSA, P-

Heronorna, p. — -

Xyioma@a, (2) p. 53

‘Amrana, (2) p. 538

Maropo, (2)p. 185.
Nuromiusenta, (2) p. 518.

Forsgua, (2)p. 232.
TycRACONA, (2) p. 50.

Bryo.yMotia, p.
TRICHOCOSMIA p.
Eryrurecra, p.

ANNAPHILA, p. :
Musorrosta, (2) p. 437.

Acopa, (2)p. 410.
Hmnassta, (2) p. 438.
Cua, p. c

Lzromeroron, (2) p. 172.
Spuia, p.
RuaBrNoPreryx, (2)yp.287.

MERoLEvca, p. 687.
NEUM@GENIA, p. .
XYLOSTOLA, P.
AcoswEtia, (2) p. 412,
ARCILASISA, p. 5
OxyTHRES, Pp. 2
EMBOL@CIA, pp. -
CoPrrrRonmTIA, p. :
AnTHA, (2)p. 274.

Levconycra, (2)p. 35.
PoLYGRAMMATA, p. 639.

ACRONYCTIN i.

m2. Frons smooth and without prominence.
a’, Proboscis aborted or absent.
a‘, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.
a, Prothorax without crest, metathorax
with spreading crest. ..........--++- bounbp
65. Thorax without crests.
a’. Palpi upturned, thickly scaled .........
66, Palpi porrect, slender..............-+-+++
64, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.
28, Thorax clothed almost entirely with
scales.
a®, Prothorax with divided crest............
06, Protherax without crest.
ai, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
vertex of head .............00.seseee seen
7, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
about middle of frons...............-+-
6®, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like
scales.
a®, Pro- and metathorax with spreading
GREE) cascaccoonssc009san00909000900008000000
66. Pro- and metathorax without crests.
a7, Fore wing very narrow and produced
AL APEK ...... cee eee e eee e ee eens
67, Fore wing triangular .........-....602+
c4, Abdomen without crests.
a, Vhorax clothed chiefly with scales.
a8, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing
with the cell to near extremiy ......
06, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing
with the cell to middle................+-
c§, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
a7, Pro- and metathorax with spreading
CLOSES. ......0ee eee eee eee ene ec teete eee eceeeee
b7, Pro- and metathorax without crests.
a8. Palpi with the hair at extremity of
2nd joint produced to a point, the
Srd POLrect........ceeeeeeeeeeee vee eeeees
08, Palpi with the 2nd joint slightly
fringed with hair in front.
a. Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect...
9. Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned.
05. Thorax clothed with hair and haiv-like
scales.
a8. Pro- and metathorax with spreading
crests.

a. Palpi upturned ; fore wing with the

termen not crenulate.
a8. Fore wing with the termen oblique
towards tornuS ........0-++eeeeeeee
28. Fore wing with the termen evenly

(@WNPOC| odnsaocsononoupseeodvoooobocucEGGC
b7. Palpi porrect; fore wing with the
termen crenulate..........00++0+ Gnesane

46, Thorax without crests.
ui. Fore wing with the apex produced
and acute; hind wing with veins 5,
4 usually stalked, 5 from below
middle of discocellulars ........-+-+++
ti, Fore wing with the apex not pro-
duced; hind wing with veins 3, +
from cell, 5 from middle of disco-
cellulars.
a8, Palpi upturned; frons with large
(GWU Opt MBE, .goneadooaconeo90080007000090

Brromama, p. 615.

Acnerpoa, p. 591.
Poutoseya, p. 617.

PHALERODES, p. 0
Prusinua, p. 590.
Bryounuca, p. 686.
CALAMISTIS, p.

Evuxoncun, (2) p. 162.
Merovoncur, (2) p. 160.

ACYLITA, Pp.

DokrRIESA, p. :
Ermrortca, (2) p. 418.
DanTonA, p. 0

CruLa, p.
AMOLITA, p. .

NonaGria, p.
SELICANIS, p. «

Manraerana, p. 449.

ACRAPEX, p. 4

SpPuHTTA, p. .

10 NOCLULD ©.

bs. Palpi porrect; frons without tuft
OLIMAR sence. seeotsnseiasascneeeeeeees
e, Thorax clothed with hair only.
a6, Metathorax with spreading crest ......
b8, Thorax without crests.
@, Palpi upturned............ sdooosc9osco0—e
o*, Palpi porrect.
a®. Fore wing with the apex produced
Eyavdl) EVOL wanrcaanAanenpasdaondenadabnnocac
68. Fore wing with the apex rounded...
8, Proboscis fully developed.
a’, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.
a. Thorax with double ridge-like crest.
a6, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.
a, Palpi with the 2nd joint broadly
angled with hair in front ............
v7, Palpi with the 2nd joint moderately
fringed with hair in front.
a’, Fore wing long and narrow, the
termen not excised towardstornus.
a, Tegule produced at a slight dorsal
PIGS i2c' Sc setae Macacebemakerseneceeisee
69. Tegule not produced to a dorsal
ridge.
a0. Frons tufted with hair.
a, Kore wing very narrow, the
termen very obliquely curved.
611. Fore wing broader, the termen
IMORCKELEC Uieenetscenter ect
610, Frons smooth with a slight cor-
neous plate below it ............
08, Fore wing shorter, the termen ex-
cised towards tornus.
a, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
to about vertex of head ............
69, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
to about middle of frons.
a, Frons tufted with hair .......... oc

10, Frovs smoothly scaled ............

66, Thorax clothed with hairand hair-like
SGales i aeseeasssecsrenssee SaCobbgASSoGCOGAG

6. Thorax with broad ridge-like crest......

©, Prothorax with triangular crest.
a®, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales ...
6. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like
SOHIIGS cocosnda00a aseoaneseacecdoo0000na00008

e&, Thorax clothed with hair only.
a’, Fore wing with the termen excised

below vein 4....... SOMA Sn enRe ease aeanoG

o7, Fore wing with the termen evenly
curved.

a8, Abdomen with the crests mixed with

Sales ese laa eerie eat cen sacrosanct

é8, Abdomen with the crests formed of

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d>, Pro-, meso- and metathorax with large

chivid edliicrestsiereeeeeeeee eee ee ee eeereeee

e°, Pro-and metathorax with divided crests.
a®, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

a, Abdomen dorsally flattened .........
b7. Abdomen not dorsally flattened.

a, Fore wing with vein 5 nearly

straight, from just below middle

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b8. Fore wing with vein 5 curved, from

just above lower angle of cell ......

Prrimampa, (2) p. 414.
BELLURA, p. ‘
SESAMTA, p. “

Stuyra, (2) p. 173.
Eogrna, (2) p. 179.

OrtioGontca, p. 45.

Det, (2) p. 190.

Maausa, p. 59.
Parasticutis, p. 76.

Xytomyaus, (2) p. 271.

SrENoPTERYGIA, p. 61.
Dirteryata, p. 64.
Acroria, (2) p. 276.

Acroperina, p. 398.
Evrasiua, p. 109.

Lopnoryna, p. 0

Puucumrta, (2) p. 213.

Trigonopnora, p. 486.

Cnurarna, p. 491.

Hasryntis, p. 498.
Manra, p. 49.

Cuecupa, p. 111.

Evriexivi,, p. 110.

Tracuea, p. 113.

ACRONYCTIN 4.

66. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

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J®. Prothorax with spreading crest, meta-

thorax with divided crest ...........0..6

g°. Prothorax with long oblique flattened
crest.

a6, Metathorax with divided crest .........

66. Metathorax with spreading crest ......

he. Pro- aud metathorax with spreading
crests.

a’. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales,

a7, Fore wing with slight scale-tooth at
tornus.
a8. Abdomen with long forked crest on
206 BEER, BoaodoonesckboocebAssoos ons
8, Abdomen without forked crest on
2nd segment.
a’, Fore wing with the termen more
or less angled at vein 4, then
DONO TUGY ee aonraeBeienenneer enc oae sac
69. Fore wing with the termen angled
at vein 3, then dentate ............
c*. Fore wing with the termen evenly
CUPTECL, GlEMEE sonscoonscosnccconces
7. Fore wing witl.out scale-tooth at
tornus.

a8. Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect.
a. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
vertex of head, the 3rd long ......
9%. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
about middle of frons, the 3rd

short.
«0, Abdomen with large dorsal crest
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610, Abdomen with the dorsal crests
SIGUE Sassen cesisensseatcaneadcen eae

08. Palpi with the 8rd joint upturned.
a, Palpi with the 3rd joint long and
dilated at extremity.
a0, Fore wing with the termen ex-
curved at middle and excised
towards tOrnus...............0..+0
510, Fore wing with tne termen evenly
@HIPVIOC IES edennsdosncotencnecodsnnone
°, Palpi with the 3rd joint very long,
not dilated, in male tufted with
long hair on inner side and re-
cunvedtoversneadeeeeecetn sense
e%, Palpi with the 3rd joint shorter
and not dilated.
a, Fore wing with the cilia strongly
dentate towards tornus .........
01. Fore wing with the cilia slightly
crenulate.
a, Palpi with the 2nd joint reach-
ing vertex of head.

a@?, Abdomen with very large
crests on Srd and 4th seg-
ments; build slender .........

6, Abdomen with the crests on
medial segments equal ; build

stout.
a3, Thorax and fore wing roughly
Scaled especies: s0dano000N00

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PaRaTRACHEA, p. 216.

Potyrmants, p. 667.

PAPAIPEMA, p.
Ogpoconra, p.

ArGyrostrotis, p. 517,

Errorvus, p. 531.
Cosmoprs, (2) p. 17.

Dara, p. 526.

Ancara, p. 249.

TELESILLA, p. 587.

Anprorotta, (2) p. 199.

VESPOLA, p.

Crepia, p. 260.

Corytnurvs, p. 360.

Prricropes, p. 287.

CityTontx, p. 600.

Hererocuroma, p. 271,

NOCTUIDE,

}3, Thorax and fore wing smoothly

BIGa GY Gacoedsedosandoosdocoadsaea

bu, Palpi with the 2nd joint reach-
ing about middle of frons.

a2, Abdomen with large crest on

3rd segment ; build stout

b2, Abdomen with large crest on

4th segment ; build slender...

cl2, Abdomen with the crests on
medial segments equal.

as, Fore wing with the apex

rectangular and somewhat

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013, Fore wing with the apex
FOUNGEO LA ane coe

86, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

scales.

ai. Prothorax with the crest long, meso-
thorax with small paired crests ;
abdomen with very large double

Crestyat base: bus tustwseres eemeechetetes:

v7, Abdomen without large double crest
at base.

a8, Tegule produced to a slight dorsal

TLBIEX ea ia Ach abeOnobadokboemoobosonstoc

b8. Tegulze not produced to a dorsal
ridge.

a’, Thorax quadrately scaled ............

b9, Thorax not quadrately scaled.
alo, Thorax clothed with long rough
hair and hair-like scales ...... ..
610, Thorax smoothly clothed with
hair and hair-like scales.........
c6, Thorax clothed with hair only .........

25, Prothorax without distinct crest.

oY Thorax clothed chiefly with seales.
. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
vertex of head, the drd long.
a Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect ...
8, Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned...
Bi. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
about middle of frons, the 3rd short.
a8, Abdomen with very large crest on
4th segment.
a’. Metathorax with very large crest
of long spatulate scales ............
0°, Metathorax with moderate crest ...
28, Abdomen with the crests small.
a. Fore wing with the termen oblique
TOWAIKCIS (KORMUS — sosogacasnconcocoonen
9, Fore wing with the termen evenly
curved.
a0, Fore wing long and narrow.
al, Fore wing with the termen
GIRS soodonnseoocosgnbaoosa0000000
ob, Fore wing wth the termen
obliquely curved ................
610, Fore wing short ana uroad ......
#8, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like
scales.
a. Mesothorax with paired crests, patagia
curled upwards at extremity .........
b7, Mesothorax without crests, patagia
not curled upwards at extremity ...

Periena, p. 292.

Eupuexia, p. 219.

Mrcropiextia, p. 304.

GortyNna, p. ‘

Ouiara, p. 361.

Acrortopgs, (2)p. 279.

APAMEA, p. ‘
Litnoma@a, (2) p. 208.
DaszocuxTa, (2)p. 22.

Eremosra, p. 409.
TRICHOPLEXIA, p. 482.

PsEupErastria, p. 614.
Bryopuia, p. 618.

Harristmenna, p. 648.
Crrma, p. 651.

Tamra, p. 654.

CaLogramMa, (2)p. 288.

Propenta, (2) p. 240.
Craniopuora, (2)p. 51.

Canna, (2)p. 19.

ConsmryuLA, p. 499.

ACRONYCTIN &,

j®. Thorax without crests.

a6, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.
ai, Palpi smoothly scaled and flattened
against frons; fore wing narrow
with the margins subparallel.........
b7, Palpi not flattened against frons and
with a tuft of scales at extremity of
2nd joint ; fore wing triangular ...
66. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-
WkeRscalesiee..i-ssseceeeseecene Banboabotee
4. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.
a, Pro- and metathorax with divided

6°, Prothorax with sharp triangular crest,
metathorax with divided crest .........

ce, Prothorax with sharp triangular crest,
metathorax with spreading crest ......

d°. Prothorax with ridge-like crest, meta-
thorax with spreading crest .........

e. Thorax with slight dorsal ridge-like

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f>. Pro- and metathorax with spreading
crests.

a8. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.
a7, Pro- and metathorax with the crests

formed of very long spatulate scales,

a8, Fore wing with the apex produced
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68. Fore wing with the apex rounded...
bi, Prothorax with long flattened crest
projecting backwards.
a’. Kore wing with the termen excised
below apex and excurved at middle.
08. Fore wing with the termen evenly
(GUTAOlS padauaaeeeesacnnonabosassceseooace
c7. Prothorax with short spreading crest.
a’. Mesothorax with slight ‘paired
GEESWS soodcs00ca9s0990009da500060000000000
68. Mesothorax without crests.
a. Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching vertex of head.
w0. Build slender.
at, Hind wing with vein 5 from
middle of discocellulars.
a2, Fore wing with the termen
excised from apex to middle.
612, Fore wing with the termen
evenly curved.
a@*°, Fore wing with the apex
somewhat produced and
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613, Fore wing with the apex
HO UM Ce Clue ee erie ie wcies sats
61, Hind wing with vein 5 from
below middle of discocellulars.
(OD, TSG) HOME .ccccgoocecss0090ve0d000R00
69, Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching about to middle of frons.
a0, Thorax roughly scaled ............
610, Thorax smoothly scaled.
a1, Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect.
a2, Tegule produced to a slight
dorsal ridge and hood.........
O28, Teaules mormeall occscosonocacco00:

CLETHRORASA, p.

Neropuantis, p. 681.

Faeirana, p. 592.

Caurivormis, p. 504.
Macronocrva, p. 431.
Hyprectia, p. 4
ANDROLYMNIA, p, :

PyrRuta, p. :

Pa@ciLogRAuMA, p.
Opsyra, p.

GERODA, p.

Macarra, p. 0

CRAMBODES, (2) p. 445.

Gonopus, (2) p. 450.

‘

Puartysenta, (2) p. 447.

Monopss, (2) p. 457.
Hanpsina, (2)p. 521,

Mownoprrya, p. 482.

Hyporrexia, p. 426,

CaTaBENA, (2)p. 234.

NAMANGANA, (2)p. 544.

14 NOCTUID 2.

bu, Palpi with the 3rd joint up-
turned.
a2, Fore wing with tufts of raised
scales on the stigmata......... Praxoryra, p. 19.
. Fore wing without tufts of
raised scales on the stigmata. Huromma, p. 429.
c9. Palpi obliquely porrect, extending

SS
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about the length of head ......... Bausa, (2) p. 404.
o6, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like
scales.
a, Palpi with the 3rd joint long and
Pole Chea. srshemes encase Meee aeeee Ruyncnop.exia, p. 433.

7. Palpi with the 3rd joint short.
a’, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to
about vertex of head, build slender. Tmnrosna, p. 430.
8, Palpi with the second joint reach-
ing to about middle of frons.
a, Fore wing with the apex produced
ANCACUTE ai. gANlo esate, aembeeanes Ciirirma, (2) p. 237.
69. Fore wing with the apex rounded.
@0, Fore wing with the termen

oblique towards tornus ......... Hurana, p. 429.
610, Fore wing with the termen not
oblique towards tornus .. ...... Sipe, p. 435.
c6, Thorax clothed with hair only ......... LASIPLEXIA, p. 480.

g®. Prothcrax without crest, metathorax
with spreading crest.
a6, Thorax clothed almost entirely with
scales.
ai. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
VCIHUEES Cnt INGER! Goacedqsansbode0c00009000 Avcma, p. 661.
b7, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
about middle of frons.
a8, Fore tibia broadly fringed with hair ;

fore wing rather broad ........... .... Spoporrera, (2) p. 251.
28, Fore tibia slightly fringed with hair;
fore wing long and narrow ......... Laruyema, (2)p. 258.
66, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like
BCAII@S cooocscosnosanons00b000ss00e00990000000 CoBALionEs, p. 505.

hs. Thorax without crests.
a®, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
vertex of head.
ai, Hind wing with vein 5 from middle
of discocellulars.

a&, Palyi with the 3rd joint long ...... Pouronycra, (2) p. 41.
8, Palpi with the 8rd joint short ...... Gauouta, (2) p. 439.

o7, Hind wing with vein 5 from below
middle of discocellulars.
a8, Palpi with the 2nd joint flattened
EIGEN MIRDOS). 60 <canssons000009005000000 CHASMINA,p. .
08. Palpi with the 2nd joint cylindrical. Bagisara, p. .
6, Palpi with the 2nd joimt not reach-
ing above middle ot frons, the 3rd
short.
az. Antenne laminate and almost simple.
as. Fore wing with the inner margin

somewhat excised towards tornus... ZULYMNIA,p. .
08. Fore wing with the inner margin
not excised towards tornus ......... Acronycra, (2)p. 59.

67. Antenne ciliated.
a8. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales . AgGrioropss, (2) p. 37.
68, Thorax clothed with hair only ...... EUTERPIA, p. .

ACRONYCTIN Au.

e4, Abdomen without dorsal crests.

a, Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest;
frons with projecting corneous plate
Below ltssencrosciceiuediuncte eae nee eeeeeeens

05, Prothorax with triangular crest; meta-
thorax with double ridge-like crest.

a®, Fore wing with the termen strongly

excurved at middle ........ sameh aoe
v6. Fore wing with the termen evenly
(LAKE oecoccornoonaamecncedendpavesoas caaces
ce, Prothorax with triangular crest, meta-
thorax with spreading crest ... . ......

d, Prothorax with spreading crest, meta-
thorax with divided crest ...............

e. Pro- and metathorax with spreading
crests.

a’. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.
a’. Fore wing long and narrow.

a8. Palpi with the 2nd joint reach-
Ways WEEDS OF NERC oococadboo00000c0000000
28, Palpi with the 2nd joint nut reach-
ing middle of frons ..................

67, Fore wing broad.
a8. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

vertex of head.

a9, Palpi with the drd joint long.

a0, Hind wing with vein 5 from
middle of discocellulars .........
bo, Hind wing with vein 5 from
below middle of discocellulars.
69, Palpi with the 3rd joint moderate.
@0, Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect.
@1, Fore wing with the apex pro-
Glinenta | opeebesnccenCocenepenneanenc
}'. Fore wing with apex rounded...
6, Palpi with the drd joint up-
turned ; fore wing with the
apex somewhat produced and
BOWS gaacccqaccdsboodn00d0300000006
68, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
about middle of frons ...............

SGAIIES os socoscatienoononacecodanonee lacaoreaoe
@. Palpi with 2nd joint reaching vertex
of head; hind wing with the termen
excised at discal fold ..................
b7, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
middle of frons; hind wing with the
termen evenly curved.
a’. Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect;
fore WING NALVOW ............ sees eee
68, Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned ;
fore wing broader..............-.0+06-
fs. Prothorax with spreading crest; meta-
thorax without crest.
a’. Fore wing narrow, the margins sub-
parallel.
a. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
vertex of head.
a8. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked.
68, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell.
7, Palpi slender, the 2nd joint reaching
middle of frons .......c...c.ees8e 00000

Hecuera, p. 685.

BRACHYXANTHIA,p.
LoriocanLama, p. A
IprMorrma, p. .

TuALPornrna, p. 679.

ArmA, p. 688.

Syrrusis, p. 508.
GRACILIPALPUS, p. 42.
SELAMBINA, p. 516.

Catroaonta, p. 589.
Carsona, (2) p. 560.

STRIGIPHLEBIA, (2) p. 283.

Ampuiprina, (2)p. 20-4.

Sryerostona, p. 44.

Luperina, p. 466.

Meristis, p. .

Hyvostiusta, (2)p. 2938.
Aruetis, (2)p. 296.

ARGYROSPILA, Pp» »

16 NOCTUID®.

66. Fore wing broad, triangular.
a. Thorax clothed with hair and scales
WIKER” jones acmmaniedstavewcdeemeedesetemese
67, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-
likerscales's: gaclsiicss.sceer seem eeecaceee mee
g®. Prothorax without crest; metathorax
* with small paired crests ..............-
h®. Prothorax without crest; metathorax
with spreading crest.
a6. Thorax clothed with scales and hair
mixed.
ai, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
vertex of head.
a8, Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect
é*. Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned...
o7, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
about middie of frons..................
c, Palpi shert, porrect.
a, Tegule produced behind intoa slight
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68, Tegulx not produced into a hood.
a’. Fore wing long and narrow.
a0, Kore wing with the apex pro-
duced, the termen oblique ......
6, Fore wing with the apex not
produced, the termen less oblique.
69. Fore wing shorter and broader
26. Thorax clothed with hair only .........
2. Thorax without crests.
a6, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.
ai, Abdomen dorsally flattened............
67, Abdomen not dorsally flattened.
a’. Fore wing Jong and narrow.
GP, Is WHIGl HOD, Goncocoossnconasgoacencodon
(2, LBhunil\e? SVEN <.osesssdcnonsosenoaca0006
v8. Fore wing short and broad.
a’, Build stout.
a0, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
vertex of head, slender,
a'', Palpi flattened against frons ...
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610, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching
middle of frons, broadly scaled.
@1, Hind wing with the termen
excised at discal fold............
6, Hind wing with the termen
evenly curved .......... janes
69. Build slender.
a0, Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching vertex of head.
a, Palpi with the 3rd joint long...
61, Palpi with the 3rd joint mode-

TRAUT@ eancoonavccscosuasyondaospeo09cus
610, Palpi oblique, the 2nd joint
reaching middle of frons.........

Thorax clothed with hair and hair-
like scales.
ai, Abdomen dorsally flattened.
a8, Palpi with the 2nd joint fringed
with hair in front.

a. Hind wing with vei 5 from
middle of discoeellulars............

+®, Hind wing with vein 5 from below
middle of discocellulars ............

RaMESODES, p. :
ARENOSTOLA, p.

ARIATUISA, (2) p. 385.

ATIMEA, p.
CALYMNIODES, p. :

PsxuvupINA, p. :

Eermecta, (2) p. 288.

Fereana, (2)p. 289.
Srinpra, (2) p. 290.

Prasriisia, (2) p. 292.
Mypropoxa, p.

Pertna{nia, p. 21.
AGROTISIA, p. 692.

PrOXENUS, (2) p. 430.

CALLYNA, p.
ELYDNA, p. .

Puuruena, p. 593.

NIcara, p. :

Mer nacramma, p. 691.
Micraturtts, (2) p. 448.

AMPHILITA, p. :

Perripyra, p. 25.

SynTomorus, p. 22.

COSMODES. 17

63, Palpi smoothly scaled ; hind wing
with vein 5 from middle of disco-
Cellars. vik. casa secseasenee meee eseeer Ampurpyra, p. 26.
7.Abdomen not dorsally flattened.
a8, Head and thorax clothed with rough
hair and spatulate scales ......... OrorrExtA, p. 510,
68, Head and thorax smoothly clothed
with hair and hair-like scales.
a9. Frons with ridges of hair above
and between antenne............... Mimiervcanta, (2) p. 285,
69, Krons without ridges of hair.
@9, Kore wing with the apex some-
what produced and acute ...... CALYMNIA, p.
610, Fore wing with the apexrounded, Dzicycua, p.
c®, Thorax clothed with hair only.
ai, Kyes small, reniform.
a8, Palpi extending about the length

Git NEN Is ooasharobpaeee taping cbcacodcobeos Evrricoris, p.
v8, Palpi extending to just beyond
PROMS Me ctscisee esc: oudodons 99000000000 PANEMERIA, p.
b7, Kyes large, round.
a8, Abdomen dorsally flattened ......... Bityza, p. 41.

68, Abdomen not dorsally flattened.
w@, Abdomen entirely clothed with
FROWN, IMENT — sacgonaaananoaconodoaqnocac Darinenora, p. ,
9, Abdomen with rough hair at base
only.
a, Build stout.
@, Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
moderately fringed with hair
TT HORM, scessenaace BH OERERSE motions ENARGIA, p.
$11, Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint
fringed with long hair below.

a2, Fore wing narrow ............... CALAMIA, p.
6! Fore wing broad.................. Orta, p. :
(OM, TetwNlGl SIEINCIEP cossccnoeascsaseoeqso0e Hyrocana, p.
ce. Abdomen smoothly scaled.
a, Palpi upturned .............-..... OMMATOSTOLA, p. .
GD, JPelhor WOBIEES sbsccococuscobsosusnodoe Hyrocanamia, p.

Genus COSMODES. Type
Clasmmodes, Cran, NOE Th, jos 24S) (CGP) cose rcqsocccoococsseccnbecab6ades elegans.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about
to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd short; frons
smooth ; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost
entirely with seales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibis
moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments
and large crest on 8rd segment. Fore wing with the apex rather produced and
acute, the termen excised to vein 3 where it is angled, then excised to tornus
where there is a scale-tooth ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from
upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars; 6,7 shortly stalked or from angle; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.

3591. Cosmodes elegans.

Phalena eiegans, Donov. Ins. New Holl. pl. 36. f. 5 (1805) ; Hudson, New
Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 33, pl. vi. f. 2.

3S. Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous, whitish at tips ;

Vol. VIII. C

18 NOOTUID A.

frons white with rufous bars above and between antennze which are
rufous; tegulz with two slight dark lines at middle; patagia with
oblique white bands; metathorax with whitish patch, some blackish
scales at tips of patagia and metathorax ; pectus and legs whitish
tinged with rufous; abdomen white with the dorsal crests rufous.
Fore wing whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few
black scales, the terminal area suffused with deep rufous and
brown except towards costa; a very pale yellow-green fascia
from subcostal nervure near base curving down to below vein 1,
then upwards to median nervure at middle where it is con-
fluent with a wedge-shaped mark in cell, these markings defined
by silvery white lines; two similarly coloured conical patches

Fig. 1.—Cosmodes elegans, 3. 4

beyond the cell between veins 7 and 3 and 2 and 1, an oblique pale
rutous fascia between veins 3 and 2 which are streaked with
white, the area beyond the conical patches deep rufous to the
silvery white postmedial line, which arises below costa, is angled
outwards at vein 6 then oblique to vein 3 and between veins 2
and 1; a series of dark subterminal strize excurved from costa to
vein 6, then defined on inner side by silvery white striz angled out-
wards at vein 3 and ending at vein 2, with deep rufous before them
between veins 6 and 4; a terminal series of dark striae with
whitish before them above and below vein 3; cilia brown with a
dark line through them, whitish at apex and below vein 3. Hind
wing yellowish white, the terminal area broadly tinged with rufous
from apex to vein 2; the underside white with a faint rufous
tinge.

@. Head and tegulee deep rufous; thorax pale rufous; fore
wing deep rufous, the costa dark with white points towards apex ;
the interspace between veins 3 and 2 pale rufous at base, then
ereyish, the postmedial white line obsolete except between veins 7
and 4 and with some fiery red beyond it, the subterminal line
obsolete; hind wing with the terminal half blood-red.

Hab. QunenstanD, Brisbane (Turner, Lucas), 1 ¢, 2 2, Moreton
Bay (Diggles), 2 3; N. 8S. Waters, Sydney (Doubleday, Lambert,
Daniel, Raynor, De la Garde, Rietmann), 1 3, 9 25; Vicroria,
Gisborne (Lyell), 1 9; New Zeatanp, Auckland (Colenso, Bolton,
Owley), 4 9, Christchurch, Governors Bay, Napier, Okan. xp,
32-36 willim.

CANNA. 19

Genus CANNA. Type
ype.
(Caitttattnn NNIVE, SOS oTIS TO (UNG) cosconncnesoeos copaccabnacavenasosoobe pulchripicta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of fronsand moderately fringed with hair, the 8rd short; frons smooth p
eyes large, round ; antennz laminate; thorax clothed with elongate scales, the
prothorax without crest, the mesothorax with paired tufts of scales, the meta-
thorax with spreading crest; the patagia with upturned tufts of scales at
extremity ; tibiz fringed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests,
the crest on 4th segment large. Fore wing short and broad, the apex rounded,
the termen excurved at middle and excised below apex and towards tornus
which is somewhat lobed; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 froin upper
angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsclescent from just below
middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.

A. Abdomen with the crest on 4th segment formed of long
black seales.
a, Fore wing with the medial band green tinged with

UINGGOIS J codaaadososeuc chore ete RC UE OLE rE REA MISES fora or prasinaria.
b. Fore wing with the medial band red-brown.................. malachitis.
B. Abdomen with the crest on 4th segment formed of ochreous
JNANITRcdaacassusotegan acd ue Bone Cae ior ete nee eee alee attcaeeaueme pulchripicta.

3592. Canna prasinaria. (Plate CXXIIL. fig. 18.)

Diphthera prasinaria, Wik, xxxii. 615 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 204.

Head and thorax bright emerald-green ; palpi black with some
white in front and at extremity of 2nd joint ; frons white below and
with lateral black bars; some black behind the eyes; antenne
blackish ; tips of tegulz and outer edge of patagia with some white,
the patagia tipped with black; a pair of black-tipped tufts of hair
from mesothorax; pectus and legs with some white, the tibiz
marked with black, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen
white, with diffused dorsal black bands, the crest on 4th seg-
ment very large and black, the ventral surface black at base, white
at extremity. Fore wing bright emerald-green; subbasal line
black, defined by white on outer side, excurved at median nervure
and angled outwards as a triangular black mark on vein 1, a black
streak beyond it on costa; antemedial line black defined by white
on inner side, slightly angled inwards in cell and on vein 1, and
very strongly excurved between those points, the area between it
and medial line suffused with fuscous except below costa and cell
and above inner margin; the medial line black defined by white on
outer side, incurved below costa, slightly angled outwards in cell
and inwards on median nervure, then bent outwards and angled in
submedian fold, then incuryed ; reniform represented by an elliptical
white patch, some slight fuscous suffusion beyond lewer angle of
cell; pestmedial part of costa with white spots with black marks
between them; the postmedial lne almost ee black

CG 6

20a NOCTUIDAE.

defined by white on outer side, incurved below costa, slightly angled
outwards at vein 6, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds,
excurved and minutely waved between those points ; a subterminal
black spot in discal fold; a terminal series of black points and
lunule at discal fold; cilia intersected with brownish, with patch at
discal fold and black lunules at tips. Hind wing very pale green,
deeper at termen; a fuscous postmedial band expanding into a patch
at discal fold; some black points on termen ; cilia brownish white
at tips; the underside white, the costal area striated with brown
and irrorated with a few black scales, a blackish discoidal spot and
diffused postmedial band from costa to vein 4.

Hab. Sixui (Atkinson, Lidderdale, Moller, Dudgeon), 4 3,8 92,
type. Hap, 36-40 millim.

3093. Canna malachitis.

Telesilla malachitis, Oberth. Kt. Ent. vy. p. 80, pl. 3. f. 9 (1881); Hmpsn.
Moths Ind. 1. p. 294; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 130.

Canna splendens, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 412; Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii.
p. 59, pl. 128. f. f.

-g. Head and tegule white, tinged with bright apple-green ;
palpi dark red-brown, the tips of 2nd and 3rd joints white; an-
tenns red-brown, the basal joint white, black at tip; patagia
rufous; vertex of thorax white mixed with rufous; pectus white,
the legs suffused with rufous, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen
whitish, dorsally tinged with rufous, the crest on 4th segment
formed of black scales, the ventral surface rufous. Fore wing
brilliant malachite-green, the base daiker green; subbasal line
black, defined by white on outer side, slightly incurved from costa
to vein 1, then angled outwards and rather diffused above inner
margin; a medial pale rufous band, irrorated slightly with red-
brown and defined by white lines, the inner edge with fine black
line between the white and rufous from costa to vein 1, and the
outer side with black line towards costa, the inner edge very
obliquely excurved from costa to submedian fold, very slightly
angled outwards at median nervure, and produced as a fascia on
inner margin to near subbasal line, the outer edge oblique and
irregularly sinuous from costa to below vein 2, then erect; the
orbicular represented by a green point defined by black on inner
edge of medial band, the reniform by an undefined white lunule: a
dark striga from costa on the medial band; a brown point on costa
just beyond the band; the costal edge white, with some brown points
towards apex; the terminal area whitish to vein 6 and a white patch in
submedian interspace ; a terminal serics of black points and a black-
brown spot below vein 6 with a white lunule on it; cilia white with
red-brown patches above and below middle. Hind wing white, faintly
tinged with green; a diffused fuscous subterminal patch, broad at
costa, narrowing to a point in submedian fold; a te:minal series of

CANNA. 21

black points; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with a
few black scales except towards base, the subterminal patch emitting
teeth on the veins to termen, a terminal series of small black
lunules from apex to vein 2.

Q. Hind wing with the brown subterminal band entire, narrow-
ing to tornus.

Hab. Ki. Steerra, Ussuri, 2 ¢; W. Curva, Moupin (Aricheldorf ),
1 $; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 2, Simla (Harford),
1 g, Murree (Harford), 1 g, Dharmsidla (Hocking), 4 2 type
splendens; Siku. Hvep. 32-40 millim.

3094. Canna pulchripicta.

Canna pulchripicta, W\k. xxxiii. 790 (1865); Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 61,
pl. 6. f. 10; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 293.

¢. Head and tegule bright apple-green, the latter edged with
white; palpi red-brown; frons with red-brown marks at sides;
antenne red-brown ; thorax bright rufous, blackish behind, the pro-
thorax with white patch ; pectus whitish; legs rufous, with green
patches on fore tibie ; abdomen whitish, tinged with rufous. Tore
wing bright emerald-green; a rufous band from base of costa ex-
tending as a fascia along inner margin to beyond middle, where it

ie i

Fig, 2.— Canna pulchripicta, S$. 1.

ends in a point; a medial rufous band very oblique from costa to
vein 2,then bent inwards to the fascia on inner margin, these rufous
markings defined by fine white lines; a faint oblique darker green
fascia from costa just before apex to the angle of medial band; a
terminal white band from apex to vein 5, its lower part tinged with
rufous; a rufous lunule slightly edged with white on termen in sub-
median interspace ; cilia rufous, white at apex. Hind wing white,
the terminal area tinged with brown from apex to vein 4, some
slight black points on termen towards apex; cilia tinged with
rufous; the underside with the costal area tinged with rufous.

Hab. Srxurm (Russell, Atkinson, Dudgeon), 8 g type. Hap. 34—
36 millim.

22 NOCTLUID.A.

Genus DASEOCHETA. Ip
ype.

Daseocheta, Warren, Seitz. Macrolepidoptera, pt. 9, p. 11 (1907). viridis.
Diphtherocome, Warren, Seitz. Macrolepidoptera, pt. 9, p. 11
(UIGIOIOY. scsenccs ssonnonancdasbenpaspascbosonasocds ddaocqndnconosndosaassanoDouGe pallidu.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
vertex of head and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd rather long, naked ;
frons smooth; eyes Jarge, round; antenne of male typically ciliated; thorax
clothed with long rough hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with
spreading crests, the patagia tufted at extremity ; tibise fringed with hair ; ab-
domen with dorsal series of crests, large at middle. Fore wing with the apex
rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obso-
lescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only

Ser. I. (Daseocheta). Antenne of male bipectinate with long branches to apex.

3995. Daseocheta viridis.
Agriopis viridis, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 502, pl. 51. f. 6.

Head and thorax yellow-green; palpi black; sides of frons
brown; antenne brown; tegule with black band at base and
black lunules at middle; pro- and metathorax with black bands;
pectus ochreous white; fore tibize streaked with black, the mid and
hind tibiz banded with black, the tarsi banded black and white;

abdomen dark red-brown, the ventral surface whitish at middle.

Fig. 3.—Daseocheta viridis, . }.

Fore wing yellow-green ; subbasal line represented by a black point
on costa followed by a striga ; a short black streak in base of sub-
median fold; a slight subbasal black streak above inner margin ;
antemedial line black defined by white on outer side, double at
costa, incurved in cell, then waved, excurved in submedian inter-
space and oblique to inner margin; claviform short and broad,
defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black
and white at sides, open above and below, the former round, a
blackish streak between them above median nervure ; an irregular
medial black bar from costa and a waved line from cell to inner
margin interrupted above the claviform, then touching it ; post-
medial line double at costa, strongly bent outwards and obsolete

DASEOCH ETA. 93

below costa, then black detined by white on inner side, waved,
angled inwards in discal fold and strongly incurved below vein 4,
then outwardly oblique to inner margin, two black points on its
inner edge in submedian interspace and some black and white
points beyond it on costa; an oblique black bar from costa before
apex, a short oblique subterminal streak above tornus and point on
inner margin ; a terminal series of black points; cilia ochreous at
base, chequered white and brownish at tips. Hind wing brown
with traces of a pale postmedial line ; the termen whitish between
veins 4 and 1; cilia white with some brown marks at base, wholly
brown at apex; the underside brown with slight discoidal point and
indistinct sinuous whitish postmedial line, the termen whitish with
black strie.

Hab. Japan, Yokohama (Manley, Pryer), 3 3,2 2 type. Eup.
44-50 millim.

Ser. TL. (Diphtherocome). Antenne of male bipectinate with moderate
branches, the apical fourth ciliated.
A. Fore wing with strong black band on outer edge of post-

TUNG CLUca IMT eS MMos see te peer io rotors tus UN eh Le aa a
B. Fore wing without strong black band beyond postmedial

line.
a. Fore wing with black mark in submedian interspace

metaphea.

losiione jpostimmacligy! Ming casscscocossboovcnscc0psasbosorosobendvos: pallida,
6. Fore wing without black mark in submedian interspace
vivida.

DsHORe pROSHUDEGIIAN INE coonsocogadcosscascosccnsesosaveadseoutes

3096. Daseocheta thetaphea, n. sp. (Plate CXXILI. fig. 19.)

Head and thorax bright emerald-green ; palpi and sides of frons
black; antenne brown ; tegule with black outer edge and dorsal
spot ; pro-, meso- and metathorax with paired black spots ; pectus
brownish and black ; tibia banded green and black, the tarsi black
and white; abdomen brownish white suffused with black at middle
above and below. Fore wing bright emerald-green; a subbasal
black bar from costa; a short black streak in base of submedian
fold and a black streak above inner margin from near base to the
antemedial line, which is strong, black defined by white on outer
side, angled inwards on median nervure and outwards in submedian
fold, then incurved and ending at the black streak above inner
margin, a slight white streak beyond it in submedian interspace,
with black striga representing the extremity of claviform, then a
black fascia before postmedial line with spurs above and below from
its inner side; orbicular and reniform defined by black and white
at sides and with quadrate black patch between them, open above
and below, the former small, round; a black bar from middle of
costa and spot on inner margin; postmedial line with double black
points at costa, strongly bent outwards and obsolete below costa,
then forming a strong black band defined by white on inner side,
joined by a black bar from costa, its inner edge angled inwards in
discal fold and outwards at vein 4, then sinuous and very oblique

oA NOCTUID A.

to submedian fold and excurved to inner margin, its outer edge
excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia with
series of black lunules at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown with
narrow pale green terminal band with some dark strie on termen ;
cilia whitish ; the underside brownish white, the costal area green,
a strong black band from costa to the discoidal spot, and faint band
from it to inner margin, traces of a much interrupted postmedial
line and some black strive on termen.

Ab. 1. Hind wing white not tinged with fuscous or green.

Hab. W. Cuina, Pu-tsu-fang, 3 ¢, 2 Q type. Hap. 30-34
millim,

3097. Daseocheta pallida.

Diphtera pallida, Moore, P.Z.8. 1867, p. 46, pl. 6. f.6; Hmpsn. Moths
Ind, ii. p. 295.

Head and thorax yellow-green; palpi black, white at tips; sides
of frons black ; antennee brown, white at base; tegule with dorsal
black spot at base; pro- and metathorax with paired black spots ;
shoulders with black streaks; tibie with black spots, the tarsi
banded black and white; pectus ventrally with black patch; abdomen
brownish white dorsally tinged with green, the crests black, ven-
trally with large black patch with some white sublateral points.
Fore wing yellow-green, the costal edge white ; subbasal line repre-
sented by a black striga from costa followed by a bar; a short
curved black streak below base of cell and a curved streak above

Fig. 4.—Daseocheta pallida, 3. }.

inner margin, with some whitish above it extending to antemedial
line, which is represented by two black strize from costa and a black
line defined by white on outer side from subcostal nervure to the
black fascia below vein 1, bent outwards at median nervure, angled
outwards in submedian fold, then incurved ; the medial area with
white fascia in submedian fold crossed by a black striga representing
the extremity of the claviform, the orbicular defined by a black striga
on inner side, its outer side by a quadrate black patch angled in-
wards above median nervure defining the inner edge of reniform,
which has a black bar with points above and below it on its outer
edge, the stigmata with some white on the edges of the black marks,
a black spot on costa above outer edge of reniform, a short oblique
streak from inner margin with its inner extremity bent upwards,
and a short fascia in submedian fold with spurs from its inner

DASEHOCH ZETA, 25

extremity above and below before the postmedial line, which is repre-
sented by two black points on costa and by a black line defined by
white on inner side from below costa much nearer termen, angled
inwards in discal fold, outwards at veins 4, 3, then bent inwards
and sinuous to inner margin, an oblique black bar beyond it from
costa; a subterminal series of black points with slight white marks
before them in the interspaces between veins 7 and i; cilia green
at base, the tips white with a series of black lunules. Hind wing
pale blue-green with faint blackish discoidal spot and traces of
medial and postmedial lines; the underside with strong black-brown
band from costa to the discoidal spot and interrupted line from it
to inner margin, a slight much-interrupted postmedial line and
series of points and striz Just before termen.

Hab. W. Cutna, Omei-Shin, 1 9, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 9 ; Kasamir,
Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 9; Punsas, Thundiani (Yerbury), 1 9;
Sikaim Trpet, Yatong (Hobson, Bingham), 2 36, 3 9; SikHiIM
(Atkinson, Lidderdale), 1 3,2 2 type. Hap. 36-46 millim.

3598. Daseocheta vivida. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 20.)
Diphthera vivida, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 187.

Head and thorax yellow-green; palpi black, ochreous at tips ;
frons and vertex of thorax ochreous; antenne ochreous ringed
with black; shoulders with black-brown patches; pectus ochreous
and red-brown, the tibiz green with black spots, the tarsi ochreous
banded with black; abdomen ochreous white with some blackish
hairs, the ventral surface with large black-brown patch. Fore
wing yellow-green; subbasal line represented by double black striz
from costa and spot below cell; a black fascia above inner margin
from base to the antemedial line, which is black defined by white
on outer side, incurved in cell, angled outwards in submedian fold
then incurved and ending at the black fascia ; claviform defined by
black and white at extremity; orbicular and reniform defined by
black and white at sides and with quadrate black patch between
them, open above and below, the former round; a black bar from
costa to outer edge of orbicular and a slight minutely waved oblique
brown line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line with double
black points at costa, then black defined by white on inner side,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and strongly in-
curved below vein 4, an oblique black bar beyond it from costa
and some brownish suffusion on its outer edge; a terminal series of
black points ; cilia chequered red-brown and white at tips. Hind,
wing white faintly tinged with green; slight traces of a discoidal
spot and postmedial line; the underside with the costal area suf-
fused with green, a black band from costa to lower angle of cell
with short streak before it in cell, and obsolescent band to inner
margin, an interrupted postmedial line from costa to vein 4, and on
inner area and series of small lunules just before termen.

Hab. W. Cutna, Omei-Shin, 1 9, Ni-tou, 3 9, Pu-tsu-fang, 2 d,
2Qtype. Hxp. 34-40 millim.

26 NOCTUID®.

Secr. IIf. Antenne of male bipectinate with short branches, the apical third
ciliated.
A. Hind wing with broad brownish subterminal band ......... vigens.
B. Hind wing without subterminal band.
a. Fore wing with large quadrate black mark in submedian

interspace before postmedial line ........-.....2:.eeeeeeneee brevipennis.
6. Fore wing with slight black spot in submedian interspace
before! postmecialilinesperrenaceeeernseceereeerceeeecrr rrr Jfasciata.

3599. Daseochata vigens.
Diphtera vigens, W\k. xxxii. 616 (1865) ; Himpsn. Moths Ind. u. p. 294.

Head and thorax deep emerald-green ; palpi black, white at fips ;
frons whitish, black at sides; antennse black-brown; shoulders
with black streaks ; metathorax with paired black patches; pectus
ventrally black-brown ; the tibia green with black spots, the tarsi
black-brown banded with whitish ; abdomen yellow suffused with
black-brown on terminal half, some green on dorsum and anal tuft,
the crests tipped with black, the ventral surface black-brown with
two sublateral white points at middle, a ventral series and bar
before the green anal tuft. Fore wing deep emerald-green, the
costal edge white; a curved black mark from base of costa to
median neryure, a subbasal black striga from costa and a black
fascia on inner margin extending to the antemedial line, which is

Hen

Fie. 5.—Dascccheta vigens, S. }.

black defined by white on outer side, angled inwards on median
nervure, outwards in submedian fold, then oblique and excurved
above inner margin; a black striga in submedian fold representing
the extremity of the claviform with white fascia from it to the
black spot on inner edge of postmedial line; orbicular and reniform
defined by black and white at sides, and with quadrate black patch
between them, open above and below, the former round; a black
bar from costa to outer edge of orbicular, and a slight blackish
lnnule on inner margin; postmedial line represented by two black
points on costa and a black line defined by silvery white on inner
side from below costa much nearer termen, incurved in discal fold,
angled outwards at vein 4, then oblique and slightly sinuous to
submedian fold and outwardly oblique to inner margin, a band of
dark suffusion beyond it and some black and white points on costa ;

DASEOCH /TA. 27
a terminal series of black points; cilia white at tips with series of
black-brown lunules. Hind wing pale emerald-green, the basal and
inner areas suffused with brownish ochreous; traces of a medial
line; a fine postmedial line angled outwards at vein 5, then in-
curved, and a broad brownish subterminal band ; cilia brown at
apex; the underside with black band from costa to just before the
discoidal lunule and brownish band on inner area, postmedial line
with spots on costa and in discal and submedian folds, slightly bent
outwards below costa and incurved in submedian fold, a broad
black-brownu band beyond it from costa to vein 4, some striz on
termen and two spots at discal fold.

Hab, Sixur (Atkinson, Moller, Dudgeon), 5 3,5 Q type. Exp.
36-40 millim.

3600. Daseocheta brevipennis, n. sp. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 21.)

Head and thorax pale blue-green ; palpi black; antenne brown;
shoulders with black patches ; tibie with black spots, the tarsi
banded black and white ; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused
with brown, ventrally black-brown. Fore wing pale blue-green,
the basal and postmedial areas suffused with olive-green ; subbasal
line represented by a black striga from costa; a short black streak
in base of submedian fold and a curved black streak above inner
margin from near base to the antemedial line, which is black detined
by white on outer side, incurved in cell, angled outwards in sub-
median fold, then incurved and ending at the streak above inner
margin ; claviform minute, defined by some black scales above and
at extremity ; orbicular and reniform defined by black and white at
sides and with quadrate black patch between them, the former
small, round, sometimes defined by black below; a black bar from
middle of costa aud oblique striga from inner margin ; the medial
area with white fascia in submedian fold ending in a quadrate black
spot before postmedial line, with spurs above and below from its
inner edge ; postmedial line black defined by white on inner side, bent
outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, excurved and slightly
angled at veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved to submedian fold and
excurved to inner margin, some black points beyond it on costa, fol-
lowed by a triangular spot; aseries of black points formed by diffused
scales towards termen ; cilia with terminal series of black lunules.
Hind wing white faintly tinged with green ; a diffused blackish dis-
coidal spot with diffused band from it to inner margin and traces of a
postmedial line at middle and towards tornus; the underside with
slight black streak in middle of cell, aiffused curved medial band
blacker towards costa and more or less confluent with the discoidal
spot, much interrupted postmedial line, and series of black points
before termen.

Hab. Stxuiu Trser, Yatong (Binyham), 2 ¢,1 Q type. Eap.
32 millim.

28 NOCTUID®.

3601. Daseocheta fasciata.

Diphthera fasciata, Moore, P.Z. 8. 1888, p. 408; Butl. ill. Het. B. M. vii.
p. 30, pl. 122. f. 1; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 295.

Palpi black, white at tips; head brownish white, the vertex
ereen, the sides of frons black, the antenne brown, white at base;
tegule and patagia blue-green, the dorsum of thorax brownish
white; pectus green at sides, black-brown ventrally; tibiew green
with black marks, the tarsi banded black-brown and white; abdo-
men brownish white with large black-brown ventral patch. Fore
wing pale blue-green with some darker suffusion before the ante-
medial and beyond the postmedial line; subbasal line represented
by a black point on costa followed by a bar; a very short black
streak below base of cell and an oblique white fascia above a
curved black fascia on inner area extending to the antemedial line,
which is represented by an oblique striga from costa and a line
slightly defined by white on outer side from subcostal nervure to
the black streak above inner margin, bent outwards at median
nervure, angled outwards in submedian fold, then incurved; the
medial area with white streak in submedian fold with black point
on it at extremity of claviform ; orbicular and reniform defined by
black and white at side and with quadrate black patch between
them, open above and below, the former round, a black bar from
costa to the black patch, a point on inner margin and a small black
lunule in submedian fold on inner edge of the postmedial line, which
is represented by two black points on costa and a black line defined
by white on inner side from below costa much nearer termen,
angled inwards in discal fold, outwards on veins 4, 3, then bent
inwards and outwardly oblique to inner margin, a black spot with
white point on it beyond it on costa; cilia with slight black-brown
lunules at tips. Hind wing pale blue-green with some ochreous
hair on inner area; a diffused blackish discoidal spot; the under-
side with strong black bar from costa to the discoidal spot and two
spots on inner area, postmedial points below costa and vein 7 and
small spots in discal and submedian folds and above inner margin.

Hab. W. Curna, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 ¢,1 9; Ponsa, Laka ee
1 9; Stxuim, 12. Hup. 44 millim.

Secr. LV. Antennz of male serrate and fasciculate.

3602. Daseocheta chrysochlora.
Diphthera chrysochlora, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 445 (1897).

Head and thorax bright yellow-green ; palpi brown above, whitish
at tips; frons whitish tinged with rufous ; antenne brown, ochreous
at tips; pectus and legs rufous, the fore tibiew green in front; abdo-
men rufous, the crest on 3rd segment green, the ventral surface
whitish irrorated with red-brown. Fore wing bright yellow-green

DASHOCH ETA. 29

irrorated with dark green and suffused with dark green before the
antemedial line, below end of cell and beyond the postmedial line ;
a rather diffused dark subbasal line from costa to submedian fold
in which there is a short diffused dark streak at base ; antemedial
line rather diffused, double filled in with green, highly waved, erect ;
claviform slightly defined by brownish, large; orbicular and reni-
form bright green slightly defined by brownish and their centres by
dark green, a brown patch between them in cell, the former small,

Fig. 6.—Daseocheta chrysochlora, $. 1

round, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure; a
brownish patch on middle of costa; postmedial line double filled in
with green and with some whitish scales in places, bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved in discal fold, angled
outwards at vein 4, very oblique to submedian fold and angled
outwards on vein 1; subterminal line only defined by the irregular
edge of the dark green area, angled outwards at veins 7 and 4 and
inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of slight
blackish lunules defined on inner side by slight pale lunules, he-
coming whitish between vein 3 and tornus; cilia with slight black
lunules at tips from vein 4 to tornus. Hind wing deep red-brown,
the cilia brownish white with a slight dark line through them; the
underside with some whitish in interspaces of medial area and at
apex, a blackish discoidal lunule, waved postmedial line excurved
below costa then oblique, and terminal series of black lunules.
Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 5,1 9 tvpe. Hep. g 30, 2 32 millim.

Sect, V. Antenne of male ciliated.

A. Hind wing with white patch at tornus crossed by an
Oli menmlaicka peruse cesses wa cccscs ie ueteuceie sweeter alpium.
B. Hind wing without. white patch at tornus.
a. Fore wing with black postmedial band interrupted by
white streaks on veins 6, 4, 3, 2 .......csecece-cccecceeenss MUSCOSH.
6, Fore wing with the postmedial band not interrupted
by white streaks.
a\, Fore wing with the postmedial line interrupted hy
rufous between veins 4, 3.
a’. Fore wing with minutely dentate subterminal
line on outer edge of postmedial band ............ discibrunnea.
}*, Fore wing with the subterminal line not defined... marmorea,
6‘. Fore wing with the postmedial line not interrupted
by rufous between veins 4, 3.
a”. Hind wing with the ground-colour whitish ...... verbenata,
b°, Wind wing with the.ground-colour yellow ......... beryllodes

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30 NOCTUIDE.

3603. Daseocheta alpium.

Noctua ludifica, Sepp, Ins. Ned. i. (4) p. 41, pl. 9. ff. 1-8 (1762), nee Linn.

Noctua aprilina, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 70 (1776); Sepp, Ins. Ned. iv.
(corrigenda); Hiibn. Kur. Schmett., Noct. f. 22 (nee Linn.).

Noctua alpium, Osbeck, Gotheb. Samml. Handl. (Wet. Afd.) i. p. 52,
pl. 1. f. 2 (1778) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 130. :

Noctua orion, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 118. ff. 4-7 (1787) ; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi.
p. 208, pl. 85. f.5; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. pl. 46. f. 2; Curt.
Brit. Ent. v. pl. 404; Err. Beitr. pl. 22.

Noctua runica, Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2561 (1788).

Moma murrhina, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 314.

Head and thorax emerald-green ; palpi black, the extremity of
2nd joint white, the 3rd joint white with black band; sides of
frons black; antenne ringed black and white at base; tegnilze
black, white at base and white and green at tips; patagia mostly
black at tips; vertex of thorax with some black hair; pectus and
legs white mixed with brown, the tarsi banded brown and white;
abdomen pale brown with white segmental rings, the crests black,
the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing emerald-green ; a white
fascia in submedian fold from base to postmedial line, the costal
edge white; a subbasal black point on costa; a black antemedial
band expanding into a patch on costa, slightly angled inwards in
cell and outwards on median nervure, angled inwards to base at

Fig. 7.—Daseocheta alpium, 3. 1}.

vein 1, where it is interrupted; orbicular represented by a very
oblique black mark confluent with the lower edge of reniform,
which is represented by two black bars on a white patch, with
black patch from costa to inner bar with points before and beyond
it ; a medial black line from origin of vein 2 to inner margin, angled
outwards in submedian fold and forming a triangular mark on
vein 1 with oblique black strive before and beyond it across the
white fascia in submedian fold; postmedial line strong, black,
defined on outer side by small rather wedge-shaped brownish
marks except towards costa, where it is dilated with two points on
it, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and incurved below vein 3:
a subterminal series of small white spots in the interspaces with
black lunules on their outer side and black patches before them at
middle and in submedian interspace; cilia chequered white and
fuscous. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, the terminal
area slightly darker; an indistinct dark discoidal lunule; a white

DASEOCH-ETA. Bil

patch at tornus crossed by an oblique brown bar and with black
point on its inner edge; cilia chequered fuscous and white; the
underside greenish white slightly tinged with brown, the costal
area with some brown irroration at and beyond middle, the terminal
area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal bar, postmedial line
waved from costa to vein 5, then incurved and almost obsolete, and
diffused waved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. murrhina. Fore wing with the terminal area mostly
suffused with red-brown.

Hab. Brrrary, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand & Leech Colls.; Gurr-
mANy, Zeller, Frey, & Leech Colls.; Ausrria, Leech Coll.; Huneary:
SWITZERLAND; Spain, Bilbao; Irary; Scanprnavia; Rvssta,
Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armenra; E. Stperia, Ussuri; Japan, Myano-
shita ( Verbury), 1 6,1 2, Oiwake (Pryer), 3 3, Tokio (Fenton),
2 2, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 1 g,1 2; Corna, Gensan (Leech),
15,1 9; C. Caina, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 9; W. Curva, Omeishan,
1 Q, Chang-yang (Pratt), 13,29. Hep. 33-42 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 139; Barrett, Lep. Brit: ii. p: 216) pl. 119)
i, BD,

Brownish ochreous with several irregular yellowish lines, the
dorsum black on somites 3-11; pale yellow or whitish transverse
dorsal patches on somites 4-6 and 9; tubercles reddish, bearing
tufts of brown or whitish hairs ; head black, marked with yellowish.
Food-plants: Oak, Birch, Beech, &c. 7-9.

0604. Daseocheta muscosa.

Bryophila musccsa, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. viii. p. 72, pl. 144. f. 15
(1891); id. Moths Ind. 1. p. 298.
Diphithera imray, Ampsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 472 (1906).

Palpi black with a few white scales, the extremity of 2nd joint
white; frons white ; vertex of head black mixed with white scales,
the basal joint of antennz white behind and the back of head with
white patches, the base of shaft of antenne ringed with white;
tegulze and patagia green and white at base, black at tips; vertex
of thorax black and white mixed; pectus mostly white, the legs
black, the tibize and tarsi ringed with white and with white patches
at base of tibiz ; abdomen whitish suffused with black leaving
shght white segmental rings, the crest on 3rd segment rufous, the
anal tuft white at tip. Fore wing blue-green, the costa black
except at base ; a white spot at base with some black beyond and
below it ; a short white fascia in submedian interspace; a subbasal
white point on costa followed by a black patch extending to median
nervure; an antemedial white point on costa, black spot in sub-
median fold and black points with white point between them on
inner margin ; claviform white defined by black suffusion ; orbicular
white defined by black, small, round ; reniform white defined by
black with some green in centre and black point in upper part and

32 NOCTUID 4%.

spot in lower, elliptical; a medial black bar from costa and oblique
line from cell to inner margin ; the veins beyond the cell with white
streaks with postmedial black point on vein 6 and oblique minutely
dentate line from vein 4 to inner margin, incurved in submedian
interspace ; postmedial part of costa with three small white spots ;
a broad black subterminal band interrupted by dentate white marks _
between veins 4 and 2, its outer edges excurved below costa and at
middle and with white spot at vein 6; the terminal area with black
bar from apex and irregular spot at vein 6, the veins with short
black streaks at extremities; a terminal series of black striz; cilia
chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish, the costal half and
terminal area suffused with black, the inner area with brown hair ;
cilia white intersected with black and mixed with black towards
apex; the underside white, the costal area thickly irrorated with
black and the apex suffused with black, a diffused black bar from
middle of costa, slight discoidal spot, black postmedial line curved
and minutely waved from costa to vein 4, then indistinct, and ter-
minal series of lunules except towards tornus.

Q. Hind wing nearly entirely suffused with black.

The thorax has rather more scales than in typical species.

Hab. Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 2 type; TRavancorr,
Pirmad (Imray), 3 3,2 9,type imrayt. Hap. 34-38 millim.

3605. Daseocheta discibrunnea. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 22.)

Diphthera discibrunnea, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 46, pl. 6. f. 14; Himpsn.
Moths Ind. 11. p. 295.

Head and thorax pale yellow-green; palpi brown, the extremity
of 2nd joint white; frons with lateral brown bars; antenne pale
brown ; tegule and patagia slightly edged with brown; shoulders
with brown patches; pectus and legs whitish tinged with red-
brown ; abdomen whitish tinged with yellow-brown, the crests
fuscous at tips. Fore wing yellow-green mixed with whitish ; sub-
basal line double, black-brown, from costa to a red-brown patch in
base of submedian interspace with small blackish loop below it;
antemedial line represented by small double dark brown spots on
costa and submedian interspace and single mark in cell, the inner
submedian spot confluent with the basal brown patch; slaviform
defined by a blackish lunule at extremity; orbicular defined by
blackish lunules at sides, the reniform by blackish lunules at sides
with slight whitish striz representing the annulus; a red-brown
bar from middle of costa extending between the stigmata; post-
medial line double, minutely waved, much interrupted, bent out-
wards and interrupted below costa, interrupted by rufous at vein 6
and between veins 4, 3, incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards
at vein 1; postmedial area suffused with rufous except at costa
and inner margin, and with some white points with black streaks
between them on costa, its outer edge formed by the faint, minutely

DASHOCH ETA. 33
waved subterminal line, with some slight brown points on its outer
side, slightly angled inwards below costa,excurved at middle and bent
outwards to tornus; the terminal area slightly irrorated with fuscous,
a terminal series of black points; cilia with a series of brown spots
at tips. Hind wing very pale green, tinged with yellow-brown on
disk and inner area, the apical area suffused with brown ; a faint
curved postmedial line and faint subterminal line incurved below
vein 4 and bent outwards to tornus ; cilia brown at apex, whitish,
with a brown spot below apex ; the underside white, the costal area
irrorated with rufous, and the apex suffused with rufous, a brown
discoidal spot and maculate postmedial line incurved below vein 3,
some brown lunules on termen from apex to vein 2.

2. Hind wing with the broad brownish subterminal band
entire.

Ab. 1. Fore wing suffused with olive-green.—Punjab.

Hab. Punsss, Murree (Harford), 1 3, Dalhousie (Harford),
1 9; Srxaim (Atkinson, Dudgeon), 3 6, 3 2, type. Hvp. 36-44
millim.

3606. Daseocheta marmorea. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 23.)
Diphthera marmorea, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 136. A

Head white tinged with ochreous; palpi black-brown, whitish at
tips of 2nd and 3rd joints; sides of frons and head behind antennee
with black-brown marks; antenne brownish; thorax pale green,
the tegule and patagia slightly edged with brown, the prothoracic
crests ochreous ; pectus and legs ochreous and dark red-brown, the
tibiae with some green, the tarsi with pale rings; abdomen ochreous
mixed with dark brown towards extremity, the ventral surface dark
brown irrorated with ochreous. Fore wing pale yellow-green, the
base red-brown confluent with a conical subbasal black-brown mark
in submedian interspace, its outer edge extending to just below
vein 1 ; a subbasal green striga from costa on the brown area; an
antemedial triangular black-browu spot on costa with point beyond
it; claviform represented by a curved black striga at extremity
from median nervure; orbicular and reniform very large and defined
by black at sides only, the former rather quadrate, the latter ellip-
tical, the cell between them suffused with rufous ; a black-brown
bar from middle of costa; the area beyond and below reniform
suffused with rufous; a black point on inner margin before the
postmedial line which is double, the inner line indistinct and very
incomplete, bent outwards and interrupted below costa, interrupted
by rufous at vein 6 and between veins 4, 3, incurved at discal fold,
slightly angled outwards at veins 4, 2, 1, and strongly inwards in
submedian fold ; the postmedial area suffused with rufous and with
black in submedian interspace, and with some pale points on costa,
its outer edge representing the subterminal line, slightly incurved

VoL. Vill, D

bt NOCTUID.

below costa, angled outwards at vein 5, then incurved ; a series of
black points just before termen ; cilia with series of black-brown
Junules at tips. Hind wing very pale green, the basal and inner
areas yellowish, the apical area suffused with brown, a faint dis-
coidal spot and curved postmedial line; the underside with the
costal area irrorated with brown, a large black discoidal spot, in-
distinct spot at middle of costa, sinuous postmedial line incurved
Lelow vein 4 and with black spot in diseal fold, and dark irroration
beyond it from costa to vein 4.

Hab. W. Cuina, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 g, 2 9,type. Hip. 3b 40,
© 42 millim.

*3607. Daseocheta verbenata. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 24.)
Diphthera verbenata, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) 1. p. 222 (1898).

3. Head and thorax bright yellow-green; palpi blackish, the
extremities of joints white ; sides of frons yellowish white ; antennze
brownish ; tegule with some black scales near tips ; pro- and meta-
thorax and upper edge of patagia with some black scales; pectus
and legs ochreous white mixed with brown, the fore tibize with some
black and green, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen ochreous
white with slight brownish segmental lines. Fore wing bright
yellow-green irrorated with white and a few black scales ; subbasal
line represented by black strize from costa and cell; a slight black
streak in base of submedian fold; antemedial line white defined on
each side by black scales, erect, waved; orbicular and reniform
small, with slight white annuli defined at sides by black scales, the
former round, the latter somewhat constricted at middle, a blackish
patch between them; a medial black striga from costa and traces
of a waved line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line white
defined strongly by black on outer side, slightly on inner, strongly
bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, shightly incurved
at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some black and white points
beyond it on costa and some brownish suffusion at discal and sub-
median folds; an indistinct dentate blackish subterminal line,
angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3; a terminal
series of prominent black lunules and wedge-shaped spot at sub-
median fold, defined on inner side by white lunules; cilia green
with white line at base and some black scales at tips. Hind wing
yellowish white with slight dark discoidal bar, indistinct curved
postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band ; a lunulate blackish
terminal line; the underside with the terminal half irrorated with
a few black scales, a black discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line,
and terminal series of small lunules.

Thorax with rather more scales than in typical species.

Hab, Transvaan, Barberton (Rendall), type y+ in Coll. Distant.
KHvp. 32 millim.

DASEOCH ETA,—-LEUCONYCTA, F)

*3608. Daseocheta beryllodes. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 25.)
Dipthera beryliodes, Turner, Trans. R. Soc. 8. Austr. 1£03, p. 5.

¢. Palpi ochreous and brown; head and thorax bright green ;
frons white ; antennee rufous with the basal joint white in front ;
tegule with the basal half rufous and biack medial line ; patagia
and metathoracic crests at tips with some black scales ; fore tarsi,
terminal half of mid tibiz, and hind legs ochreous and black;
abdomen ochreous with blackish lateral stripes, the dorsal crest on
lst segment green, the others blackish. Fore wing bright green ;
a small black lunule at base of cell with rufous and black lunules
below and beyond it, the latter with white below it; subbasal and
antemedial black points on costa with a semicircular black-edged
rufous mark between them; an antemedial black point on inner
margin; a small comma-shaped white spot in middle of cell;
a waved medial black line interrupted by the white reniform with
waved black bar on it; postmedial line remote from cell, black,
irregular, excurved below costa, angled outwards at veins 4 and 3,
incurved at discal and submedian jolds, defined by white on inner
side, strongly in submedian fold, with a rufous band on its outer
edge bounded by the indistinct subterminal line, which has some
black on it below costa, is incurved at vein 7 and below vein 4,
somewhat dentate at middle and excurved in submedian fold, the
rufous extending to near termen above middle ; a terminal series
of small black lunules ; cilia chequered with brown. Hind wing
ochreous tinged with brown; a dark discoidal lunule ; the terminal
area dark brown with sinuous inner edge; cilia chequered white
and brown. Underside ochreous with dark discoidal lunules and
irregularly waved medial and postmedial lines with irregular dark
band beyond the latter. |

Hab. Qurenstanp, Dulong, Blackall Range, type tr ¢ in Coll.
Turner. Hap. 44 millim.

Genus LEUCONYCTA, noy.

Type, L. diphteroides.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, slender, the 2nd
joint reaching about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with scales in
front, the 3rd rather long; frons with transverse ridge; eyes large, round;
antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the
pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; build slender; tibia smoothly
scaled; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex
rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with
8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper
angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

36 ! “NOCTUID &.

A. Fore wing with medial black patch on costa...........-+e+0 diphteroides.
B. Fore wing without medial black patch on costa ...........- vesta. |

3609. Leuconycta diphteroides.

Microcelia diphteroides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 84, pl. 3. f. 7 (1852); Grote,
Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 78, pl. 2. f. 2; id. Trans. Am, Ent. Soe. ii.
p. 195, pl. 3. f. 69; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 48.

Microcelia obliterata, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 79 (1864) ; id.
Trans, Am. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 195, pl. 3. f. 70.

Head and thorax pale green mixed with white, the head with
some brown scales ; palpi ochreous banded with brown; antenne
brown; tegule edged with brown; prothoracie crest red-brown at
base ; patagia and metathoracic crests tipped with black; pectus
and legs whitish tinged with ochreous, the tibie and tarsi dark
brown, the latter ringed with white; abdomen white irrorated
with black, the ventral surface tinged with ochreous. Fore wing
very pale green irrorated with white; subbasal line double, waved,
black, interrupted below costa and above inner margin, a triangular
black spot beyond it on costa; antemedial line double, black,
oblique, waved, strongly angled inwards on vein 1; claviform
defined by black; orbicular and reniform with white annuli
defined by black, the former elliptical, the iatter open above, its
centre defined by blackish on outer side and below, a black fascia

a 3
So 7a
aS

Fig. 8.—Leuconycta diphteroides, 3. }.

between them above median nervure, with a blackish shade above
it from costa; aslight waved line from below reniform to inner
margin; postmedial line double filled in with white, strongly bent
outwards below costa, then lunulate and with black points beyond
it on the veins, oblique below vein 4, some black and white points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight, white, defined on inner
side by dentate black marks, waved, incurved at discal and sub-
median folds; a terminal series of minute black lunules slightly
defined by white on inner side ; cilia chequered blackish and white
and with blackish line through them. Hind wing white slightly
irrorated with fuscous; a slight discoidal point, traces of dentate
postmedial and subterminal lines and a terminal series of black
striz; the underside white tinged with rufous, especially on the
veins and costal area, a black discoidal spot and indistinct sinuous
postmedial line.

LEUCONYCTA.—AGRIOPODES. OF

Ab. 1. obliterata. Fore wing with the black markings defining
the postmedial and subterminal lines almost. obselete.

Hab. Canada; U.S.A., Massachusetts (Burg), 256, 22, New
York (Packard), 1 3, Kvans Center (Grote), 3 ¢, 5 2, Trenton
Fails (Doubleday), 1 3, 1 2 type, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
(Engel), 1 2, Wisconsin, Virginia, Iowa, Missouri, itansas. Hvp.
34-40 millim.

Larva. Dyar, Can. Ent. xxx. p. 16.

Cylindrical, green, smooth, the sete very fine and single ; dorsal
and subdersal lines white, narrow, with waved edges; tubercles
1 and il with white points; a pinkish-red stigmatal line edged with
white below, distinct at extremities ouly.

*3610. Leuconycta vesta. (Plate CX XIII. fig. 26.)

Micrecelia vesta, Schaus, Trans, Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 223 (1894).

3d. Head and thorax white; palpi black-brown except at tips ;
sides of frons black-brown ; antennee brown except at base; pectus
and legs tinged with red-brown; abdomen white suffused with
brown, leaving white dorsal segmental lines. Fore wing silvery
white faintly tinged in parts with red-brown; a triangular black
subbasal spot on cesta; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique,
waved, with brown point in cell and black point in submedian
fold; orbicular defined by black on outer side, the reniform on
inner side and with a black fascia between them in cell, otherwise
undefined ; pestmedial line represented by a triangular black spot
on costa and traces of an oblique waved line with some black
points on it from vein + to inner margin; three small black spots
on postmedial part of costa; subterminal line very indistinct,
white faintly detined on inner side by brownish, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black striw; cilia
chequered brownish and white. Hind wing white tinged with
red-brown ; a terminal series of brown strive from apex to vein 2
slightly defined by white on inner side; cilia white ; the underside
tinzed and irrorated with red-brown, a black discoidal point and
terminal series of striae.

Hab. Mexico (Schaus), typet g in U.S. Nat. Mus. Ap.
36 millim.

Genus AGRIOPODES, nov.

Type, A. fallax. a

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about
to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd moderate; frons
smooth; eyes large, round; antenna ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with
rough scales aud without distinct crests; tibise moderately fringed with hair ;
abdomen with some rough hair at base and large basal crest. Kore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3
and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; Y from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from
angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper
angle; 8 auastomosing with the cell near base only.

38 NOCTUID 2H.

A. Fore wing with prominent wedge-shaped black marks before
postmedial line in discal and submedian folds.
a. Fore wing without subterminal series of dentate black
THOIARS GospacouansacavagsasanbsoacuD0deas008 OE eer ROR CR IN ESOT fallax.
b. Fore wing with subterminal series of dentate black marks... geminata.
B. Fore wing without prominent wedge-shaped black marks
before postmedial line in discal and submedian fold.
a. Fore wing without black medial shade ................0:0ec0es tybo.
b. Fore wing with prominent black medial shade ............... viridata.

3611. Agriopodes fallax.

Moma fallax, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. p. 80, f. 211 (1853);
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 34.

Head and thorax pale blue-green ; palpi white with black patches
on Ist and 2nd joints and the tip of 3rd joint black; sides of
frons black; antenne black with some white at base of shaft;
tegule with some black on edges; tips of patagia black; tibie
streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen white
dorsally suffused with fuscous, ventrally irrorated with black and
with black patch at extremity. Fore wing emerald-green, the
costal edge white; a subbasal black spot on costa; a short black
streak in base of submedian fold; an antemedial black spot on
costa and irregular patch in submedian interspace emitting spurs

Fig. 9.—Agriopodes fallax, 8. }.

into cell and on outer side in submedian fold ; orbicular represented
by a slight black bar, the reniform by a quadrate spot with
oblique black bar from esta to it; a slight black striga on middle
of inner margin and slightly incurved line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin; postmedial line represented by a small black
spot on costa, a black line much nearer termen from vein 7
emitting a streak in discal fold towards cell, incurved below vein 4
and forming a large triangular patch between veins 3 and 1, with
its apex extending almost to medial line, and a point on inner
margin, some black points beyond it on costa and an oblique bar
before apex ; faint traces of a whitish subterminal line with a few
black scales on it, excurved at middle, then incurved; cilia inter-
sected by black streaks extending to termen below veins 6 and 2.
Hind wing whitish slightly suffused with brown, an indistinct
discoidal spot; cilia chequered black and white; the underside

AGRIOPODES. 89

white tinged with brown and irrorated with black, a black discoidal
lunule, diffused postmedial line, and terminal series of black
lunules.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., New York, 4 9, Distr. of Columbia,
Tllinois, Tennessee, Texas. Hep. 36-42 millim.

Larva, Head green, wrinkled, black-dotted on the edge. Body
stout, much tapered posteriorly, velvety green with dorsal and
subdorsal narrow white lines; tubercles with numerous hairs but
very minute, imperceptible. Food-plant, Viburnwm.—H. G. D.

3612. Agriopodes geminata. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 27.)
Moma geminata, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 1 (1908).

6. Head and thorax malachite-green mixed with some white
and black scales ; palpi white with black spots at sides of 2nd and
3rd joints; frons white; antenne black, the shaft white above
towards base; tegulee with some black scales at middle and a
slight black line with two points on it near tips; metathorax with
two black spots; pectus and legs white, the tibiz and tarsi with
black spots ; abdomen white suffused with fuscous except at base,
the basal crest black at tip. Fore wing malachite-green mixed
with some white and slightly irrorated with black ; a black spot
at base; subbasal black bar from costa and amall wedge-shaped
spot above vein | with slight spot below it on inner margin;
antemedial line with two black bars from costa, an obliquely curved
mark from middle of cell to submedian fold with oblique mark
beyond it below the cell, then indistinct, double and incurved at
vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform defined by black at sides and with
square black spot between them, the former rounded ; a black bar
from middle of costa to reniform, incurved below costa, and an
incurved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin somewhat
interrupted at submedian fold; postmedial line double at costa,
incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 and with short black streaks
from its inner side at discal and submedian folds, some black poiuts
beyond it on costa with short white streaks between them; sub-
terminal line represented by an oblique black bar from costa, then
by a series of small dentate black marks; a terminal series of small
black spots with larger spots at discal and submedian folds ; cilia
greenish white intersected with black. Hind wing greenish white,
the terminal area tinged with fuscous from apex to submedian
told; a faint discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line; the
termen white; a series of small black spots on termen and cilia ;
the underside white, the costal half irrorated with a few black
scales, a black spot on middle of costa and discoidal spot, post-
medial line faint, bent outwards below costa then crenulate, a
terminal series of black strive.

Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Cartwright (Heath), 1 g. Exp. 40

millim.

40 NOCTUID Z.

3613. Agriopodes tybo. (Plate CXAIII. fig. 28.)
Moma tybo, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 166 (1904).

®. Head white with a few black scales; palpi mostly black on
outer side except towards tips; thorax pale blue-green, the tegule
with black scales at tips towards middle; pectus and legs white,
the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white dorsally suffused with
fuscous, leaving white segmental lines and the basal crest white.
Fore wing pale blue-green irrorated with a few black scales ;
subbasal line represented by black strie from costa and cell;
a black streak in submedian fold from base to antemedial line
expanding into a spot at base; antemediul line black, double at
costa, oblique, strongly excurved in cell and above inner margin
and incurved in submedian interspace; claviform represented by a
small black spot at its extremity ; orbicular and reniform large,
defined by black, the former round, with a broad black bar above
it from costa and a waved line from it to inner margin, the reniform
incompletely defined ; a black striga in submedian fold below the
reniform ; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, incurved at
discal fold, slightly dentate at veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved,
indistinctly double beyond the cell, some white pvints with short
black streaks between them beyond it on costa and an incomplete
waved diffused black line representing the inner edge of subterminal
line with black spots on it at discal and submedian folds, in-
curved below vein 3; a terminal series of prominent black Junules ;
cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing white irrorated
and suffused with fuscous, especially on costal half of terminal
area ; au indistinct discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line; a
terminal series of black strie; the underside white, the costal
area tinged with ochreous and the costal and terminal areas to
vein 4 irrorated with black, a diffused blackish medial line incurved
and indistinct below middle of cell, a black discoidal spot and
diffused postmedial line incurved below vein 3, and terminal series
of black lunules.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona (Poling), 1 2 cotype. Hyp. 38 millim.

3614. Agriopodes viridata. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 29.)

Jaspidea viridata, Harv. Can, Ent. viii. p. 385 (1876); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 49.

¢. Head and thorax pale green with a few dark scales ; palpi
black except at tips; frons with lateral black marks; antenne
blackish ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white irrorated with
black-brown. Fore wing pale green irrorated with a few black
scales: a waved black subbasal line from costa to vein 1; ante-
medial line rather diffused, black, very oblique, strongly angled
outwards in the interspaces aud inwards on the veins; orbicular
and renifeorm with white annuli defined by black, the former
round with some black in lower part of centre, the latter strongly
constricted at middle; a diffused black medial band, obligue from

AGRIOPODES.—POLIONYCTA. 41

costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique and conjoined at
inner margin to antemedial line; postmedial line rather indistinct,
slightly bent outwards below costa, then waved, incurved below
vein 4; postmedial area suffused with black except between
veins 6 and 5 and with some white points on costa; subterminal
line obsolete towards costa, dentate at middle and angled
inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of small
black lunules; cilia green intersected with black. Hind wing
white; a black discoidal spot; an indistinct minutely waved post-
medial line and faint diffused subterminal line; a lunulate black
terminal line; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
fuscous, an antemedial band of diffused black scales, large dis-
coidal black spot, rather diffused postmedial line excurved to vein 4,
then oblique, and terminal patches of dark irroration at apex, middle,
and submedian interspace.

Hab, U.S.A., 8. California, 1 g. Hap. 80 millim.

Genus POLIONYCTA, nov.

Type, P. apicata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of
head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded ;
antennz of female nearly simple; head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales
and without crests; tibie slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal
crest at base only. Fore wing broad, triangular, the apex rounded, the
termen crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;
’ from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 ohsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only.

3615. Polionycta apicata, n. sp.

@. Head and tegule grey suffused with red-brown, thorax
grey slightly tinged with brown; fore and mid tarsi banded with
black ; abdomen grey-brown with pale rufous segmental lines.
Fore wing silvery grey irrorated with pale brown and slightly

Fig. 10.—Polionycta apicata, 9. }.

tinged with rufous in parts, a triangular brown patch on middle
of costa and the apical area suffused with brown to vein 4; ante-
medial tine double, rufous, irregularly waved ; orbicular represented
by a minute rufous unnulus; reniform large, defined by brown, its
centre tinged with brown, constricted at middle, its lower extremity
produced and acute; postmedial. line double, very oblique and
slightly sinuous from costa to vein 4 near termen, then inwardly

49) NOCTUID ©.

dentate and oblique to vein 2, then retracted to below angle of
cell and waved to inner margin, some whitish and black strie
beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, waved,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle, slight black marks beyond it
ahove and below vein 4: a fine waved black terminal line. Hind
wing cupreous brown, deepening towards termen, on which there
is a series of grey lunules on inner side of the fine waved black
terminal line ; cilia grey and brown; the underside grey irrorated
with brown, a discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line, and diffused
subterminal line extending to termen towards apex.
Hab. Panama, Obispo (Salvin), 1 2 type. wp. 44 millim.

Genus THALATHA. feiss
Thalatha, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 187 (1862)............ SUNENS.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of frons and moderately fringed with bair in front, the drd moderate ;
frons with very small corneous prominence at middle with raised edges; eyes
large, round; antenne laminate or uniserrate; thorax clothed chiefly with
scales and without crests; tibia: moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with
dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex typically rounded, the
termen evenly curved and very slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 ‘rom 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;
5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked or from
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sect. I, Antenne of male with uniseriate serrations.

3616. Thalatha malagassica, n. sp.

3. Head and thorax white slightly tinged with rufous; palpi
fulvous red with some black above; antenne, tegule, and patagia
fulvous red ; pectus and legs fulvous red, the mid tibiz with black
spot at middle and the tarsus with black spot on basal joint ;

Fig. 11.—Thalatha malagassica, $. }.

abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing white irrorated with fulvous,
the submedian interspace suffused with fulvous except just before
antemedial and beyond postmedial lines, a fulvous band trom
middle of costa to vein 2 and a patch on costa towards apex ;
a diffused black fascia in submedian fold from base to before ante-
medial line, from it to postmedial line, and from beyond postmedial .
line to termen ; antemecial line represented by a black point on

THALATHA, 43

costa, black bar from cell to vein 1, and fulvous line angled out-
wards above inner margin; orbicular and reniform large, white,
the former defined by black at sides, rather elongate elliptical, the
latter defined by diffused black on inner side and by a few black
scales on outer, with slight fulvous lunule in centre ; postmedial
line fulvous with a few black scales on it and strong black lunule
in submedian interspace, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,
excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some white points
beyond it on the costal fulvous patch; subterminal line slight,
fulvous, waved, angled inwards in discal fold and with black spot
beyond it to near termen: a terminal series of slight fulvous lunules;
cilia chequered fulvous yellow and white. Hind wing white faintly
tinged with yellow, especially on inner area; a fine yellow terminal
line and line through the cilia; the underside with faint traces of
curved postmedial line.

Hab. Mapacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 $ type. Hap. 44 millim.

Srcr. II. Antennz of male laminate.

A. Fore wing of male with the apex somewhat produced and
acute.
a. Fore wing with the subbasal mark in submedian interspace
iwie coe Sia e dm MenescaiencancimaeemereineGies ces Gem eacseenecene dinava.
6, Fore wing with the subbasal mark in submedian interspace
a minute lunule.
a’. Fore wing slightly suffused with green, the black

fascia on terminal area strong ...............0eesee neers eceicet.
b1. Fore wing strongly suffused with green, the black
fascia on terminal area slight ................2css00se0ss00. psorallina.

3617. Thalatha dinava.

Acronycta dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 198 (1906).

3. Head and thorax white mixed with reddish brown; palpi
black except at tips; frons with lateral black spots; tegule with
black band at base; pectus and legs mostly red-brown, the tibie
banded with black, the tarsi black; abdomen white irrorated with

Fig. 12.—Thalatha dinava, 3. }.

red-brown and suffused with black towards extremity, the lst
segment with pair of dorsal black points, the 2nd and 3rd with
slight black bars, the ventral surface thickly irrorated with rufous.
Fore wing white suffused with grey-green and irrorated with
fuscous ; subbasal line very indistinct, double, waved, from costa to
vein 1, a blackish spot beyond it on costa and a small wedge-shaped

44 NOCTUID®.

black mark below submedian fold; antemedial line very indistinct,
double, waved, oblique; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by
fuscous, the former round; an oblique sinuous medial line with
diffused brown patch beyond it on costa and greenish patch in cell
an oblique irregular black fascia with grey below it in submedian
fold from medial to subterminal line; postmedial line very in-
distinct and interrupted, black below costa and between veins 6
~ and 4, with small black spot at costa, bent outwards below costa,
incurved and slightly waved below vein 4; an indistinct diffused
dark subterminal line, excurved below costa and at middle and
angled outwards above vein 1, with black streak from it below
vein 2 intersecting the cilia; some diffused brown just before
termen from apex to vein 4 and towards tornus; cilia red-brown ;
the apex somewhat acute in male. Hind wing white; the veins
brownish; the apical area purplish brown from middle of costa and
down to vein 2, in female wholly suffused with brown; the under-
side with the costal area irrorated and suffused with rufous, a dark
patch at middle of costa, slight discoidal spot, and diffused waved
postmedial line excurved below costa and at middle.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type tf do in Coll.
Bethune-Baker, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), Hkeikei (Pratt), 1g. Eup. 38-
42 millim.

3618. Thalatha eceicei. (Piate CX XIII. fig. 30.)
Acronycta ekeikci, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 198 (1906).

¢. Head and thorax white mixed with yellow-green; palpi
black-brown, white at extremity of 2nd joint; frons with lateral
black-brown bars; antennee blackish except at base; pectus and
legs mixed with rufous and black-brown, the tarsi black ringed
with white ; abdomen whitish mixed with deep rufous and black,
the ventral surface almost entirely deep rufous. Fore wing white
mixed with pale yellow-green; a subbasal blackish striga from
costa and point on median nervure with black patch beyond it on
costa and minute fiery-red lunule above vein 1; antemedial line
with black points on costa, then very indistinct, greenish, oblique,
sinuous; orbicular and reniform very slightly defined by blackish,
the former round, open above and below, the latter with greenish
centre and white annulus; an erect greenish medial band expanding
into a triangular patch on costa, obscuring the outer part of orbicular;
postmedial line very indistinctly double filled in with white, almost
obsolete and strongly bent outwards below costa, then lunulate
with black strie on its outer edge, incurved below vein 4, with
alternating white and black points beyond it on costa, crossed by
an oblique irregular black fascia in submedian interspace from
medial band to termen before which it is interrupted; a very ill-
defined lunulate white subterminal band, angled outwards at
vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a
terminal series of black strie defined on inner side by white
lunules; cilia white with slight blackish line through them and

THAT ATA. 45

some black at tips. Hind wing white, the medial veins brown,
the apical area and terminal area to vein 2 broadly suffused with
purple-brown ; cilia white with brown line through them towards
‘apex. Underside of fore wing deep rufous with white streaks
from base, fascia on inner margin and wedge-shaped marks on
termen from vein 5 to tornus; hind wing with the costal and
apical areas rufous, a dark bar from middle of costa, spot at upper
angle of cell, and sinuous postmedial line bent outwards below
costa and excurved at middle.

@. Fore wing with the subbasal lunule below submedian fold
black; hind wing nearly uniformly suffused with purple-brown.

Hab. Br. N. Guinua, Ekeikei (Pratt), 1 9, Mt. Kebea (Pratt),
1g. Hzxp. 3 38, 9 42 millim. Type ft ¢ in Coll. Bethune-
Baker.

3619. Thalatha psorallina. (Plate CX XIII. fig. 31.)
Acronycta psorallina, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8, Austr. xxvii. p. 31 (1903).

$ . Head and thorax white mixed with pale yellow-green, the
latter with a rufous shade on dorsum; palpi black-brown except at
extremity of 2nd joint; frons with lateral black bars ; antennee
blackish except at base; pectus and legs largely mixed with deep
rufous, the tarsi black tinged with white ; abdomen white suffused
with blackish towards extremity, the ventral surtace deep rufous
mixed with black and with white bar on penultimate segment.
Fore wing white mostly suffused with pale yellow-green ; subbasal
line represented by a dark striga from costa and point on median
nervure, with black spot beyond it on costa and minute fiery-red
lunule above vein 1; antemedial line with black point at costa,
then double, greenish, waved; orbicular and reniform slightly
defined by blackish, the former round, the latter with greenish
centre and white annulus; a strong green shade from middle of
costa to median nervure obscuring the outer part of orbicular,
traversed by the double waved medial line which is blackish
towards costa, greenish below the cell; postmedial line double
filled in with white, with black spots at costa, then green with
black strize on it, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, with alternating black and
white marks beyond it on costa, crossed by an oblique black streak
in submedian fold from medial line to termen before which it is
interrupted ; subterminal line indistinct, white, waved, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards in submedian fold
and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of green strise with
white lunules before them ; cilia white with slight black lunules at
middle and tips. Hind wing white, the apical area suffused with
pale rufous ; cilia white, rufous at apex. Underside of fore wing
rufous with white streak below base of costa, white fascia on inner
margin, some white spots on costa beyond middle and dentate
marks on termen below veins 4 and 3; hind wing with the costal

A6 NOCTUID AR.

area except at base and apical area rufous, a dark bar from costa
before middle, discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line.

2, Fore wing with the subbasal lunule below submedian fold
black; hind wing tinged with rufous, the whole terminal area
suffused with rufous except at tornus.

Hab. Qurenstanp, Kuranda (Dedd),1 3,19. Exp. g 34,
© 36 millim.

B. Fore wing of male with the apex rounded. .
a. Fore wing with the ground-colour olive-green ............ cehee.
6, Fore wing with the ground-colour white.
a‘. Fore wing without triangular black patch on middle
of inner margin.
a?, Fore wing with terminal series of small black
spots ......... BER See cuore neon conaa conceted schon acocooehe conjecturalis.
6°. Fore wing with terminal series of slight dark striz. stnens.
b', Fore wing with triangular black patch on middle of
OAT HARBIN socoaacocon9s600d060n000000000008000005000000000 melaleuca,

*3620. Thalatha cebew. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 32.)
Dipthera kebee, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii, p. 203 (1906).

3S. Head and thorax olive-green; palpi black, the extremities
of 2nd and 3rd joints ochreous; antennz brown except at base ;
tegule with black line at base; patagia edged with black-brown
except on inner side towards base; prothorax with two black-
brown spots, metathoracic crest black-brown at tip; pectus and
legs ochreous mixed with black-brown, the tibizw and tarsi black
banded with ochreous white: abdomen ochreous. suffused with
rufous, the crests blackish. Fore wing olive-green; costal edge
whitish; a black spot at base of costa and oblique wedge-shaped
black mark above vein 1 emitting teeth from upper side at. middle
and extremity ; a subbasal black point on costa followed by a small
triangular spot; a whitish fascia in submedian fold from the basal
black mark to postmedial line; an antemedial black point on costa
and two on inner margin with faint traces of an oblique line
between them; orbicular with slight white annulus, round,
followed by a quadrate black spot before the reniform, which is
represented by a faint whitish bar on its inner side and some
whitish points with black points on, their outer side; an oblique
black bar from middle of costa and a Sinuous line from cell to
inner margin with triangular spot beyond it above vein 1; post-
medial line represented by a black spot on costa and some white
points from vein 6 to inner margin strongly incurved below vein 4
and with black bars on their outer side between veins 6 and 4 and
in submedian interspace, some black spots beyond it on costa;
subterminal line represented by an oblique black bar from costa,
then by a series of whitish points excurved below vein 7 and at
middle, incurved in submedian interspace and with slight black
spots before it above and below vein 5; cilia chequered black,
rufous and white. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area

THALATHA, 47

tinged with rufous; a brownish postmedial spot below vein 6;
cilia chequered rufous and white; the underside with the costal
and apical areas suffused with rufous and irrorated with dark
brown, a diffused blackish bar from middle of costa, a brown
discoidal spot and diffused sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Br. N. Guinza, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type tf ¢ in Coll.
Bethune-Baker. vp. 42 millim.

3621. Thalatha conjecturalis.

Thalatha sinens, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 187 (1862), var. nee
1856.

Bryophila conjecturalis, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1890, p. 222, pl. vii. f. 10;
Humpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 242.

Head and thorax white, the head and tegule mixed with pale
rufous; palpi with black point at extremity of 2nd joint; frons
with black lateral spots; tegule with black dorsal point; patagia
with blackish outer edge; metathorax with paired black points ;
pectus and legs tinged with reddish brown, the tarsi banded with
blackish ; abdomen white tinged with red-brown, the basal crest
black at tip. Fore wing pure silvery white slightly irrorated with
reddish brown; a blackish subbasal spot on costa; a black fascia
diffused below, curved from base of costa to below cell, then up to
median nervure at antemedial line, which is indistinct, brown,
double, waved, oblique; an obliquely curved medial black line with
diffused brown band beyond it from costa to vein 1, a strong
oblique black fascia from it to outer edge of postmedial line in
submedian fold; reniform represented by a slight dark lunule on
the black band; postmedial line double, the lines rather widely
separated, the outer line with series of black points on it, bent
outwards below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 3,
some dark points beyond it on costa and a brownish bar from costa ;
an indistinct irregularly waved brownish line representing the
inner edge of subterminal line from the brown bar to submedian
fold and some brownish marks on the outer edge of the line: a
terminal series of smali black spots and a wedge-shaped spot in
submedian fold; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing
white suffused with brown; a terminal series of slight dark
lunules; cilia white with series of pale brown spots; the under-
side white tinged with red-brown, a brown discoidal lunule,
slightly waved curved postmedial line, and terminal series of slight
lunules.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial band extending from costa to
reniform only.— Borneo.

Hab. Bompay, N. Kanara, Karwar (Bell), 19; Burma, Rangoon,
1 2 type; Borneo, Sarawak, Sandakan (Pryer),1 ¢. Hep. 32-
36 millim.

48 NOCTUID®.

3622. Thalatha sinens.

Orthosia -sinens, Wik. xi. 746 (1857); Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. viii. p. 71,
pl. 144. f. 6; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 241.

Head and thorax pure white, the tegule and patagia with some
pale rufous scales; palpi black except at tips; tarsi banded with
black-brown; abdomen white suffused with brown. Fore wing pure
white faintly irrorated with pale brown on basal and inner areas;
an obliquely curved interrupted black fascia from base of costa to
subme‘lian fold before antemedial line, which is indistinet, pale
brown, oblique, slightly waved, and with double brown spots at
costa; a diffused brownish triangular patch from middle of costa
to median nervure ; reniform very faintly and incompletely defined
by pale brown, small; ‘postmedial line very indistinct and in-
complete, double, the lines widely separated and with two black
points on costa, bent outwards below costa, then waved, incurred

Fig. 18.—Thalatha sinens, S. +.

below vein 3, crossed by a diffused oblique brown fascia in sub-
median fold from well before it to subterminal line, with oblique
black striga above it before postmedial line and triangular spot
beyond it, two black points with a brown bar from them beyond it
on costa; an indistinct diffused waved brown line representing the
inner edge of subterminal line which has some slight brown marks
on its outer edge; a terminal series of shght dark strize and a
wedge-shaped black spot at vein 2; cilia chequered brown and
white. Hind wing white suffused with red-brown; a black spot
on termen at vein 2; cilia white; the underside white, the costal
area suffused and irrorated with red-brown, a slight discoidal lunule
and diffused sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the markings grey-green, the striga
before postmedial line developed into an irregular fascia from just
before medial line to the spot on outer edge of postmedial line.

Hab. W. Caina, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 29; Bompay, N. Kanara,
Karwar (Bell), 1¢; Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3; TRavancory,
Trevandrum (/erygusson), 1 9; Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 9 type.
Exp. 30-36 millim. ;

*3623. Thalatha melaleuca, n.n. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 2.)
Tarache kebee, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 208 (1906), nee Dipthera
kebee, p. 208.
@. Head and thorax white; palpi black except at tips; lower
part of frons black; antenne black except at base; tegule black

THALATHA.—GOENYCTA. 49

at middle and with black patches at tips; patagia with black
patches on outer edge; pectus and legs black and white, the tarsi
slightly ringed with white; abdomen fuscous, whitish at base, the
crests black, the anal tuft white, the ventral surface black with
large white patch at middle. Fore wing pure white; an irregular
black fascia below base. of cell, arising from costa at base; a
subbasal black point on costa followed by a triangular patch; a
triangular black patch on middle of costa extending to lower angle
of cell and another on inner margin extending to submedian fold;
a small postmedial black spot on costa and point on inner margin,
a broad black bar from apex to discal fold with white point on
costa, rather bifid below and connected with a triangular black
patch from termen below apex with black point above it on termen ;
a broad oblique black bar from vein 2 to tornus widely forked
above; two black points on termen below middle; cilia white, -
black at the black markings. Hind wing fuscous, the inner area
whitish; cilia black from apex to vein 5, then white; the under-
side black, the base white except costal area, the inner area white,
its upper edge expanding into a whitish patch beyond middle.

Hab. Br. N. Guinza, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type t @ in Coll.
Bethune-Baker. Hp. 32 millim.

Genus GOENYCTA, nov.

Type, G. niveiguttata.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle
of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short; frons with
rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antenne
of female ciliated; thorax smoothly clothed with scales only and without
crests; tibiee moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of
crests, the crests on segments 3, 4, 5 large. Fore wing rather narrow, the
margins subparallel, the apex rounded, the termen slightly excurved at middle
and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of
discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.

3624. Goenycta niveiguttata.
Erastria niveiguttata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xiv. p. 205 (1902).

@. Head white; palpi black, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd
joints white; frons with triangular black patch on lower part with
two points above it; antenne black except basal joint; thorax
black with white patch on metathorax; pectus and legs white, the
fore and mid tibie and the Ist joint of tarsi banded with black ;
abdomen white slightly tinged with fuscous, the crests black.
Fore wing black with irregular white subbasal, antemedial and
postmedial patches on costal area with black points on them
representing the lines and conical white ante- and postmedial
patches on inner margin; a white point on costa before the post-
medial patch and two towards apex; subterminal line represented

VOL. VIII. E

50 NOCTUID &.

by an angled white striga from costa, strie on termen below veins
7 and 5 and one at tornus with a few white scales between them ;
cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind wing white tinged with
fuscous especially on terminal area; cilia with a fine white line at

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base; the underside white, a fuscous bar from middle of costa with
traces of a band from it to inner margin, traces of a band from
middle of discocellulars to inner margin, excurved beyond lower
angle of cell, an apical fuscous patch.

Hab, Srxuim, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 2 type. Hap. 34 millim.

Genus TYCRACONA. Type
Tycracona, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 95 (1882) ........-.....seeeeeee eee eees obliqua.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about
vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd porrect, short ; frons with small
rounded prominence at middle; eyes large, round; antennz laminate; thorax
clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibize moderately
fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing tri-
angular, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anas-
tomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4
from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from
upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only, the termen strongly
curved.

3625. Tycracona obliqua.

Tycracona obliqua, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 95 (1882); Waterhouse, Aid, ii,
pl. 118; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 243.

Head red-brown; tegule red-brown with white tips; thorax
erey-white with some red-brown on prothorax and base of patagia ;
legs brown, the tarsi ringed with whitish; abdomen grey suffused
with reddish brown. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with
brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; some red-brown
on costa towards base and a slight subbasal streak on subcostal
nervure with point below it on median nervure; antemedial line
very indistinct, double, waved, slightly angled inwards below costa ;
orbicular defined by brown, minute, round; reniform a’ narrow
white lunule slightly defined by brown; an oblique black-brown ~
band from costa to vein 5 on outer edge of renitorm with a black
fascia from it above vein 4+ to near termen; postmedial line rather
indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved; some white points beyond it on
costa, defined by whitish on outer side in submedian interspace

TYCRACONA, —CRANIOPHORA. 51

and with slight dark streak in submedian fold from beyond it to
termen; an indistinct rather diffused brown subterminal line
excurved at middie and with slight dark streaks beyond it in the
interspaces ; a terminal series of slight dark striz with dark marks

Fig. 15.—Tycracona obliqua, $. }.

beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing greyish brown with very
indistinct diffused subterminal band; the underside white slightly
tinged with brown, a blackish discoidal bar, minutely waved brown
postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 5, and brown terminal
band narrowing to apex and vein 1.

Hab. Stxutm (Dudgeon, Pilcher), 2 3; Buurdn (Dudgeon), 1 9;
Assam (Badgley),26,2 92. Hxp. 40-44 millim.

Genus CRANIOPHORA.

Type.
Craniophora, Snell. Vlind. van Ned. p. 262 (1872)..........02-2.0000-s ligustri.
bisulcca, Chapman, Ent. Rec. i. p. 28 (1890) ............:0..sseceeee eee ligustrt.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short ; frons
smooth; eyes large, round; antenne simple and laminate in both sexes;
thorax clothed with scales mixed with some hair, the prothorax without crest,
the metathorax with divided crest; tibiz moderately fringed with hair;
abdomen with dorsal series of crests and rough hair at base. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3
and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from
angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from
upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with prominent black fascia in submedian fold
extending to termen.
a. Fore wing with the claviform large, defined by black ...... nigrivitta.,
b. Fore wing with the claviform absent ..........0......sseeeeeees fasciata.
B. Fore wing without prominent black fascia in submedian fold.
a. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish grey.
a, Fore wing with oblique white mark in submedian inter-

Spacesbetorepmedh dl Mlinemrcsssreeenceeeaceeertsssrercreeeeeece albonigra.
b'. Fore wing without white mark in submedian interspace
befonenmiedialilin eds y-cescsesesecn ccc seence a sce ecnee ce seeeeee preclara.
b. Fore wing red-brown suffused with purplish fuscous ...... nubilata.

ce, Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-white,
a, Hind wing white, the terminal area slightly tinged with

HOO VUTEC NEN eee eso eciettiie eisniele oeiciscien d nicieaies tcioneaeahionaee pontica,

b'. Hind wing uniform brown .................csecceeeeee eee eeees paragrapha.,
d. Fore wing red-brown with white patch beyond the cell... eguseri.
e. Fore wing almost wholly suffused with black-brown......... obscura.

52 NOCTUIDZ.

3626, Craniophora nigrivitta.

Hyboma nigrivitta, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 72, pl. 144. f. 19 (1891) ;
id. Moths Ind, ii. p. 242.

3. Head and thorax brown mixed with some whitish; palpi
with some blackish scales above; frons with black bar; tegule
with medial black line with some blackish irroration before it;
tibie streaked with black; tarsi banded black and whitish;
abdomen whitish suffused with brown and with some fuscous on
anal tuft. Fore wing greyish suffused with pale brown and slightly
irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double black
strie from costa; a strong sinuous black streak in submedian fold,
curved downwards from just before antemedial line to outer edge
of claviform, then oblique to termen and cilia; antemedial line
double, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and to inner
margin; claviform defined by black except above, rounded and
extending to cell; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black,
the former round, the latter with slight brown lunule in centre;
an oblique black bar from costa to reniform; postmedial line
double, the outer line indistinct, slightly bent outwards below
costa, then dentate and produced to black points on the veins,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique and angled inwards in: submedian
fold, a slight black streak in discal fold from it to termen and some
black points on costa; the veins of terminal area with slight dark
streaks; an indistinct pale waved subterminal line defined on inner
side by brown forming somewhat dentate marks; a terminal series
of small triangular black spots. Hind wing pale suffused with
ochreous brown; the veins brown; the terminal area suffused
with fuscous leaving a series of black points on termen defined by
slight greyish lunules ; cilia ochreous white ; the underside ochreous
white, the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a diffused
blackish subterminal band.

fab, Manpras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3 type. Exp. 36 millim.

3627. Craniophora fasciata.

Acronycta fasciata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 5, pl. 144. f. 4 (1884) ; Hmpsn.
Moths Ind. ii. p. 243.

Hyboma divisa, Moore, P. Z.8. 1885, p. 409; Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii.
p. 45, pl. 125. f. 7. :

Acronycta nigrostriata, Pag. Jahrb. Nass. Ver. xli. p. 128 (1889).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with red-brown; 2nd
joint of palpi with black band ; frons with black bar; tegule with
black lines near base and tips; shoulders and outer edge of patagia
with black streaks; tibie streaked with black, the tarsi banded
with black; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral surface whitish
except at extremity. Fore wing whitish irrorated with red-brown,
the terminal half suffused with red-brown except at inner margin
and termen; subbasal line represented by double dark strie from
costa; a black streak in submedian fold from base to the ante-
medial line with dark brown fascia below it and some black-brown

CRANIOPHORA. a3

above it at base; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; orbicular
and reniform incompletely defined by black, the former white with
red-brown centre, rather elongate elliptical, the latter suffused with
red-brown ; medial line dark brown, oblique from costa to lower
angle of cell, strongly angled inwards in submedian fold and out-
wards on vein 1, a strong oblique black-brown fascia from it to
termen in submedian fold; postmedial line double filled in with
whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,
excurved to vein 4, angled inwards in submedian fold and outwards
at vein 1, some whitish points beyond it on costa; an indistinct
diffused whitish dentate subterminal line with slight dark streaks
beyond it in the interspaces ; cilia with a series of slight blackish
lunules at tips. Hind wing ochreous white more or less tinged
with red-brown, the apical area suffused with red-brown; cilia
with a series of brownish marks at tips; the underside with the
costal area irrorated with brown, a diffused dark mark on middle
of costa, small discoidal spot and traces of postmedial line with dark
spots on and below costa and in discal and submedian folds.

Hab, Japan, Nikko (/to), 1 2 , Yokohama (Pryer), 1 ¢; W. Cina,
Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 9 ; Kasumir, Scinde Valley (Leech), 1 9 ;
Ponsa, Kulu, Sultanpur(G@. Young),2 $,2 9, Dharmsala (Hocking),
43,12 type diwisa; Bompay, Kanara, Karwar (Bell), 1 5; Cryton,
2 $type; Burma, Rangoon ; Ampoina; Br. New Gurnza, Mt. Kebea
(Pratt), 1g,3 9, Dinawa (Pratt), 1 g, Ekeikei (Pratt), 19.
Exp. 36-48 millim. :

3628. Craniophora albonigra. (Plate CXXLIV. fig. 3.)

Acronicta albonigra, Herz. Ann. Mus. Zool. Ac. Imp. Sci. Pétersb. ix.
p. 269, pl. 1. #. 3 (1904).

6. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey-white ; 2nd
joint of palpi with black band; tegule and patagia edged with
blackish ; tarsi dark brown ringed with white; abdomen red-brown
with the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing violaceous grey suffused
and irrorated with brown, the inner half to just beyond antemedial
line suffused with black-brown; subbasal line represented by
double black striz from costa and single striga from cell with black
streak from it to antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved,
angled inwards in submedian fold and on vein 1; orbicular and
reniform defined by black, the former with whitish annulus, round ;
medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, incurved to sub-
median fold, then obliquely excurved, defined by whitish on inner
side below the cell and with dark suffusion on outer; postmedial
line double slightly filled in with whitish towards costa and inner
margin, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate,
excurved to vein 3, then incurved and angled outwards at vein 1,
some whitish points beyond it on costa and crossed by an ill-defined
blackish streak in submedian fold from medial to subterminal lines ;
an indistinct pale waved subterminal line, excurved below vein 7

54 NOCIUID®.

and at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds where
there is a whitish lunule on it and dark marks beyond it at discal
and submedian folds; a terminal series of slight brown lunules ;
cilia chequered dark brown and whitish. Hind wing whitish
tinged with ochreous, the terminal area suffused with brown from
apex to vein 2; a slight discoidal lunule; cilia brownish with pale
line at base; the underside grey-white irrorated with brown, a
slight dark mark from costa before middle, discoidal spot, and traces
of postmedial line with dark spots on and below costa and in discal
and submedian folds.

@. Fore wing with the white before medial line confined to an
oblique mark below submedian fold, the subterminal line formed of
whitish lunules; hind wing wholly red-brown.

Hab. FE. Steeri1a, Amurland in Coll. Piingeler; W. Cnina, Omei-
shan, 1 6, Chang-yang (Pratt), 19. Hap. 32 millim.

3629. Craniophora preclara. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 4.)

Acronycta preclara, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. xxxv. p. 74 (1890); Stand.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 134.

¢. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with fuscous;
2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons with black bars at
middle and above; tegule with diffused black medial line;
shoulders and outer edge of patagia with black stripe; tibice and
tarsi banded with black; abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous
and dorsally tinged with brown towards base, the crests blackish.
Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with fuscous, the basal area
suffused with olive-brown, a diffused olive-brown band beyond the
medial line and a band beyond postmedial line, some yellow at base
of inner margin; subbasal line represented by indistinct double
dark striae from costa and cell; a black streak in submedian fold
from base to just before medial line, defined by olive below ; ante-
medial line double, oblique, waved, angled outwards below costa
and inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform large, with olive
centres and whitish annuli defined by blackish, the former round,
the latter with rather irregular outline; a double minutely waved
medial line, excurved to median nervure, angled inwards in sub-
median fold and outwards on vein 1; postmedial line double filled
in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate,
incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1; an obscure
interrupted black streak in submedian fold from medial line to
termen and a slight streak in discal fold from postmedial line to
before termen; some white points on costa on the dark postmedial
band ; an ill-defined waved whitish subterminal line, angled out-
wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of slight
black lunules with olive spots beyond them on the cilia. Hind
wing whitish uniformly suffused with olive-brown ; some indistinct
whitish lunules on termen ; cilia chequered olive and whitish ; the
underside whitish, the veins tinged with olive, the costal area

CRANIOPHORA, 55

slightly irrorated with fuscous, a dark spot on middle of costa, dark
discoidal spot and postmedial spots on and below costa, in discal fold
nearer termen and in submedian fold.

Hab. BK. Siserta, Amurland, 1 ¢, Ussuri. Exp. 48 millim.

3630. Craniophora nubilata. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 5.)
Euplexia nubilata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 208 (1894).

3. Head and thorax dark reddish brown tinged with fuscous
and mixed with some grey scales; tibie and tarsi ringed with
whitish ; abdomen dark brown mixed with blackish and with some
grey hair at base. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with purplish
fuscous leaving a browner patch on medial area in and below eell
and the terminal area browner; some golden and greenish scales
on inner margin near base; subbasal line represented by double
black strie from costa and a diffused oblique streak below cell;
antemedial line double, black, oblique, slightly waved, angled in-
wards on vein 1, then outwards above inner margin; claviform
absent; orbicular pale rufous with red-brown centre and indistinctly
defined by red-brown, round; reniform a black lunule; a double
slightly waved black medial line, oblique from costa to median
nervure, then incurved and again oblique to inner margin ; post-
medial line double, black, strongly bent outwards below costa, then
dentate, the outer line less strongly, excurved to vein 3, then
incurved; subterminal line pale rufous, diffused, dentate, approxi-
mated to postmedial line, angled inwards below vein 3 where there
is a small wedge-shaped black spot beyond it; a series of small
black spots just before termen on indistinct pale lunules; cilia
with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing white, the veins, inner
and apical areas suffused with ochreous brown; a diffused post-
medial line and subterminal band; the underside with black spot
in middle of cell with two spots above it below costa, a discoidal
spot and diffused postmedial line incurved below vein 3.

Hab. Srxutm (Moller), 1 3 type. vp. 46 millim.

3631. Craniophora pontica. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 6.)

Acronycta pontica, Staud. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiv. p. 864 (1879); Melio-
ransky, Hor, Soc. Ent. Ross. xxxi. p. 239, pl. 7. f.6; Staud. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 182.

Head and thorax white mixed with black; 2nd joint of palpi
with black band; frons with black bar; tegule with black medial
line and yellowish and black tips; shoulders and outer edge of
patagia with black streaks; tibize and tarsi banded with black ;
abdomen white irrorated with fuscous, the crests black. Fore wing
grey-white irrorated with fuscous, the basal area and a broad band
beyond the medial line suffused with black, extending to termen
above tornus; subbasal line represented by double black striz from

| 8 NOOTUID A.

costa and a single striga from cell with slight black streak beyond
it in submedian fold; orbicular white defined by black and with
brown centre; reniform fulvous yellow defined by black and with
slight fuscous lunale on inner side of centre ; medial line black,
oblique from costa to median nervure, then bent inwards and oblique
to inner margin near postmedial line, which is double filled in with
grey, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly
incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; a dentate whitish
subterminal line defined by black on outer side, angled inwards in
discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of small fuscous spots
defined on inner side by a waved whitish line; cilia fuscous inter-
sected with whitish. Hind wing white with some fuscous irroration
on terminal area and diffused blackish streaks on the veins of
terminal half; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated
with black, a small blackish discoidal spot and faint waved post-
medial line incurved below costa and vein 4 and with slight spot in
submedian fold.

Hab. Spain, Castile; Russta, Crimea, 1¢,19; Armenta; Asta
Mryor, Pontus, Taurus; Kurpistan, Egin. vp. 36 millim.

*3632. Craniophora paragrapha.
Acronycta paragrapha, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 100. f. 8 (1874).

@. Head and thorax whitish mixed with dark brown; palpi
with black-brown band on 2nd joint; lower part of frons black-
brown, a blackish bar above it; tegule with blackish line near
base and dorsal patch at tips; tibize and tarsi ringed with black ;
abdomen dark brown, the base, dorsal crests, anal tuft, and ventral
surface paler. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated with dark
brown; a diffused brown streak below base of submedian fold ex-
panding into a patch below base of cell; subbasal line represented
by double dark striz from costa; antemedial line double filled in
with white, oblique, waved, excurved in cell; orbicular and reni-
form with brown centres and white annuli defined by dark brown,
the former small, round ; an oblique brown line from costa to outer
edge of orbicular; postmedial line double filled in with white,
lunulate, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and below
vein 2 bent outwards to near tornus, crossed by a prominent
blackish fascia above submedian fold, its lower extremity bent
downwards to tornus, some black and white points beyond it on
costa; subterminal line white, lunulate, with small wedge-shaped
black marks beyond it below costa at discal fold and below vein 2;
a lunulate white terminal line intersected by slight black streaks
on extremities of the veins; cilia chequered black-brown and white.
Hind wing brown, the cilia chequered brown and white; the
underside ‘white tinged with brown, a blackish discoidal spot and
diffused curved crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. C. Cotony, Knysna (Tr amen), type tT 2 in Coll. Rothschild.
Exp. 46 millim.

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SI

CRANIOPHORA,

3633. Craniophora ligustri.

Noctua ligustri, Seniff. Wien. Verz. p. 70 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins, ii.
p- 172 (1787); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 119. ff. 1-4; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,
Noct. f. 21; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 256, pl. 89. f. 1; Frr, Beitr. pl. 142;
Steph. lll. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 88; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 154.

Noctua litterata, Panz. Syst. Nom. Schaff. Ins. p. 115, pl. 105. ff. 3, 4 (1804).

Noctua coronula, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 179 (1809).

Acronycta sundevalli, Lampa, Ent. Tidskr. 1885, p. 50.

Acronycta olivacea, ‘Vutt, Entom. 1888, p. 81; Ter. Haar. Tijds. xlii. p. 97,
joe AN 3 Il,

Acronycta nigra, Tutt, Ent. Rec. i. p. 34 (1890).

Head white mixed with some black-brown ; palpi black-brown
except at tips; frons with brown bars above and between antenna,
which are brown; thorax black-brown, the tegule with the basal
half mostly white with black medial line and white dorsal streak,
the patagia and vertex of thorax with white patches; pectus and
legs brown mixed with brownish white, the tarsi brown ringed
with white ; abdomen grey dorsally suffused with brown, the crests
dark. Fore wing dark reddish brown with whitish patches from end
of cell to postmedial line and on termen at apex and just below
middle ; subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa

Fig. 16.—Craniophora ligustri, §. }.

with bar beyond it in cell and single striga from cell with short
streak beyond its lower extremity ; antemedial line double, waved,
oblique, strongly incurved at vein 1 and excurved above inner
‘margin; orbicular with white annulus defined by black, round ;
reniform large, defined by black with slight white line on inner
edge and strong lunule on outer; medial line a black bar from
costa to orbicular and sinuous line from cell to inner margin;
postmedial line double filled in with white from below costa to
vein 3, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved at discal
fold and bent inwards at vein 3 to below end of cell, some white
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by white
lunules from costa to vein 7 and a white mark angled inwards at
vein 2 with dentate black mark above it ; a terminal series of small
black spots with white lunules on their inner side; cilia chequered
white and brown. Hind wing white tinged with reddish brown
especially on the veins and inner area, in female more uniformly
suffused with brown; cilia chequered white and reddish brown ;
the underside white faintly tinged with brown, the costal area

58 NOCTUID HE.

irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and traces of post-
medial line excurved from costa to vein 4.

Ab. 1. nigra. Blacker.

Ab. 2. sundevalli. Fore wing more olive-brown without white on
postmedial and terminal areas.

Hab. Briratn, Scotland, Leech Coll., England, Leech Coll.; Francn,
Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller, Frey, & Leech Colls.; Ausrria, Leech
Coll.; Hungary ; Switzprtanp, Frey Coll.; Ivaty; Greece ; Scanpi-
wavra; Russia, Esthonia, Frey Coll., Livonia, Zeller Coll., Sarepta;
Armenia; E.Sreeria, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake. Hap. 34-44 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 142; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 272, pl. 125. f. 2.

Pale bluish green, ventrally yellowish green ; dorsal line whitish ;
lateral line pale yellow ; spiracles red ; warts black, bearing single
rather long black hairs; head green. Food-plants: Ash and rarely
Privet, Alder, &c. 7-9.

3634. Craniophora obscura. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 7.)
Craniophora obscura, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 107.

Head and thorax black mixed with some grey and white; frons
with white bars at middle and between antnne ; tegule with the
basal half white irrorated with black; patagia with whitish
patches; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey-white
irrorated with black and dorsally tinged with brown at base, the
crests white tipped with black. Fore wing grey-white mostly
suffused with black-brown and thickly irrorated with black ; sub-
basal line double filled in with greyish, waved, from costa to vein 1 ;
antemedial line double filled in with greyish, oblique, waved, a slight
whitish mark beyond the position of claviform ; orbicular and reniform
irregularly defined by black, the former with diffused white annulus
except above, rounded, the latter with two grey strie on inner
edge and two whitish points on outer side near upper extremity ;
two medial black strie from costa and a faint oblique waved line
from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double
filled in with grey lunules, bent outwards below costa, then
minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some whitish points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of
indistinct whitish lunules; a terminal series of small triangular
black spots, defined on inner’side by whitish lunules ; cilia white and
black mixed and with series of blackish spots. Hind wing white
tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area from apex to vein 2
suffused with brown, in female wholly suffused with brown; asinuous
postmedial line; the termen whitish with series of slight dark
lunules with blackish spots beyond them on the cilia; the under-
side white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot, postmedial
line waved from costa to vein 4, then oblique, and a terminal series
of black strie.

Hab. W. Cuina, Ni-tou, 1 5, 1 9 type, Kwei-chow, 1 2, Pu-
tsu-fang,1 9. Hwp. 42-48 millim.

ACRONYCTA. 59
%

Genus ACRONYCTA.

Type.

Acronicta, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 62 (1815), non deser.... Perse
Acronycia, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (1) p. 3 (1825) ............... leporina.
Jalyooiags, Vsti, Wer’, 9s ADO USVI) concoasccoscosodocnesono00d serena strigosa.
lirica, Jello, Wows 195 AUO(GKSL)) Goscoosecccacnodeaconseasnecce 00. fle
Aloeloaeinay, Iliblon, ERA Tos AOL (CUSVA) )ocos cocosccoodcaodeenodanq00b4ces alnt.
Jpeg, Labillavns WI Oem (05 PAUP) (SPA) acaoencovocsocesdecosnbnananosebe auricona.
Arctomyscis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 202 (1827) .....-.0.-0.ceeeecceeeeenes acerts.
dluerogintian, (Emu. INCEm 16 7a, GS CUSIP) coooocoocnopanonccseonsn00D0e Sragilis.
Megacronycta, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 79

(CUSIEs)) painganonoosenUaaraticte inenernrit taenororcouseeanaccosdsouccdEsuddonad hastulifera.
Lepitoreuma, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 80

(CLUESIIG)) Bricicia poondac bccn Nn D AMEE el ERSREOEAHeMaH ap adn sasea boacdadaasannccTe ovata.
Plataplecta, Butl. A. M..N. H. (5)i. p. 195 (1878)............--. pruinosit.
Mastiphanes, Grote, New Check List, p. 23 (1882), non deser. edolata.

minia, Chapman, Ent. Ree. i. p. 26 (1890) ............1.0eee ee rumicis.
Cuspidia, Chapman, Ent. Ree. i. p. 27 (1890) ..............1e0000 psi.
Pseudopunda, Butl. Trans. Ent Soc. 1890, p. 672 .............- bicolor.
Tricholonche, Grote, Mitth. Hildersheim Mus. iii. p. 16

(US DG Ree eoeieae settee os ciinas onisae is tec inadanismcemaaetehineee Soot ene afflicta.
Philorgyia, Grote, Mitth. Hildersheim Mus. iii. p. 17

(CIRSISTO) ee BodooGeoaadanOco coed waa Ader cee a AEM aE RCREBE ACA aEOHa sea Sce cckonES luteicoma.
Abaaniala, Talo, WE, WHEEL, soocooasoocaoavpcHoNGacDG0GeGDDAGeNG0ND00E~ aceris,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint typically
reaching about to middle of frons and fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd
short, the palpi sometimes short ; frons smooth; eyes large, round ; antennz
laminate ; thorax typically clothed with hair only, usually with hair and hair-
like scales mixed with a few scales or chiefly with scales, without crests ; tibiz
moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair and with basal
crest typically formed of hair but usually of scales. Fore wing usually broad,
sometimes narrower and more produced at apex which is rounded ; the termen
evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell;
6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 tv form the areole; 11
from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from
middle of discocellulars; 6,7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.

Secr. I. (Hyboma). Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

A. Fore wing with distinct black streak from postmedial
line to termen in submedian fold.
a. Fore wing with black streak on medial area above
vein |,
@, Fore wing with black streak in discal fold beyond
joOstmNaGhiAll INiN@ cosecssgesssq00naH6069000000b 00 s500000000000 theodora.
61. Fore wing without black streak in discal fold beyond
postmedial line.
«, Hind wing pure white.
a3, Fore wing with the antemedial line angled in-

wards in submedian fold ......................0-055 mansucta.
08, Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled
inwards in submedian fold ..................05008. henileuca,
62, Hind wing suffused with brown and with brown
Poshmed alpine erereenceee ete eeeecerceeerenee toes ere Sstrigosa.
6. Fore wing without black streak on medial area above
vein 1.

a', Fore wing with the basal black streak giving off a
spur below at middle.

60 NOCIUIDA.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved to
vein 4, then incurved.
a3, Fore wing white, the antemedial and medial

lines and theshade before subterminal line olive.

b8, Fore wing grey-white without olive-brown

MINAS) | opoco90909b000090060000000e0008090000N9000300

c3, Fore wing blue-grey with olive markings ......

b2. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly
angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved.

a3, Fore wing with the reniform not suffused with

TAUVKOLS) oadaoddssqso nos dbo uBn0aGoacasoqdbSooUUDID000bOdGCNK

air TON LOLI} 9 ar ag oasnebagaaodbsosdonosdnguoqudeaaonscudaaaBqN
bl, Fore wing with the basal black streak not giving off a
spur below at middle.
a2, Fore wing with brown shade in submedian inter-
space from base to termen .........0.eseseeeeeeee eee
i2, Fore wing without brown shade in submedian
interspace.
a3, Fore wing without prominent white annulus to
orbicular.
a‘. Fore wing without dark suffusion in sub-
median interspace beyond postmedial line.
a®, Fore wing with the antemedial line not
suffused with fuscous at middle.
a’, Fore wing grey-white with a faint olive
tinge and slight dark irroration..........
66, Fore wing grey-white tinged with brown
and with more prominent dark irro-
TENTION, coopsagoosq 00D 000d oso pn socoNdeD6uDa00C
5, Fore wing with the antemedial line suffused
with fuscous at middle.
a6, Fore wing withthe reniform tinged with
TRUOINS. oooossonoocno boca cons 000toson0000000000000
6, Fore wing with the reniform not tinged
WHE) FEEUOTSS 00000000900050005000000600000000000
b+, Fore wing with dark suffusion in submedian
interspace beyond postmedial line ............
68, Fore wing with prominent white annulus to
orbicular.
a‘, Fore wing without black suffusion on medial
area; hind wing white.
a, Fore wing not tinged with rufous .........
6°, Fore wing tinged with rufous ...............
b4. Fore wing with black suffusion on medial
area; hind wing brown ..........2..2csseseee0s
cl, Fore wing without basal black streak ..................
B. Fore wing without distinct black streak from postmedial
line to termen in submedian fold.
a. Fore wing with distinct black streak from base below

the cell.
al, Fore wing white, the markings black and strongly
COMUEDSOIIE | sooosoccacbssan00009000.0d.000000nG0Gsux00G00000
b1. Fore wing greyish, the markings not strongly con-
trasting.

a>. Fore wing with the basal streak extending to well
beyond antemedial line.

a3, Fore wing with dark streak in discal fold from

before postmedial line to termen .............. 5

43, Fore wing with dark suffusion in discal fold

beyond postmedial line ..................eeceeee

vinnula.

paupercula.
lepetita.

parallela.
albarufa.

connecta.

exilis,

modica.

hesitata.

hasta.

marmorata.
albiorbis.

Jancousci.
crenulata.

JSragilis.

liturata.

brumosa.

ACRONYCTA.

®2, Fore wing with the basal streak not extending to
beyond antemedial line.
a3. Kore wing with dark shades beyond postmedial
line in discal and submedian folds.
a‘, Fore wing with the basal area not suffused
with black: ss.ca0. cc usdateeenacnethosss es teonnets eee
}4. Fore wing with the basal area suffused with
LOG) are enn mere aR contS Anacneotcucuetoosencasared
8. Fore wing without dark shades beyond post-
medial line in discal and submedian folds.
a4, Kore wing with the antemedial line minutely
Memtater ’s cadesessnevinseeanne cme paemueaesonee
b+. Fore wing with the antemedial line strongly
Gen tater ci. 363 eu wekgeagharencesceeete aa aueemecmeneee
b. Fore wing without distinct black streak from base below
the cell.

@, Fore wing with black-brown shade in submedian
interspace from base to termen ................2eeee88

b1, Fore wing without black-brown shade in submedian
interspace.

a?, Fore wing with black streak above vein 1 before
jpostimaadtien! HN socodenqnaoc0ss¢0cesnacacesade500082000006

62, Fore wing without black streak above vein | before

postmedial line.

a, Fore wing white with strongly contrasting
plackemankin'osiesneceeeseeecaeceesseeeeee reesei

&, Fore wing greyish with the markings not
strongly coutrasting.

a‘, Fore wing with black streak below the cell
from subbasal line to beyond antemedial
line.

a’. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal
area streaked with brown .............2.66

65, Hind wing wholly tinged with brown, the
terminal area suffused with brown .........

4, Fore wing without black streak below the cell
from subbasal line to beyond antemedial
line.

a, Hind wing white, the veins of terminal
area with dark streaks, in female the ter-
minal area suffused with brown ............

6°, Hind wing wholly tinged with brown, the
terminal area suffused with brown.

a°, Hind wing not tinged with orange.
ai, Fore wing without prominent white
spot on postmedial line in submedian
fold.
a8, Fore wing without prominent series
of white lunules on postmedial
line.
a9, Fore wing wholly suffused with
fuscous brown ............000-20+0.
+9, Fore wing with the basal area
blackish, the rest of wing greyish.
¢. Fore wing more uniform greyish.
a, Hind wing suffused with
brown.
a1, Fore wing without purplish
tinge.
@2, Fore wing with the medial
ANEGLY WLOMISIA ooocaceconpanos

velia.

inclara.

clarescens.

minella.

superans.

subochrea.

noctwaga.

carbonaria.

subornata.

hamamelis.

increta.

retardata.

62 NOCLUID ©.

612, Fore wing with the medial

area slightly paler ...... cesared.
bu. Fore wing tinged with
PUTplishieeececeeeereese sees impleta.
610, Hind wing white tinged with
REN seposeaneoubanooodooceeaHnI0Ke illita.

8, Fore wing with prominent series of
whitish lunules on postmedial line.

a’, Fore wing whitish grey, the white
orbicular not strongly ‘con-

trasting.
a0, Fore wing with the orbicular
FOUN. ieee pe diese erate: pruinosa,
bo, Fore wing with the orbicular
more elongate elliptical ...... consanguis,

49. Fore wing browner grey, the
white orbicular strongly con-
tRaStin Saec-eesueec meee cece ceenaeet ote albistigina.
bi, Fore wing with prominent white spot
on postmedial line in submedian
folie atch eR cneameavocuntn ace tcheee ee tee runucts.
26, Hind wing more or less strongly tinged
with orange.
a. Hind wing without dark discoidal
Inia SKS) eososeon panongesaeoneacordonaadedacason lutea.
67. Hind wing with dark discoidal lunule catocaloida.

3635. Acronycta theodora. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 9.)

Acronycta theodora, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 223 (1894);
Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. ii. p. 472, pl. 93. f. 3.

Head and thorax grey-white slightly tinged with brown and
irrorated with black scales; 2nd joint of palpi with black band ;
frons with black bar; tegule with slight black line near base and
black tips; shoulders and outer edge of patagia streaked with
black ; tibize streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black ;
abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown. Fore wing grey-white
irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double black
strie from costa and cell, with black fascia from it to antemedial
line in submedian fold; antemedial line double, oblique, waved,
angled outwards below costa and inwards in submedian fold and on
vein 1, a black fascia above vein 1 from just beyond it to post-
medial line; orbicular and reniform defined by black; the former
round, the latter with its centre defined by fuscous; an oblique
fuscous bar from costa to reniform and indistinct dentate line from
cell to inner margin closely approximated to the postmedial line,
which is double, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly
incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, with a black
fascia in submedian fold from it to termen, towards which it forks,
a streak in discal fold from it to subterminal line and some white
points beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of whitish lunules
from below costa to vein 4 defined on inner side by fuscous
suffusion ; a terminal series of small wedge-shaped black spots

ACRONYCTA. 63

with black streaks beyond them intersecting the cilia. Hind wing
white, the costa and inner margin slightly tinged with brown, the
velns brown; a terminal series of small black lunules with black
spots beyond them on the cilia; the underside with the costal area
slightly irrorated with brown, a blackish bar from middle of costa,
a small discoidal spot and postmedial line with minute black streaks
on the veins, bent inwards at vein 4, then oblique to near tornus.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 9; Guarpmata (Rodriguez),
1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. wp. 44 millim.

3636. Acronycta mansueta, (Plate CX XIV. fig. 10.)

Acronycta mansueta, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 151 (1897);
Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 100, pl. xii. f. 7; Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 102.

Q@. Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with dark brown;
palpi white at base and with black band on 2nd joint; frons with
dark brown bar above and white bars between antenne; shoulders
and outer edge of patagia with black-brown streak; tibise with
black streaks, the tarsi banded black and white; abdomen greyish
suffused with brown, the basal crest large and dark. Fore wing
violaceous grey irrorated and in parts suffused with brown especially
on inner and postmedial areas; subbasal line represented by an
oblique black striga from costa ; a slight black streak in submedian
fold from base to antemedial line giving off a streak above vein 1
extending to medial line, another streak below vein 1 from near
base to medial line; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled
outwards below costa and inwards in submedian fold; orbicular
and reniform whitish slightly defined by brown, the former round,
the latter rather narrow and with brownish centre, some brown
suffusion from costa extending between their upper parts; post-
medial line double filled in with white, the inner line indistinct,
bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly angled
outwards at veins 4, 3, 1, incurved below vein 3, a diffused oblique
black streak from it at submedian fold to termen at vein 3, some
whitish points beyond it on costa; a diffused white subterminal
line excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at
discal and submedian folds, defined by brownish on outer side and
with slight dark streaks in the interspaces from it to the terminal
points; cilia white with slight dark line near base and intersected
by slight streaks. Hind wing pure white with slight dark terminal
line; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with
brown, a slight discoidal point.

Hab. U.S.A., Washington, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 9,
Garfield Co., California, Los Angeles, Nevada Co., Sierra Nevada.
Exp, 34 millim.

G4 NOCLUID®.

*3637. Acronycta hemileuca. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 11.)

Acronycta hemileuca, Ping. Iris, xi. p. 291, pl. 8. f. 6 (1899); Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182.

3d Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and mixed with
black; palpi with the 2nd joint black towards tip; tarsi brown
ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally mixed with fuscous,
the basal crest tinged with brown. Fore wing violaceous grey
tinged with brown aud irrorated and suffused with black ; a black
streak below the cell extending to beyond antemedial line; sub-
basal line represented by two black striz from costa; antemedial
line double, rather diffused, oblique to submedian fold, then waved ;
the medial area with black streak above vein 1; orbicular with
slight brownish centre and pale annulus incompletely defined by
black, its lower extremity produced; reniform with its centre
defined by fuscous and whitish annulus defined by black: a diffused
oblique blackish bar from middle of costa; postmedial line double,
bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique to vein 4, then
strongly incurved, crossed by a black streak in submedian fold
from just before it to termen, some pale points beyond it on costa;
a faint diffused lunulate subterminal shade from costa to vein 1 ;
a wedge-shaped white mark below the extremity of the black
streak in submedian fold; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia grey intersected with fuscous. Hind wing pure white with
slight brown irroration at apex and terminal series of brown striz ;
the underside with the costa very slightly tinged with brown, traces
of a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line from costa to
vein 4.
Hab. Tiset, Kuku-nor in Coll. Piingeler. Hap. 32 millim.

3638. Acronycta strigosa.

Noctua strigosa, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 88 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii.
p. 142 (1787); Frr. Beitr. pl. 11; Steph. Hl. Brit. Ent., Haust.
iii. p. 89; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 52. f. 1665; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

. 182.

Mane Javillacea, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 127. f. 4 (1788); Capieur, Naturf.
1789, p. 98, pl. 3. ff. 5-8; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f.2; Dup. Lép.
Fr. vi. p. 230, pl. 87. f. 4.

Acronycta bryophiloides, Horm, Ent. Nachr. xvii. p. 145 (1891).

Acronycta casparti, Steinert, Iris, x. p. 398 (1897), & xii. pl. 2. f. 6;
Caspari, Jahrb. Nass. lii. p. 177, pl. 4. ff. 2, 3.

Head and thorax pale brown slightly mixed with fuscous; 2nd
joint of palpi with black band; frons with black bars above and
between antenne ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black
stripes ; tibie slightly streaked with black, the tarsi banded with
black above ; abdomen brownish ochreous slightly irrorated with
fuscous. Fore wing greyish ochreous tinged with brown and
irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by a black striga
from costa; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to

ACRONYCTA: 65°

antemedial line giving off a streak above vein 1; the base of inner
margin yellow with some diffused black above it; antemedial line
double, irregularly waved, oblique ; the medial area with black
streak above vein | defined by brown above ; orbicular defined by
black, produced to a point at lower extremity, the reniform ochreous
white defined by black on inner side, some brown suffusion between
them ; a dark striga from middle of costa; postmedial line double
filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards below costa, then
dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards on
vein 1, a black streak from just before it to near termen, strong
beyond the line, and some pale points with slight dark streaks
between them beyond it on costa ; a terminal series of small black
spots with slight dark streaks from them intersecting the cilia,
which have a slight dark line through them. Hind wing ochreous

Fig. 17.—-Acronycta strigosa, 3. }.

white tinged and irrorated with brown, especially on inner and
terminal areas, in female more uniformly brown; a faint post-
medial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved; the underside white
slightly irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, postmedial
line oblique to vein 4, then incurved, and terminal series of small
black lunules.

Ab. 1. bryophiloides. Fore wing with the ground-colour more
uniform dark grey.

Hab. Brivatn, Leech Coll.; Francz, Sand Coll.; Grrmawy,
Zeller and Leech Colls.; Ausrrta, Bucovina; Huxcary, Leech
Coll. ; Switzertanp ; Romer; Russia, Frey Col., Livonia,
Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Sarepta; Armpnta; W. Srperia ;
K. Stperta, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Yesso (Prye), 1 2, Hako-
daté (Leech), 1 2, Oiwake (Pryer), 2 2 ; Coruna, Gensan (Leech),
19; W. Cartna, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 g. Hxp. 30-38 millim,

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 141; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 248, pl. 121. f. 2.

Green, rarely purple-brown ; an irregular dorsal crimson-brown
stripe, scattered blackish, ochreous and whitish hairs: 11th somite
with dorsal prominence; head dark brown. Food-plant: Haw-
thorn, 7-9.

3639. Acronycta vinnula. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 12.)

Microcelia vinnula, Grote, Proe. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 436, pl. ix. f. 2
(1864); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 93, pl. iv. f. 11;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 38,

@. Head and thorax white; 2nd joint of palpi with black

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66 NOCLUID A.

band; frons with lateral black pots; antenne fuscous, white at
base, the basal joint black behind; tegule fuscous at tips; pro-
thorax with pair of black spots; shoulders and outer edge of
patagia with black stripe; metathorax edged with black behind ;.
tibie slightly streaked with black, the tarsi banded black and
white ; abdomen white irrorated with blackish and dorsally tinged
with brown except at extremity. Fore wing white slightly irro-
rated with olive-grey and with some olive-grey suffusion above base
of inner margin, between orbicular and reniform and on postmedial
area; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa ;
a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to antemedial
line, giving off slight spurs below at middle and above at ante-
medial line, which is double, oblique, waved ; orbicular defined by
black, small, round, incomplete above; reniform defined by black,
indistinctly on outer side, and with some olive in centre; medial
line olive, blackish at costa, oblique to median nervure, slightly
angled outwards at vein 1; postmedial line black, doubie at costa,
shghtly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved
to vein 4, then ineurved, a black streak from it to termen in
submedian fold, some white points with short black streaks between
them beyond it on costa; subtermina! line defined by the contrast
between the postmedial and terminal areas, dentate, angled out-
wards at veins 7, 6, and inwards in discai fold, a short black
streak beyond it in discal fold; a terminal series of small triangular
black spots with blackish streaks from them intersecting the cilia.
Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; a terminal series of dark
strize; cilia white with a brownish line through them towards
apex ; the underside white faintly tinged with brown in parts and
the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal
spot and diffused postmedial line irregularly waved from costa to
vemn 5, then oblique, some slight black Iunules on termen.

Heb. Canapa; U.S.A., New York (Grote), 1 9, Albany, Evans
Center, Long I., New Jersey, 1 2, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas.
Exp. 32-36 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 94.

Head green with a brown spot at the vertex of each lobe. Body
rebust, green with a pale lateral line; tubercle 1. of joint 5 elevated,
brown. Food-plant: Elm.—H. G. D.

3640. Acronycta paupercula. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 13.)

Acronycia paupercula, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1874, p. 197; Smith
& Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 97, pl. xii. f. 2; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 38.

@. Head and thorax white mixed with pale brownish; palpi
with black band on 2nd joint; antennz brown, the basal joint
black behind; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black
streaks; tibiae streaked with black, the tarsi blackish ringed with
white ; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing

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white slightly irrorated with dark brown and tinged with brown
in parts; subbasal line represented by double dark strie from
costa; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold giving off spurs
below at middle and above at antemedial line, which is double,
oblique, waved, angled inwards in submedian fold; orbicular and
reniform defined by black, the former small, rather elliptical, the
latter produced at upper and lower extremities; a slightly waved
medial line, indistinct except from costa to reniform; postmedial
line double filled in with white, the inner line indistinct, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
white points with minute dark streaks between them beyond it on
costa, and crossed by a black streak in submedian fold from well
before it to termen; a faint white subterminal line slightly
excurved at vein 7 and middle, crossed by a minute dark streak in
discal fold; a terminal series of small black spots with streaks from
them intersecting the cilia. Hind wing white tinged with brown
especially on the veins and terminal area; a terminal series of faint
brown spots with slight marks beyond them on the cilia; the
underside white slightly irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and
indistinct postmedial line with dark spots at costa and submedian
fold.
Hub, U.S.A., Texas, 2 2 type. Hvp. 36-38 millim.

*3641. Acronycta lepetita. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 14.)
Acronycta lepetita, Smith, Ann. N.Y. Ac. Sci. xviii. p. 94 (1908).

Head, thorax, and abdomen bluish grey mixed with olive-brown ;
palpi black at sides; a black point at base of antenna. Fore wing
blue-grey mixed with olive-brown, the postmedial area more
suffused with olive especially towards costa and above submedian
streak; a black streak below base of cell extending to antemedial
line towards which it forks, with a slight spur below at middle ;
subbasal line represented by an olive spot on costa; antemedial
line double, olive-grey, very oblique to submeian fold near
middle ; orbicular slightly defined by black, oblique elliptical, some-
times confluent with the reniform, which is slightly tinged with
fuscous and incompletely defined by black, rather irregularly lunu-
late ; medial shade oblique to the reniform, then obsolete ; post-
medial line double filled in with whitish, the outer line black, bent
outwards below costa and slightly incurved below vein 4, crossed
by a slight black streak in submedian fold extending to termen ;
subterminal line only defined by the darker postmedial area; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base ;
cilia whitish ; the underside with discoidal spot and more or less
distinct postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Brownsville, xp. 26-28 millim. This
species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing trom type in

Coll. J. B. Smith.

in)

68 NOCTUID &.

3642, Acronycta parallela. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 15.)

Apatela parallela, Grote, Can. Ent. x1. p. 58 (1879); Smith & Dyar, Pr.
U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 110, pl. iii. f. 9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 38.

¢. Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with dark brown,
the vertex of head and medial part of tegule suffused with black ;
palpi white at base, the 2nd joint with black band ; shoulders and
outer edges of patagia with black-brown stripes ; tibise with slight
black streaks, the tarsi banded dark brown and white; abdomen
white dorsally irrorated with reddish brown. Fore wing violaceous
erey suffused with brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous ;
subbasal line represented by double dark strie from costa and
single striga’ftrom cell; a black streak in submedian fold from base
to antemedial line giving off a spur below at middle; antemedial
line double, the inner line strong from costa to submedian fold,
oblique, sinuous, angled outwards below costa and inwards in sub-
median fold; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former
round with slight dark centre, the latter large; a black striga from
middle of costa to orbicular; postmedial line double filled in with
whitish, the inner line indistinct, strongly bent outwards below
costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold,
incurved below vein 4, a rather diffused dark streak in submedian
fold from it to near termen and some white points beyond it on
costa; subterminal line whitish excurvyed below vein 7 and at
middle, then incurved; a terminal series of black points and fine
terminal line ; cilia intersected by slight streaks and with fine dark
line near base. Hind wing semihyaline white ; the underside with
the costal area slightly irrorated with pale brown and some slight
dark striz on termen.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Colorado, 2 g type, Garfield Co., Denver.
Exp. 34 millim.

3643. Acronycta albarufa. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 16.) ©
Acronycta albarufa, Grote, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvi. p. 239 (1874);
Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 184, pl. iii. f. 10, & pl. xii.
{. 9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 38.
Acronycta walkert, Andrews, Can. Ent. ix. p. 98 (1877).

¢. Head and thorax violaceous grey suffused with brown; 2nd
joint of palpi with black band; frons with black bar; tegule with
strong black line near base; shoulders and outer edge of patagia
with black streak; tibiz shghtly streaked with black, the tarsi
banded with black; abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous and
dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing violaceous grey tinged
with brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line
_ represented by double black striz from costa; a curved black
streak in submedian fold slightly detined by whitish above from
base to the antemedial line, which is double, black, angled outwards
below costa and inwards in submedian fold, then almost obsolete ;

ACRONYCTA. 69

orbicular and reniform whitish defined by black, the former round,
the latter with rufous centre, the cell between them suffused with
black ; a medial black bar from costa and traces of a line from cell
to inner margin; postmedial line black slightly defined by whitish
on inner side, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate,
strongly incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, a
black streak from it to termen in submedian fold and some whitish
points on costa; an indistinet whitish subterminal line excurved
below vein 7 and at middle, and angled inwards in discal and sub-
median folds, with slight black streaks in the interspaces from it to
the terminal series of minute lunules which have black streaks
{rom them™intersecting the cilia through which there is a dark
line. Hind wing pure white, the termen slghtly tinged with
brown at apex; a terminal series of slight brown lunules: cilia
with a diffused brown line through them; the underside with the
costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and
traces of a curved postmedial line waved on costal area.

@. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown, a slight discoidal
spot and diffused sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Canapa, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 9 ; U.S.A.,
Massachusetts, New York, Center (Lintner), 1 5, 4 2, Georgia,
Minnesota, St. Paul, Missouri, 1 2 type, Colorado, Denver, New
Mexico. Hxp. 36-40 miilim.

3644. Acronycta connecta. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 17.)
Acronycta connecta, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 79 (1878);
Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 115, pl. ii. f. 16; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 43. ,
Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown; 2nd joint
of palpi with biack band; frons with blackish bars above and
between antenne ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black
streaks; tarsi black ringed with grey; abdomen grey-white dorsally
tinged with brown. Fore wing grey-white slightly tinged with
brown and irrorated with fuscous, the area between the cell and
veins 3 and 1 suffused with fuscous, the costal area tinged with
fuscous on terminal half, the veins with slight dark streaks ; sub-
basal line represented by an oblique black striga from costa ;
a black streak in submedian fold from base to just beyond the
antemedial line which is double, the lines widely separated towards
costa, oblique, waved, angled inwards in submedian fold and on
vein 1; orbicular defined by black except above, somewhat produced
to a point at lower extremity, and with black suffusion between it
and renitorm, which is defined by black on inner side, ill-defined on
outer and with some brown in centre; an oblique black striga from
middle of costa; postmedial line black defined by whitish on inner
side, double at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then
minutely dentate, strongly ineurved below vein 3 and excurved
below submedian fold, a black streak in submedian fold from well
before it to termen and a slight streak in discal fold from it to

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termen, some whitish points beyond it on costa; an indistinct
whitish subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle
and angled inwards in submedian fold; a terminal series of
small triangular black spots with brownish marks beyond them on
the cilia. Hind wing white faintly tinged with yellowish at base
and fuscous on terminal area, the veins brownish; a series of
slight brown striz on termen; the underside slightly irrorated with
brown, a faint discoidal spot and postmedial line excurved to vein 4,
then incurved and with dark spot in submedian fold.

Hab. Canapva; U.S.A., New York, Staten I., Evans Center (Grote),
1 g,1 @ type, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Illinois. zp.
38 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 116.

Head greyish, with a brown band on the vertex of each lobe.
Body whitish green with an orange subdorsal line, running along
tubercle ii. ; tubercles i. and 11. black, distinct ; a double black bent
line on joint 2; hairs single dorsally, multiple laterally. Food-
‘plant: Willow.—H. G. D.

3645. Acronycta exilis. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 18.)

Acronycta exilis, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1874, p. 197; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 44.
Acronycta modica, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus, xxi. p. 138 (part.).

@. Head and thorax grey-white, the vertex of head tinged with
rufous ; palpi white, the 2nd and 38rd joints with black bands ;
frons with black bar; shoulders with black streaks ; tegule with
some blackish at middle; tibie slightly streaked with black, the
tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey-white. Fore wing grey-
white with a faint olive tinge and slight black irroration ; subbasal
line represented by double black strie from costa; a slight black
streak in submedian fold from base to the antemedial line, which is
double, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform whitish, defined by
blackish, open above and below and with rufous centres, the former
large, somewhat oblique elliptical; a black bar from costa to orbi-
cular and slight oblique line from lower angle of cell to inner
margin; postmedial line double, oblique from costa to vein 6,
slightly angled inwards in discal fold and incurved below vein 3;
a slight black streak in submedian fold from it to termen and some
black points on costa; an indistinct whitish subterminal line ex-
curved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black
points defined by slight whitish lunules; cilia with a dark line
through them. Hind wing greyish uniformly suffused with brown ;
cilia whitish with a slight brown line through them ; the underside
white irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, waved post-
medial line incurved below vein 4, and terminal series of slight
lunuies.

Hab. U.S.A., New York, Albany (Bailey), 2 2 type. Hap. 34
millim.

ACRONYCTA. 71

3646. Acronycta modica. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 19.)

Acronycta modica, W1k. ix. 56 (1856); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus.
xxi. p. 138, pl. ii. f. 4, & pl. iv. f. 9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 44.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white slightly tinged with
brown and irrorated with fuscous; 2nd joint of palpi with black
band; frons with black bar; tegule with slight black medial line ;
shoulders with black streaks; tibiee with slight black streaks, the
tarsi banded with black. Fore wing grey-white tinged with brown
and slightly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line represented by
double black striz from costa and single striga from cell; ante-
medial line double, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform whitish
defined by a few black scales and with brownish centres, the former
round; a blackish striga from middle of costa and a faint line from
lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled
in by whitish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved
and produced to short black streaks on the veins, incurved below
vein 3, crossed by a black streak in submedian fold from well
before it to near termen, some white points with minute black
streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line white,
slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle and
with a minute black streak on it at discal fold; a terminal series
of black stria defined by whitish lunules; cilia with slight dark
line through them and series of black points at tips. Hind wing
greyish tinged with yellowish on basal and inner areas, the terminal
area suffused with fuscous and the veins of terminal half with
dark streaks; a slight discoidal spot; cilia ochreous white with a
slight dark line through them; the underside white irrorated with
fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot, rather diffused waved postmedial
line, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York (Doubleday, Grote), 2 3,
2 9 type, Pennsylvania, New Brighton (Merrick), 1 ¢, Distr. of
Columbia, Washington, Minnesota, Texas,1 ¢,19. Huxp, 38-42
millim.

Larva. Head brown-mottled, a black line around clypeus. Body
brown with a dark lateral shade, heaviest above, joining across on
joints 12-13; hairs nearly single, fine, obscure. Food-plant: Oak.

—H.G. D.

3647. Acronycta ovata. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 20.)
Acronycta ovata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 80, pl. ii. f. 14
(1873); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 185, pl. iv, ff. 7-8, &
pl. xii. f. 10; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 43.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown; 2nd joint ot
palpi with black band ; shoulders with black streaks ; tibie streaked
with black, the tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen grey tinged with
brown and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey tinged with
brown and irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line represented by
double black striz from costa and single striga from cell; a rather

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NoCTUIDA.
diffused curved black streak in submedian fold from base to the
antemedial line where it expands into a black patch, the line
double, the two parts widely separated towards costa and with
black spots at costa, angled outwards below costa and inwards
below cell; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former
round, the latter with its centre defined by red-brown; a very
oblique brown striga from costa to reniform and traces of a line
from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double
filled in with whitish and with small black spots at costa, bent
outwards below costa, then minutely waved and slightly angled at
veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved and angled outwurds at vein 1,
a black streak in submedian fold from its inner side to termen and
some whitish points with black marks between them beyond it on
costa; a pale minutely dentate subterminal line slightly defined
by fuscous on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at
middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, a slight
black mark beyond it in discal fold and slight streaks in the inter-
spaces to the terminal series cf small black lunules which have
fuscous marks beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing whitish
suffused with reddish brown, the terminal area rather darker ; traces
of a slight discoidal spot and postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then
incurved; a terminal series of slight brown lunules ; cilia whitish
with a brownish line through them; the underside whitish tinged
and irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, postmedial
line waved to vein 4, then incurved, and terminal series of slight
lunules.

Hab, U.S.A., Massachusetts, Newton, New York, Aibany ( Bailey),
1 $,1 Q, Pennsylvania, i ¢ type, New Brighton (Merrick), 1 9,
Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Minnesota, St. Paul, Texas and
West to foot of Rocky Mts. Hxp. 36-38 millim.

This is probably a variety of A. modica with the basel streak
and antemedial line of fore wing more prominent.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S, Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 187, pl. v. f. 3.

Head brown. Body brown, a narrow dorsal darker line; a double
row of white dorsal blotches on tubercle i. Food-plant : Oak.—
Jel, Ce JD,

3648. Acronycta hesitata. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 21.) -

Lepitoreuma hesitata, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. p. 575
(1882); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 44.

Acronycta clarescens, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 140, pl. iii.
f, 3, & pl. xii. f. 11 (mec Guen.).

@. Head and thorax bluish white mixed with dark brown;
palpi white at base and with black band on 2nd joint; tegule
with strong medial black line; shoulders with black streaks;
tibiee streaked-with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen
bluish grey irrorated with black. Fore wing bluish grey tinged
with brown and slightly irrorated with black, especially on the
veins; subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa

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and single striga from cell with black streak beyond it in sub-
median fold defined by white above; antemedial line double, rather
diffused and filled in by brownish in and just below cell, angled
outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly waved; orbicular
and reniform slightly defined by black, the former with brown
centre and white annulus, round, the latter with brown-suffused
centre and slight pale annulus, open above and below; a blackish
mark on middle of costa and faint waved line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with slight
whitish spots, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate
and produced to short black streaks on the veins, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved and angled outwards on vein 1, crossed by
a slight black streak in submedian fold from well before it to near
termen, some whitish points beyond it on costa; a minutely dentate
white subterminal line with slight black mark beyond it in discal
fold ; a terminal series of minute triangular black spots defined by
whitish lunules and rather larger spot below vein 2; cilia with
blackish line near base and whitish tips. Hind wing fuscous
brown; the cilia whitish with a slight brown line near base; the
underside white irrorated with brown, a large blackish discoidal
lunule, waved postmedial line with blackish spot in submedian
fold, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab, Canava; U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, 3 9 type, Texas, Arizona.
Exp. 42 millim.

Larva. Like A. ovata, without the white dorsal spots.—H. G. D.

3649. Acronycta hasta. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 22.)

Acronycta hasta, Guen, Noct. i. p. 45 (1852); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S,
Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 87, pl. i. f. 14; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Aim. p. 36.

Acronycta telum, Guen. Noct. i. p. 45 (1852). |

Acronycta smithii, Butl. A, M. N. H. (6) xi. p. 401 (1898).

Head and thorax grey-white irrorated with fuscous; 2nd joint
of palpi with black band; shoulders with black stripes; tegulee
with slight dark line near base; tibie with slhght dark streaks,
the tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey-white irrorated with
fuscous, dorsally suffused with pale reddish brown at base. Fore
wing grey-white thickly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line re-
presented by double dark strize from costa and a single striga from
cell with a slight black streak from it to antemedial line with
fuscous suffusion below it; antemedial line double, dark, rather
diffused, oblique, slightly waved and bent inwards to inner margin ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black and their centres slightly
by fuscous, the former round; a medial dark spot on costa; post-
medial line double filled in with whitish, the outer line black, with
double black points at costa, bent outwards below costa, then
minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some brownish
suffusion beyond it, darker from vein 3 to below submedian fold

74. NOCTUIDD.

and with a slight black streak in submedian fold from it to termen ;
the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ; an indistinct
dentate whitish subterminal line with small dark spots on its
outer edge; a terminal series of small triangular black spots with
slight dark marks beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing whitish
tinged with reddish brown; cilia white mixed with brown at tips ;
the underside white tinged with brown in parts, the costal and
terminal areas“with slight dark irroration, a small black discoidal
spot, indistinct curved postmedial line with dark spot in submedian
fold and some points on termen.

Hab, Canapa; U.S.A., Maine, New Hampshire, White Mts.,
New York, 1 g, 2 Q type smithii, Ithaca, Otto, New Jersey,
Delaware, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Kansas (Snow), 1 ¢,
192. Kxp. 40-42 millim.

*3650. Acronycta marmorata. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 23.)

Acronycta marmorata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 151 (1897);
Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 1381, pl. xiii. f. 3; Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 103.

Head and thorax white irrorated with a few black scales ;
tegule with a black line near tips and tipped with black; patagia
with black lines near edges; abdomen white tinged with ochreous.
Fore wing white tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown ;
a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line double, from costa
to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, black, oblique, excurved
in interspaces ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former
white with dark point in centre, round, the latter with dark centre
and slight whitish annulus; medial line distinct, oblique from
costa to reniform, inwardly oblique and dentate below the cell ;
postmedial line double, the inner line brownish, the outer black,
bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4,
crossed by a black streak in submedian fold from the mediai line
to termen, some pale points beyond it on termen; subterminal line
white, irregularly dentate, with dark marks beyond it in the inter-
spaces ; a terminal series of small black lunules defined on inner
side by a waved white line; cilia intersected with black. Hind
wing whitish, the veins tinged with fuscous; a brown termiaal
line; the underside white irrorated with black, a dark discoidal
point and interrupted postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Montana, California, Folsom. wp. 36-42 millim.
This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from

cotype in Coll. J. B. Smith.

3651. Acronycta albiorbis, n. sp.
Plataplecta pruinosa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 5, pl. 144. f. 3 (nee Guen.).

Head and thorax white mixed with reddish brown; palpi with
blackish mark on 2nd joint above; tegule and patagia edged with

ACRONYCTA. GD

blackish ; abdomen whitish suffused with pale yellow-brown.
Fore wing white almost entirely suffused with pale rufous; sub-
basal line represented by a black striga from costa; a rather
diffused sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to ante-
medial line which is double, the lines widely separated towards
costa, oblique, waved, with black point on the outer line in sub-
median fold with white streak from it to medial line; orbicular
rather quadrate, extending to antemedial line and defined by an
oblique black striga on outer side; reniform large, rather quadrate,
incompletely defined by black except above and with slight dark
lunule on inner side of centre; a slight dark patch on middle of
costa and brownish line from cell to inner margin angled outwards
on vein 1; postmedial line double filled in with whitish lunules,
bent outward below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved, crossed by a black streak in submedian fold
from medial to subterminal lines and with some brown suffusion
beyond it in discal and submedian folds; subterminal line formed
of ill-defined white iunules; some slight black striz on termen
defined by whitish lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with
pale red-brown ; an indistinct postmedial line defined by whitish
on outer side; the underside white tinged with red-brown, the
costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a brownish
patch on middle of costa, slight discoidal spot and diffused post-
medial line oblique and waved to vein 5, then incurved.

Ab. 1. Greyer and irrorated with darker brown; fore wing
with the white lunules on postmedial line smaller and _ less
distinet.—Travancore.

Hab. Travancorn, Pirmad (Imray), 1 2 ; Cayton, Pundaloya
(Green), 3 3 type. Hxp. $ 38, 2 42 millim.

*3652. Acronycta jancousci.

Apatela jankowskii, Oberth, Et. Ent. vy. p. 69, pl. 7. f. 1 (1880); Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 132.

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with white and black-brown ;
palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides; frons with black bars at
middle and above ; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen brown,
the basal crest white tipped with black, the ventral surface grey
irrorated with black. Fore wing violaceous grey irrorated with
brown; a wedge-shaped black streak below base of cell, defined
by white above and with pure white spot at its extremity ; sub-
basal line represented by two black striz from costa; antemedial
line double, oblique, waved; medial area suffused with black
except from costa to median nervure beyond the antemedial line
and beyond the reniform; orbicular white defined by black and
with brown point in centre, small, round; reniform whitish
defined by black and with brown lunule in centre; an indistinct
double minutely waved medial line ; postmedial line double, black,

76 NOCTUID®.

filled in with white from costa to vein 3, bent outwards below
costa, then lunulate, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved,
a black patch beyond it on costal area with some white points
on costa, the black suffusion extending beyond it on inner area,
and with black streak from it to termen in submedian fold; sub-
terminal line white faintly defined by brown on inner side and on
outer by black with black streaks on the veins, minutely waved,
angled outward at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a fine black
terminal line; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing red-
brown with traces of a curved postmedial line; cilia white with a
brown line through them; the underside whitish, the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal lunule and
curved crenulate postmedial line.

Hab, EK. Siszerta, Amurland, Ussuri in Coll. Pingeler; Japan.
Exp. 34-40 millim.

*3653. Acronycta crenulata. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 24.)
Acronycta crenulata, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 198 (1906).

Head and thorax white mixed with reddish brown; palpi
except at tips and sides of frons black-brown; antennee blackish
except at base; tegule with dark line near tips; metathorax with
paired black points; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen
‘ whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing white almost wholly
suffused with pale red-brown; subbasal line indistinct, double,
blackish filled in with white, excurved below costa and ending at
vein 1; antemedial line double, blackish filled in with whitish,
oblique, waved ; orbicular a small round white spot slightly defined
by black; reniform slightly defined by black and with white lunule on
its outer edge; medial line with oblique blackish striga from costa,
indistinct and waved from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;
postmedial line double, black, filled in with white lunules, bent
outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some
white points beyond it on costa and a short black fascia in sub-
median fold from it to subterminal line, which is indistinct, whitish,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small
black spots defined by slight whitish lunules, cilia chequered white
and blackish. Hind wing white tinged with brown, especially on
terminal area; an indistinct diffused postmedial line ; cilia white
with some brownish spots ; the underside whitish, the costal area
irrorated with brown, a diffused brown bar from middle of costa,
small discoidal spot, and crenulate postmedial line bent outwards
below costa.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type fT ¢ in Coll.
Bethune-Baker. vp. 44 millim.

ACRONYCTA.

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3654, Acronycta fragilis. (Plate CXXIY. fig. 25.)

Microcelia fragilis, Guen. Noct. i p. 34 (1852); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S.
Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 94, pl. xii. f. 3; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 48.
Bryophila spectans, W\k. Can. Nat. & Geol. vi. p. 88 (1861).

Head and thorax white mixed with brown and black; 2nd joint
of palpi with black band; antenne with the base of shaft above
white ringed with black; tegule with diffused dark medial band
and slight dorsal black stripe ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia
with black stripes, the upper edge of patagia brown; metathorax
edged with black behind; tibize streaked with black, the tarsi
banded with black ; abdomen white tinged with brown, the basal
crest tipped with black. Fore wing white suffused in parts with
brown and black, especially on inner half and beyond the post-
medial line; subbasal line represented by double black strize from
costa and single striga from cell; a diffused black streak in sub-
median fold from base to antemedial line, which is double filled in
with white, oblique, waved, angled outwards above inner margin;
orbicular and reniform white defined by diffused black, the former
round ; a diffused dark bar from middle of costa; postmedial line
double filled in with white, strongly bent outwards below costa,
then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 3 and angled outward
on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; a diffused waved
white subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, and
angled inwards in submedian fold where there is a blackish spot
beyond it; a terminal series of black spots defined on inner side
by white lunules and with brown marks beyond them on the cilia,
which are white. Hind wing white faintly tinged with reddish
brown; a terminal series of dark striz ; the underside with sight
discoidal lunule and traces of curved postmedial line.

Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Cartwright (Heath), 1 9; U.S.A.,
Vermont, Manchester, New York (Doubleday, Grote), 33, 1 2 type,
Lancaster, New Jersey, Mississippi. Zap. 36 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 96.

Head green, the angles of the lobes brown and black. Body
green, a linear dorsal brown band, widening on joint 2; hairs
fine, long, sparse. Food-plant: Birch.—H. G. D.

3655, Acronycta liturata. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 26.)

Acronycta liturata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 151 (1897); Smith
& Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 129, pl. xii. f.8; Dyar, Cat. Lep.
N. Am. p. 108.

@. Head and thorax white mixed with some brown and black ;
2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons with blackish bar;
shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks; tarsi banded
black and white; abdomen white irrorated with fuscous and
dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing grey-white slightly tinged
with brown in parts and rather thickly irrorated with black; sub-
basal line represented by double black striz from costa and spot

7S NOCTUID®.

below cell; a rather diffused sinuous black streak in submedian
fold from base to well beyond antemedial line, which is rather
indistinct, double, waved, oblique, angled inwards in submedian
fold and bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular and reniform
defined by black, the former pure white with some brown i centre,
large, round, the latter with dark lunule in centre; medial line
rather diffused, very oblique from costa to reniform, dentate below’
the cell ; postmedial line double filled in with white, bent outwards
below costa, then strongly dentate, incurved below vein 3, crossed
by dark suffusion in submedian interspace from medial line to
termen and a dark streak in discal fold, some white points beyond
it on costa; a whitish dentate subterminal line with dentate blackish
marks beyond it in the interspaces connected with the terminal
series of triangular black spots; cilia with faint dark line near
base and series of black points at tips. Hind wing white; the
veins tinged with brown; the terminal area suffused with brown
from apex to vein 2 where there is a dark mark; the underside
with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot
and curved postmedial series of minute streaks on the veins.

Hab. U.S.A., Oregon, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 9, Gar-
field Co. xp. 48 millim.

3656. Acronycta brumosa. (Plate CXXIY. fig. 27.)

Acronycta brumosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 52 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 43. j

Apatela persuasa, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 271 (1875); Smith
& Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 180, pl. iii. f. 11; Dyar, Cat. Lep.
N. Am. p. 103.

6. Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with black and
white ; palpi with black patch on 2nd joint; frons with black bar;
basal joint of antenne white in front; tegule with black medial
line and some black near tips ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia
with black streaks ; tibiz with some black marks, the tarsi banded
black and white ; abdomen brownish grey irrorated with fuscous,
the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and
thickly irrorated with black, the submedian interspace mostly
suffused with black to the medial line, some brown sutfusion on
postmedial area; subbasal line represented by double black strize
from costa; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled out-
wards below costa and inwards below median nervure; orbicular
and reniform defined by black, the former white with brown centre,
elongate elliptical, the latter with its inner part darkened by the
medial line which is very oblique and diffused from costa to reni-
form, oblique and waved from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line
double, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved
below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, some dark suffusion
from it to near termen in discal fold and submedian interspace and
some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, waved,

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excuryed below vein 7 and incurved in discal and submedian folds,
with slight dark streaks beyond it in the interspaces to the terminal
series of black lunules, which have blackish spots beyond them on
the cilia. Hind wing pure white, the veins slightly tinged with
brown ; a terminal series of brown lunules with slight spots beyond
them on the cilia; the underside with the costal area irrorated
with brown, a slight discoidal spot, postmedial spot on costa and
minute streaks on the veins from costa to vein 3.

®. Hind wing with the veins, costal, inner and terminal areas
tinged with brown, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial
line.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida (Doubleday), 1 2 type, Archer, Texas, 1<¢,
1 @ type persuasa, ? Colorado, ? New Mexico. Exp. 48-52 millim.

3657. Acronycta velia.

Acronycta velia, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 223 (1894), Druce,
Biol. Centr. -Am., Het. ii. p. 472, pl. 93. f. 4.

®. Head and thorax white mixed with black; palpi with small
black spots on the joints above; pectus and femora white tinged
with brown, the tibie streaked with black, the tarsi black ringed
with white; abdomen white irrorated with black and dorsally
tinged with brown. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with black,
the area between the reniform and postmedial line white ; smbbagel
line represented by double diffused black striz trom costa aad single
striga from cell; antemedial line double filled in with white, strong,
oblique and waved from costa to submedian fold, then erect, the
inner line angled inwards just below mediin nervure ; orbicular
and reniform defined by black, the former small, round, white with
dark brown centre, the latter large with brown centre and whitish
annulus, its upper extremity produced ; ; a medial black line diffused
and very oblique from costa to reniform, incurved and sinuous from
cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in with white,
strongly bent Gudmards below costa, then lunulate, strongly bent
inwards from vein 3 to submedian fold, then excurved, some white
points with slight black streaks between them beyond it on costa
and with blackish suffusion from it to termen between veins 3
and 1; a waved white subterminal line, angled outwards at vein 7
and inwards in submedian fold; a terminal series of small tri-
angular black spots defined on inner side by white lunules and
with blackish marks beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing whitish
tinged with reddish brown at base, the terminal area suffused with
fuscous; cilia chequered white and fuscous; the underside white,
the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with black, an
indistinct diffused oblique brownish medial line, a biack discoidal
spot, crenulate postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then oblique, and
a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab. Muxico, Jalapa; Guaremata (Rodriquez), 1 2, Godman-
Salvin Coll. wp. 48 millim.

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3658. Acronycta inclara. (Plate CXXLIYV. fig. 28.)

Heron hamamelis, Sinith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus, xxi. p. 141, pl. in.
ff, 1, 2, 3, & pl. xii. f. 12 (nee Guen.).

aie inclara, Smith, Can, Ent. xxxii. p. 335 (1900).

Acronycta brumosa, Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 103 (nee Guen.).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous and black, the
vertex of thorax paler; palpi whitish at base and with black band
on 2nd joint; frons with black bar; tegule with diffused black
band near base defined by whitish at Deer tibize streaked with
black; the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey irrorated with
fuscous and dorsally suffused with brown, the rag crest whitish,
Fore wing grey- -white thickly irrorated with fuscous and suffused
in parts with brown, the basal area suffused with black to the outer
antemedial line leasing: some yellowish on base of inner margin ;
subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa; ante-
medial line double, minutely waved, oblique, the inner line angled
inwards below the cell; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the
former whitish with brown centre, round, the latter with its centre
suffused with brown ; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial
line double filled in with grey, strongly bent outwards below costa,
then minutely waved, below vein 3 bent inwards to lower edge of
reniform, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
formed of dentate whitish marks shghtly angled outwards at vein 7
and inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal series of small triangular
black spots defined on inner side by whitish lunules ; cilia chequered
fuscous and whitish with dark lne near base and terminal series
of black points. Hind wing brown, with indistinct discoidal spot
and postmedial line incurved below vein 43; cilia chequered
ochreous white and brown; the underside white irrorated with
brown, a short black streak in middle of cell of male, large dis-
coidal lunule, curved waved postmedial line, and terminal series of
small lunules.

Hab. Cawana; U.S.A., Maine, Vermont, New York, Evans Center
(Grote), 2 $,1 Q, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Pennsylvania,
New Brighton (Merrick), 1 3, Minnesota, Dakota, Missouri, Texas
and West to the foot of Rocky Mts. Exp. 38-40 millim. This is
probably a grey variety of A. hamamelis.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 143.

Like A. ovata, with or without the white dorsal spots.—H. G. D.

3659. Acronycta clarescens. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 29.)

Acronycta clarescens, Guen. Noct. i. p. 54 (1852); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am.

p- 101
Acronycta prunt, Harris, Ent. Corresp. 1869, p. 313; Smith & Dvar,

Pr. U.S, Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 123, pl. iv. f.4; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 44.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown and
black ; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; tegule with blackish

ACRONYCTA. 81

lines at middle and near tips; patagia edged with black, tarsi
black ringed with white; abdomen whitish suffused with reddish
brown and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white thickly
irrorated with fuscous brown, the basal area suffused with fuscous
to the outer antemedial line leaving the area between the subbasal
and antemedial lines pale to the streak in submedian fold ; subbasal
line represented by double black striz trom costa and single striga
from cell, with a black streak beyond it in submedian fold to inner
antemedial line ; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, excurved in
cell, the inner line strong, black; orbicular and reniform white
defined by black except above, their centres suffused with brown,
the former oblique elliptical ; medial line oblique from costa to
reniform, dentate from cell to inner margin; postmedial line
double filled in with whitish, the outer line black, strongly bent
outwards below costa, then minutely waved, below vein 4 bent
inwards to lower extremity of reniform and erect to inner margin,
some white points beyond it on costa with black striz between
them; subterminal line white with lunulate blackish band on its
outer side, dentate, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds ;
a terminal series of triangular black spots; cilia white with a
black line through them, Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused
with red-brown; cilia white ; the underside white, the costal
and terminal areas slightly irrorated with black, a slight black
streak in middle of cell, black discoidal lunule, minutely waved
postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved, and terminal
series of smal] black lunules.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with ferruginous centre to reniform.

Hab. Canapa, Nova Scotia (Redman) 1 3; U.S.A., Eastern
States, New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1 6,7 2; Trenton Falls
(Doublelay), 2 9 type. Hap, 40-42 millim.

Larva, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 125, pl. vii. ff. 22-23.

Head pale, heavily dotted with black over vertex. Body green
or red, with a purple-brown dorsal stripe that widens on joints
7-10; a white U-shaped edge to the band on joints 2 and 3;
tubercles small, dark, with several obscure hairs, Food-plants :
Apple, Cherry, &c.—H. G. D.

*3660. Acronycta minella. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 30.)

Apatela minella, Dyar, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 41 (1898); id. Cat. Lep.
N. Am. p. 102.

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with black; abdomen dark
grey. Fore wing whitish tinged with ochreous and almost
uniformly irrorated and suffused with fuscous ; a faint black streak
below base of cell; subbasal line double, from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, oblique, dentate,
strongly angled outwards below costa ; orbicular and reniform
defined by black, the former round ; medial line indistinct, oblique
from costa to reniform, inwardly eblique and sinuous from lower

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82 NOCTUIDA.

angle of cell tu inner margin, a dark streak before it in submedian
fold; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, strongly bent
outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below
vein 4 and angled outwards on vein 1, some white points beyond
it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of slight
pale lunules with dark points beyond them in the interspaces,
excurved helow vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at
submedian fold; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia
grey mixed with fuscous. Hing wing ochreous white tinged with
fuscous, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line; a
terminal series of black striz.

Hab. U.S.A., 8S. Colorado. Hap. 36 millim. This species is
unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus.

3661. Acronycta superans. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 31.)

Acronycta superans, Guen. Noct. i. p. 53 (1852); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S.
Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 119, pl. i. f. 6; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 43.

Head blackish with white band between antenne ; palpi white
with black band on 2nd joint; thorax grey-white, the tegule
with black line near base and some black scales at tips, the patagia
with black scales mixed and black streak on outer edge, the
metathorax with brown scales mixed ; tibise slightly streaked with
black, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen white irrorated
with dark brown, the basal crest red-brown. Fore wing white
with slight dark irroration, the base, the antemedial area below
the cell, the medial area from cell to vein 1 and a diffused band
from costa in and beyond end of cell and from postmedial line
to termen between vein 3 and submedian fold black-brown
suffused with some yellowish at base on inner margin : subbasal line
represented by double black striz from costa; antemedial line
strong, double, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform defined
by black-brown, the former with white centre, erect, elliptical,
the latter large ; a very oblique black striga from costa to reniform
and oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin;
postmedial line strong, double filled in with white, strongly bent
outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and angled outwards
at veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved aud angled outwards at
vein 1, some white points with dark streaks between them beyond
it on costa; subterminal line white, excurved below costa and
at middle, angled inwards at discal fold to near postmedial line,
angled inwards and interrupted at submedian fold, with dark
brown beyond it from below costa to vein 4; a terminal series
of small black lunules with black-brown spots beyond them on the
cilia, Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with reddish brown ;
cilia white mixed with some brown; the underside white, the
costal and the terminal areas irrorated with brown and the veins
tinged with brown; a dark streak in cell from base to near the
dark discoidal lunule, a crenulate postmedial line excurved to
vein 4, then oblique, and terminal series of small black lunules.

ACRONYCTA. 83

Hab. Canava (Norman), 19, Ottawa (Young), 1 3; U.S.A...
New York (Doubleday), 1 Q type, Evans Center (Grote), 33,429,
Distr. of Columbia, Washington, and West to the Mississippi and
Central States. Hwp. 50-52 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 121; Saunders, Ins,
Inj. Fruits, p. 166, f. i74.

Head pale, thickly dotted with brown, a red spot on vertex of
each lobe. Body green on the sides, an even narrow dorsal brown
stripe, widened on joint 1, narrowed on the incisures ; hairs sparse,
fine, almost single. Food-plants: Apple, Birch, &¢.—H. G. D.

3662. Acronycta subochrea. (Plate CXXIV. fig, 32.)

Acronycta subocrea, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 153 (1874) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 42.

Acronycta brumosa, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. L17, pl. xiii.
f. | (nee Guen.).

Apatela hamamelis, Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 102 (nec Guen.).

Head and thorax grey-white largely mixed with fuscous black ;
palpi white at base, the 2nd joint with black band; lower part of
frons whitish ; a white bar between antenne; shoulders and outer
edges of patagia with black stripes; tibize with slight black streaks,
the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen white irrorated with
dark brown and dorsally clothed with red-brown hair except
towards extremity, the basal crest fuscous aud white. Fore wing
bluish white thickly irrorated with very dark brown and suffused
with dark brown below the cell to antemedial line, in reniform
and below end of cell and beyond postmedial line ; some yellowish
at base of inner margin; subbasal line represented by double dark
strie from costa; antemedial line rather indistinct, double, the
lines rather widely separated towards costa, oblique, minutely
waved, bent inwards to inner margin ; orbicular and reniform
large, defined by black, open above, the former round, the latter
defined by black points on outer side; a very oblique blackish
striga from costa to reniform and minutely waved line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin with short diffused blackish streak
before it above vein 1; postmedial line blackish, double at costa,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below
vein 3 and angled outwards at vein 1; some white points with
black streaks between them beyond it on costa; an indistinct
minutely waved pale subterminal line; a terminal series of small
black spots; cilia mostly black at base and white at tips. Hind
wing whitish tinged with olive-brown, the terminal area suffused
with fuseous, in temale darker: cilia white with a dark line
through them; the underside white irrorated with dark brown,
a dark streak in base of cell, black discoidal spot, crenulate
postmedial line bent inwards to costa and with minute dark
streaks on the veins, and terminal series of slight lunules.

Hab, Canapa, Ontario; U.S.A., South to Virginia and West to

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84 NOCLUIDA.

Rocky Mts., New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1g, = Q type,
Distr, of Columbia, Washington, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Wis-
consin, Colorado, Garfield Co. Hap. 46 millim.

Lurva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 118.

Head brownish, dotted with red and black over the face. Body
green, a darker lateral shade, the dorsum paler and containing
a transverse blackish patch on joints 5, 8, ¥, and 12, the latter
small; hairs fine, rather long, several from each tubercle. Food-

plant: Witch hazel (Hamamelis).—H. G. D.

3663. Acronycta noctivaga. (Plate CX XV. fig. 1.)

Acronycta noctivaga, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. ii. p. 487, pl. ix. f.3
(1864); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 156, pli. f. 11;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 42.

Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown ; 2nd joint of
palpi with black band; shoulders with blackish streaks ; tibie
banded with blackish ; abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous
and dorsally suffused with brown, the basal crest whitish with
black tip. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with black-brown,
the basal area suffused with black-brown to antemedial line leaving
some yellowish white on base of inner margin, and diffused black-
brown bands beyond the medial and postmedial lines; subbasal
line represented by double black striz from costa and cell filled
in with white; antemedial line double filled in with white,
strongly waved, oblique; the medial area with black-brown fascia
above vein 1; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former
very small, round, the latter filled in with brown; a diffused
somewhat dentate medial line oblique from costa to median
nervure, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line double filled in
with white, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved
below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, some white points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of
dentate whitish marks, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and
inwards at discal and submedian folds, with blackish streaks in
the interspaces from it to the terminal series of black points with
blackish streaks from them intersecting the cilia. Hind wing
whitish uniformly suffused with reddish brown; cilia whitish at
tips; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown,
a blackish discoidal spot.

Hab. Canava (Normam), 1 3, Ontario, Orillia (Bush), 1 ¢; |
U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1 3,
4 9, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Illinois, Oregon, Portland,
Colorado, New Mexico. Hap. 38-40 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 157, pl. viii. ff. 27, 28.

Head black. Body blackish with a faint red subventral band ;
warts large, the hairs short, dense, bristly, black mixed with some
soft greyish ones. Food-plants: low bushes.—H. G. D.

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ACRONYCTA.

3664, Acronycta carbonaria. (Plate CXXV. fig. 2.

Acronycta carbonaria, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 252; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal p. 133.

Acronycta brumosa, Leech, P, Z. 8. 1889, p. 476 (nec Guen.).

3. Head and thorax whitish tinged with brown and irrorated
with black; palpi brown, whitish at base; frons with blackish
bar; tegule and patagia edged with blackish ; tarsi banded with
black ; abdomen grey dorsally suffused with brown except at bise.
Fore wing grey almost wholly suffused with dark brown and
irrorated with black, the area just before antemedial line paler:
subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line double, waved, oblique, the lines widely separated,
with black streak in submedian fold from its inner edge to well
beyond it; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the
former with white annulus on inner side and black point in upper
part of centre, the latter witii slight black lunule on inner side
of centre; a very oblique dark striga from costa to reniform
and indistinct oblique waved line from lower angle of cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line double, the lines rather widely separated
and with some white between them, bent outwards below costa,
then dentate and produced to short black streaks on the veins,
incurved below vein 3, some white points beyond it on costa; a
strongly waved whitish subterminal line slightly defined by
blackish on outer side, a terminal series of black points with
blackish marks beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing white, the
veins of terminal half brownish; a brownish postmedial bar from
costa and slight lunulate terminal line; the underside with the
costal area tinged and irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal
lunule, indistinct waved postmedial line from costa to vein 4 with
dark spots on and beiow costa, small spot on costa near apex, and
terminal series of small lunules frora apex to vein 2.

Q. Hind wing with indistinct curved postmedial line, the
terminal area suffused with brown and the inner area tinged with
brown.

Hab, K. Stperta, Ussuri; Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 4 3,2 2;
Corea. Hep. 46-48 millim.

-3665. Acronycta subornata.

Acronycta subornata, Leech, P. Z. 8, 1889, p. 477, pl. i. f. 6.
Acronycta brunnea, South, ined.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown and black ;
palpi with black patch on 2nd joint ; patagia edged with blackish ;
tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen reddish brewn, the
ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey-white almost wholly
suffused with dark red-brown and irrorated with black, the grea
just before antemedial line and the costal area beyond antemedial
line rather whiter; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to

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submedian fold in which there is a slight black streak from its
inner edge to beyond antemedial line which is double, the lines,
rather widely separated, waved, oblique; orbicular and reniform
large, defined by black, the former rather erect elliptical, open
above and with white annulus on inner side and below: a very
oblique dark striga from costa to reniform and oblique waved line
from lower angle of ccll to inner margin ; postmedial line double
filled in with some white, strongly bent outwards below costa,
then dentate, incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on
vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; a subterminal
series of whitish lunules in the interspaces, incurved below vein 3;
a terminal series of black points defined by slight whitish lunules.
Hind wing yellow-brown, the terminal area dark brown, a slight
discoidal spot and postmedial line oblique below vein 4; cilia
whitish at tips; the underside whitish tinged with brown, the
costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a blackish streak
in middle of cell, large discoidal spot, postmedial line waved from
costa to vein 4, then oblique, diffused subterminal band and
terminal series of slight Junules.

Ab. 1. brunnea. Fore wing more uniform brown with less grey.

Hat. Javan, Yokohama (Pryer), 4 Q type; Corna, Gensan (to),
19. Evp. 42-48 millim. ‘Typet brumnea in Coll. Wileman.

3666. Acronycta afflicta. (Plate CXXV. fig. 3.)
Acronycta afflicta, Grote, Proc, Ent. Soe. Philad. ii. p. 488, pl. ix. f. 4
(1864); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 127, pl. i. f. 10;
Simith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 42.

Acronycta dolens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 260, pl. 26. f. 7
(1889).

Head and thorax black mixed with white and some pale reddish
brown ; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons with dark bar ;
tegule with the basal half blackish, the terminal half pale with
black les at middle and near tips; disks of patagia and thorax
whitish; fore tibiae and tarsi banded black and white: abdomen
fuscous brown, the basal crest and ventral surface whitish. Fore
wing reddish brown mixed with some grey and mostly suffused
and irrorated with black, some whitish at base of inner margin ;
subbasal line double, waved, from costa tv submedian fold ;
antemedial line indistinct, double, waved, oblique; orbicular and
reniform defined by black, the former whitish with brown centre,
round; an oblique dark bar from middle of costa and oblique
waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial
line double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate,
incurved below vein +, some white points beyond it on costa; a
dentate whitish subterminal Jine; a terminal series of rather
triangular spots defined by slight whitish lunules; cilia whitish
with a brown line near base and terminal series of brown lunules.
Hind wing white, the veins streaked with brown; the terminal

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area suffused with brown from apex to vein 2; a terminal series
of dark points ; cilia white mixed with brown; the underside with
the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, the veins of
terminal area streaked with brown, a blackish discoidal spot,
curved waved postmedial line with blackish spot at costa and
slight dark streaks on the veins and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab, Canada; U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, Florida (Double-
day), 1 3, Missouri, St. Louis, Texas, 2 2, West to the Rocky
Mts.; Mexico, Jalapa (Hoege), 1 ¢ type dolens, Godman-Salvin
Coll. Hvp. 40-46 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi, 19> WAS), fall, We Me I,

Head brown, mottled with darker on the face. Body robust,
brown, with red-brown dorsal and lateral stripes; hairs of
tubercle ij. single, long, black, those of joints 3-7 slightly spatulate.
Food-plant: Oak.

3667. Acronycta hamamelis. (Plate CXXV. fig. 4.)

Acronycta hamamelis, Guen, Noct. i. p. 52 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct, N.
Am, p. 44.

Head and thorax grey largely mixed with brown and black ;
palpi whitish at base and with black band on 2nd joint; frons
with black bar; tegule with blackish line near base; tibiee streaked
with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey-brown
thickly irrorated with fuscous and with dorsal series of slight dark
tufts of hair, the basal crest with some white. Fore wing grey-
white almost wholly suffused with fuscous brown and thickly
irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double black
stri from costa ; antemedial line double, minutely waved, oblique ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former with brown
centre and whitish annulus, round, the latter with its centre
suffused with brown and slight pale annulus ; an indistinct curved
medial line ; postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards below
costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 3 to lower edge
of reniform, some pale points beyond it on costa; an indistinct
dentate whitish subterminal line angled inwards in submedian fold ;
a terminal series of small triangular black spots defined on inner
side by slight whitish lunules; cilia whitish with fine waved
- blackish line near base and terminal series of points. Hind wing
brown with traces of discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line ;
cilia whitish with brown line through them; the underside white
irrorated with brown, a slight dark streak in middle of cell of male,
a black discoidal lunule, curved waved postmedial line, and terminal
series of small black lunules.

Hab. U.S.A. (Doubleday), 1 3, co-type, Pennsylvania, 1 9,
Grote Coll., Georgia, Virginia. Hwp. 42 millim.

Larva. Guen. Noct. i. p. 52.

Dorsal area yellowish grey, the ventral area ferrugimous red, the

88 NOCTUIDA.

two colours separated by a dark green lateral line; six dorsal green
patches; subdorsal line fine, green; head pale; anal segment
slightly humped; warts each with one hair. Food-plant: Hama-
melis virginiana.

3668. Acronycta increta. (Plate CXXV. fig. 5.)

Acronycta increta, Morr, Proc, Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 131 (1874); Smith
& Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 144, pl. xii. f. 13; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 44.

Head and thorax white mixed with brown and fuscous; 2nd
joint of palpi with black band; frons with blackish bar; tibie
slightly streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen
grey thickly irrorated with brown, the ventral surface whitish.
Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous and suffused in parts
with brown, the basal area suffused with black to outer edge of
antemedial line leaving the base of inner margin whitish and the
area between subbasal and antemedial lines greyer to submedian
told; subbasal line double, from costa to submedian fold; aute-
medial line double, minutely waved, oblique; orbicular and reniform
whitish detined by black and with red-brown centres, both erect
elliptical, a black bar from costa to orbicular; postmedial line
double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved and with
short black streaks beyond it on the veins, incurved below vein 3,
some whitish points beyond it on costa; a whitish subterminal
line angled cutwards at veins 7, 6, 4,3; « terminal series of small
triangular black spots defined by whitish lunules on inner side ;
cilia chequered white and brown and with dark lne through
them. Hind wing greyish wholly suffused with reddish brown ;
cilia white with small brownish spots from apex to vein 2; the
underside whitish slgltly tinged and irrorated with brown, a
blackish discoidal spot, traces of a postmedial line with dark spots
at discal and submedian folds, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Cartwright (Heath), 1 9; U.S.A.,
New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1 ¢,1 9, Beverley, | 2 type,
New Jersey, Texas, New Mexico. Hap. 34 millim.

3669. Acronycta retardata. (Plate CXXV. fig. 6.)

Microcelia retarduta, Wik. Can, Nat. & Geol. vi. p. 388 (1861); Smith & |
Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 145, pl. ii. f. 5 & pl. xii. f. 14; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Ain. p. 45.

Acronycta dassecta, Grote & Rob. Trans, Am. Ent. Soe. iii. p, 178, pl. ii.
f. 81 (1870).

Head and thorax white mixed witn brown; palpi with the 2nd
joint black above ; tegulie with diffused black medial line; shoulders
and outer edges of patagia with black streaks ; fore tarsi banded
black and white; abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown.
Fore wing white slightly irrorated with fuscous, the basal area
thickly irrorated; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to sub-

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median fceld in which there is a short black streak before it;
antemedial line double, with short black streaks on each line on the
veins, the inner line angled inwards below the cell and the outer
with small black spot on it; orbicular and reniform defined by
fuscous and with slight dark centres, the former round; postmedial -
line doubie, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, in-
curved below vein 3, with brown suffusion beyond it to near termen
between veins 6 and 4 and from vein 3 to submedian fold, and
some white points on costa with dark marks between them; sub-
terminal line absent; a terminal series of small round black spots ;
cilia with a slight black line near tips. Hind wing greyish suffused
with brown and with terminal seiies of slight black strie; cilia
white with a slight brown line through them ; the underside white
tinged in parts with biown, a large black discoidal lunule and
rather diffused, curved, waved brown postmedial line.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., Massachusetts (Packard), 1 ¢, New
York, Schenectady (Lintner), 1g, Evans Center (G@rote), 13,19,
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1 9 type, Virginia. Hap. 30-34
millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 146.

Head red-brown. Body whitish, each scgmeut with five purple-
brown transverse bands dorsally, the sides and feet pale. Food-
plant: Maple.—H. G. D.

3670. Acronycta cesarea. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 7.)
Acronycta cesarea, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xiii. p. 191 (1905).

@. Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown with an
olive tinge; frons with black bar; patagia with dark edges; tarsi
blackish ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown with pale
segmental lincs, the ventral sur:ace whitish irrorated with brown.
Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated and suffused with fuscous
brown with an olive tinge, the medial area slightly, paler ; subbasal
line blackish, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold in which
there is a slight black streak from it to outer edge of antemedial
line, which is double, eblique, waved, angled inwaids in submedian
fold; orbicular and reniform small, white irrorated with brown and
defined by blackish, the former round ; medial line represented by
an oblique bar from costa and oblique sinuous line from lower angle
of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with
whitish, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved
below vein 4, some alternating white and dark points beyond it on
costa; subterminal line absent ; a terminal series of black points
defined on inner side by slight whitish lunules ; cilia chequered
fuscous brown and white and with dark line through them. Hind
wing greyish uniformly suffused with brown; cilia white with a
dark line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal area and
terminal area to vein 3 irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot,

9() NOCTUID®.

bar at middle of costa, diffused sinuous postmedial line, and terminal
series of black striz.

Hab. U.S.A., New Jersey, Essex Co. Park, Kansas (Snow), 2 9.
Hep, 26-30 millim.

3671. Acronycta impleta. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 8.)
Acronycta impleta, W1k. ix. 57 (1856); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 42.
Acronycta luteicoma, Grote & Rob, Iraus. Am, knt. Soe. i. p. 179, pl. 2.

f. 83 (1870); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi, p. 152, pl. i. 1. 9;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 42.

Head and thorax grey largely mixed with brown; palpi white
with black band on 2nd joint; tegule and patagia edged with
brown; shoulders streaked with black; tibie slightly streaked
with black, the mid tibia with black spot at base, the tarsi banded
with fuscous ; abdomen red-brown. Fore wing grey almost wholly
suffused and irrorated with brown; subbasal line represented by
double black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line double,
oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform
defined by black, their centres suffused with brown, the former
round, the latter with the black on outer edge reduced to points ;
medial line minutely waved, very oblique from costa to reniform,
incurved below the cell; postmedial line double, the inner line
indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate,
excurved to vein 3, then incurved, filled in with whitish lunules,
the one below submedian fold more prominent, some white points
beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of whitish spots, slightly
excurved at vein 7 end incurved below vein 3; a terminal series
of smal‘ black spots ; cilia with a slight dark line through them.
Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with red-brown ; cilia white ;
the underside white faintly tinged with red-brown, a slight dis-
coidal spot and traces of postmedial line from costa to vein 4.

Haé. Canada; U.S.A., Maine, New York, 3 ¢, Distr. of
Columbia, Llinois, Georgia, Kansas (Snow), 1 3, 1 9, Texas,
? California; hab. ign. 1 Q type. Hwvp. 40-48 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus, xxi. p. 153, pl. vi. f. 16.

Head shining black, body black with pale dots; a reddish sub-
stigmatal band ; narrow broken dorsal and subdorsal lines; warts
large; the hairs in dense tufts, long, fine; dense pale brown tufts
subdorsally on joints 3 to 6, 12 and 13; four dense black tufts on
joint 5; two short black pencils on joint 12. Food-plants: Prunus,
Populus, &e.

3672. Acronycta illita. (Plate CXXV. fig. 9.)
Acronycta illita, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 152 (1897); Smith &
Dyar, Pr. U.s, Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 151, pl. xi. f. 12; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N.
Am. p. 104.
Q@. Head and thorax black mixed with grey-white; frons with
black bar; tarsi banded black and white; abdomen grey ivrorated

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with black, the basal crest black and white. Fore wing white very
thickly irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double
black strize {rom costa and cell; antemedial line double filled in with
whitish, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform defined by black
and with some black suffusion in centres, the former irregularly
rounded, the latter lunulate; traces of a medial line, oblique from
costa to reniform and erect from submedian fold to inner margin,
with a blackish maik before it above vein 1; postmedial line double,
black, filled in with white lunules except towards costa, bent out-
wards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4 and angled
outwards at vein 1, some whitish points beyond it on costa; sub-
terminal line indistinct, whitish, waved, slightly defined on outer
side by black ; a terminal series of black spots. Hind wing grey
suffused and irrorated with fuscous; the underside white, the
costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with fuscous, a dark
discoidal lunule and indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab, Canava, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), Cartwright (Heath),
1 29; U.S.A., Colorado, Denver, Glenwood Springs, Hap. 50
millim.

Larva, Head shining black. Body black, dotted with pale, with
a reddish substigmatal band and narrow broken dorsal and sub-
dorsal lines; warts large, the hairs in dense tufts, long, fine; dense
pale brown tufts subdorsally on joints 3 to 6, 12, and 13; four
dense black tufts on joint 5; two short black pencils on joint 12.
Food-plants: Prunus, Populus, &e.—H. G. D.

3673. Acronycta pruinosa. (Plate CXXV. fig. 10.)
Acronycta pruinosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 53 (1852); Hmpsn Moths Ind. ii.

4
- al Dado

Polia suluta, W\k. xxxiii. 723 (1865).

Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown in parts and
irrorated with black; palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides; tarsi
banded with black; abdomen white suffused with pale brown
except at base. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with brown and
with some brownish suffusion beyond the medial and postmedial
lines ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa and
curved black mark below cell with white spot on its inner side ;
antemedial line double, the lines widely separated on costal half
and with black points on them from costa to median nervure,
oblique, waved ; orbicular white defined by black and with brown
point in centre, round; reniform defined by black, on outer side
reduced to points, its centre suffused with brown and with black
Junule on inner side; a diffused dark patch on middle of costa and
oblique slightly waved line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial
line double filled in by white lunulate marks, bent outwards below
costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 3, then incurved, some white
points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of slight white
marks in the interSpaces ; a terminal series of small black Junules
defined by whitish lunules and with blackish marks beyond them

92 NOCLUID &.

on the cilia. Hind wing white tinged with pale yellow-brown,
the terminal area slightly darker; an indistinct postmedial line
defined by whitish on outer side; cilia white with series of slight
dark points ; the underside white tinged with brown, a brownish mark
on middle of costa, indistinct discoidal spot and curved postmedial
line.

Hab. Kasumrr, Dana (McArthur), 1 $3; Ponsaz, Sulu, Sultanpur
(G5 40D), Gy Cia rine, (Celeron) og, 1k 5 ieayli, Il g -
Dharmsila (Hocking), 1 3g, 19; N. Invta, 1 @ type soluta ;
Srkuim, 1 ¢ ; Assam; Java (Horsfield), 1 f type. wp. 36-46
millim.

3674. Acronycta consanguis. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 11.)

Acronycta consangwis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 358 (1879); Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 133.
Acronycta asiatica, Pouj. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) viii. p. 20 (1888).

Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown; 2nd joint of
palpi with black patch at sides; hind tibize with black streaks, the
tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen white suffused with reddish
brown. Fore wing white irrorated with brown and fuscous; sub-
basal line represented by slight double striz from costa and curved
black mark below cell with white spot en its inner edge; ante-
medial line double filled in with whitish, the lines widely separated
towards costa and the outer line very indistinct except at costa and
inner margin, oblique, waved; orbicular white defined by black on
outer side, slightly on inner, somewhat elliptical ; reniform defined
by black on inner side and by black points on outer; a fuscous
patch on middle of costa and an oblique rather diffused line from
lower angle of cell to inuer margin ; postmedial line black defined
on inner side by lunulate white marks, bent outwards below costa,
then dentate, excurved to vein 3, then incurved and angled out-
wards at vein 1, some brown sutfusion beyond it and white points
with minute black streaks between them on costa; traces of a
whitish subterminal line; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia white with series of blackish spots near base. Hind wing
white suffused with pale brown excepo on inner area; a diffused
brownish postmedial line and terminal band; cilia white intersected
with pale brown ; the underside white faintly tinged with brown,
the costal area irrorated with brown, a brown patch on middle of
costa, slight discoidal spot, and postmedial line excurved to vein 5,
then incurved.

Hab. ?E. Sreerta, Ussuri; Japan, Tokio (Fenton), 1 9, Yoko-
hama (Pryer, Manley), 4 3, 3 2 type; W. Cuina, Chang-yang
(Pratt),1 $,1 9, Moupin (David), type T ¢ asiatica in Mus. Paris.
Hap, 42-48 millim.

ACRONYCTA. 93

*3675. Acronycta albistigma. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 12.)

Acronycta albistigma, South, ined. -

3. Head and thorax white mixed with brown ; palpi with the
Ist and 2nd joints black above: antenne with the basal joint black
at extremity behind ; tegule with faint dark band before the tips
which are whitish; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen
ochreous whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing grey-white thickly
irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line represented by double black
strize from costa and cell, the latter filled in with white; antemedial
line rather indistinct, double, oblique, waved, angled inwards on
vein |; orbicular pure white defined at sides by black and with
some brown scales in centre, rather oblique elliptical ; reniform
defined at sides by black and white points ; medial line represented
by a diffused oblique fuscous bar from costa and an indistinct
oblique dentate line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;
postmedial line double, the inner line indistinct, filled in by white
lunules between veins 7 and 4 and 3 and 1, bent outwards below
costa, then dentate, bent inwards below vein 4 and ending on inner
margin near tornus, some dark suffusion beyond it between veins 8
and 4 and below vein 2, and some white points on costa; a waved
white subterminal line: a series of small black spots on termen
and base of cilia defined by whitish lunules on inner side. Hind
wing white, the basal area tinged with brownish vellow, the veins
and terminal area suffused with brown ; an indistinct curved post-
medial line; cilia ochreous white with a series of fuscons spots; the
underside white with slight dark spot in middle of cell, blackish
discoidal lunule and postmedial line maculate and excurved to
vein 9, then oblique.

Hab. Japan, type 7S in Coll. Wileman. wp. 50 millim,

3676. Acronycta rumicis.

Noctua rumicis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 516 (1758); Esp. Schmett. iv.
pl. 117. ff. 7-9; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 9; Frr. Neue Beitr.
pl. 543; Steph. I. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 42; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi.
p. 241, pl. 88. f. 2; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 133.

Acronycta salicis, Curt. Brit. Ent. v. pl. 136 (1829).

Acronycta diffusa, Wik. xi. 708 (1857).

Acronycta indica, Moore, P. Z.8. 1867, p. 47; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 205, & iv. p. 509.

Acronycta turanica, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 65; id. Rom. Mém.
y. pl. 8. f. 5.

Acronis alnoides, Geest, Allg. Zeit. Ent. viii. p. 310 (1908).

Head and thorax white mixed with brown and black; 2nd joint
of palpi with black band; frons with black bar; tarsi black ringed
with white; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with ochreous and
brown, the basal crest mixed with black. Fore wing white very
thickly irrorated with brown, the inner and postmedial areas
suffused with brown; subbasal line represented by double black
strie from costa and single striga from celi with black streak from

O4 NOCLUIDE.

it to antemedial line, which is strong, black, double, oblique, waved,
angled outwards below costa and inwards on vein 1; orbicular and
reniform defined by black, the former round with brown point in
centre, the latter with brown lunule on inner side of centre; an
oblique dark striga from custa to reniform and waved line from cell
to inner margin ; postmedial line double with white lunule on it
in submedian interspace, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,
incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, some white
points beyond it on costa; an irregularly waved white subterminal
line excurved below costa and at middle and with series of black
spots on its outer edge; a terminal series of small triangular black
spots; cilia mixed with brown at base, the tips white with series
of black points. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia white with some
brown at base; the underside white tinged and irrorated with red-
brown, a slight discoidal point.

Ab. 1. salicis. Fore wing suffused with fuscous brown, leaving
the lunule on postmedial line and the subterminal line white.

Ab. 2. alnoides. Fore wing with the inner area suffused with
fuscous to postmedial line and with diffused oblique fascia beyond
postmedial line below vein 3.

Ab. 3. Larger and darker.—Japan and W. China.

Ab. 4. turanica. Fore wing sparsely irrorated with fuscous and
with fuscous sutfusion below submedian fold and beyond postmedial
line only.

Hab. Brrratn, Scotland, Leech Coll., England (Gregson), Leech
Coll.; France; Deymarx, Dohlmann Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and
Leech Golls.; Auvsrrta; Hungary: Switzernanp, Frey Coll. ;
Sparx; Corsica, Frey Coll.; Irary; Morocco. Tangier ( Walsing-
ham), 1 3 ; Scanpinavia ; Rossta, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Cyprus
(Miss Bate), 1 Q; Arnmenta; Asta Minor, Brussa, 13,19, Zeller
Coll., Amanus Mts., 12; Syria, 12, Leech Coll., Bagdad (Loftus),
12 type diffusa; W. Turkustan, Ferghana, 1 3,19, Sarawschan,
Issyk Kul; FE. Torwesran, Ili; EH. Srperta; Japan, Hakodaté
(Whiteley), 16,19, Tokio (Mares), 13,19, Yokohama (Jonas,
Pryer, Leech), 23,392, Nagahama (Leech), 19, Kiushiu, 1 9 ;
Corna, Gensan (Leech), 1 9: C. Cutna, Ichang (Pryer), 1 2 , Ship-
y-shan (Pratt), 1 ¢; W. Cura, Chang-vang (Pratt), 2 9, Omei-
shan, 19, Nitou, 1 @, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 12, Wa-ssu-kou, 1 ¢,
Kia-ting-fu, 1 ¢, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 3, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 9,
Kwei-chow, 1 ¢ ; Srxurm (tussel!), 1 3 type indica. Eap, 34-46
millim.

Larva. Mey. Brit. Lep. p. 148; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 267, pl. 123.
fom

Dark grey-brown with pale marblings ; a dorsal series of black
patches enclosing orange-red spots; subdorsal series of white spots ;
subspiracular line waved, white or pale yellow, the tubercles orange-
red; fascicles of pale ochreous or reddish hair mixed with blackish
hair; somites 4 and 11 somewhat prominent above; head black
streaked with brownish ochreous. Food-plants: Polygonum, Salix,
Hawthorn, Veronica, &e. 8-9.

ACRONYCTA. 95

3677. Acronycta lutea.

Acronycta lutea, Brem. & Grey, Motsch. Et. Ent. i. p. 65 (1852) ; Brem. Lep.
Ost-Sib. pl. 4. f. 7; Oberth. Et. Ent. x. p. 18, pl. 2. t. 14; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 133.

Pharetra leucoptera, But). Trans Ent. Sve. 1881, p. 595.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with black-brown ; palpi
with blackish band on 2nd joint; patagia edged with blackish ;
tursi banded black and white; abdomen greyish suffused with
brown and with yellow towards base, the ventral surface whitish.
Fore wing whitish almost wholly suffused and irrorated with black-
brown, the inner and postmedial areas slightly darker; subbasal
line represented by double black striz from costa and single striga
trom cell with shght black streak from it to antemedial line, which
is double, the lines widely separated, oblique, waved, angled out-
wards below costa; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the
former small, round, with shght whitish annulus; a dark striga
from middle of costa and faint dark patch above middle of vein 1 ;
postmedial line double with white lunule on it below submedian
fold, the inner line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then
dentate, incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1,
some white points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of
whitish spots in the interspaces with blackish spots on their outer
side conjoined by slight streaks to the terminal series of points.
Hind wing orange-yellow, the basal area slightly tinged with
brown; the terminal area broadly black-brown with irregular inner
edge angled inwards at vein 2 and pale yellow patch on termen in
submedian interspace; cilia whitish ; the underside yellowish
white, the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal
Junule and diffused subterminal band forming large blackish patches
between vein 3 and submedian fold and vein 1.

Ab. 1. leucoptera. Hind wing whitish slightly tinged with
yellow.

Ab, 2. Hind wing deep orange-yellow.

Hab. KE. Siprrta, Dahuria, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake
(Pryer), 42, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 3 type Jeucoptera ; Corna, Gensan
(Leech), 1 S$; W. Cutna, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 3. Hap. 46-48
millim.

3678. Acronycta catocaloida. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 13.)

Acronycta eatocaloidu, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 813; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 138.

®. Head and thorax white mixed witb black; palpi white with
black band on 2nd joint; patagia edged with blackish; tarsi
banded black and white: abdomen greyish thickly irrorated with
dark brown and dorsally suffused with reddish brown towards
base. Fore wing whitish almost wholly suffused with dark brown
and irrorated with black; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved,
from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line rather indistinct,
double, waved, oblique ; orbicular and renitorm defined by black,

96 NOCLUID-E,

the former white with brown centre, round; an indistinct waved
medial line ; postmedial line double filled in with white lunules,
bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 3, then
incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; an ill-defined
lunulate white subterminal line conjoined below apex and at middle
to the white lunules on termen defining the terminal series of small
black lunules. Hind wing yellow with paler patch beyond the cell
from costa to vein 4; the basal area suffused with brown ; a black
discoidal lunule; the terminal area broadly black-brown with
sinuous inner edge and leaving a narrow pale yellow terminal band
with series of dark points on it; cilia pale yellow ; the underside
pale yellow irrorated with brown except in submedian interspace,
an elongate dark mark in middle of cell, large black discoidal spot,
lunulate postmedial line incurved below vein 3 and with diffused
brown band beyond it interrupted at discal fold.

Hab ii. Stpurta, Amurland, Ussuri; Javan, Hakodate (Leech),
19. Exp. 46 millim.

Secr. IL. (Zriena). Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales mixed with
a few scales.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform conjoined by
a black streak.
a. Fore wing with black streak in discal fold beyond post-
medial line.
a, Fore wing with quadrate black patch between orbi-
cular and reniform, the postmedial line slightly
hin@urved! laelkony WEIM 42. consoaacocosaaconasgdconcascoseacans quadrata,
61. Fore wing with black streak between orbicular and
reniform, the postmedial line strongly incurved
below vein 3
a, Fore wing with white streaks on the veins and
Tin Salone WOME! .ccbsscaccscncasonpooonccascssa0s0nn000 strigulata.
b?. Fore wing without white streaks on the veins and
in subinediin fold.
a. ‘borax with ochreous dorsal streak..........0+... thoracica,
6°, Thorax without ochreous dorsal streak.
a‘. Fore wing with the black streak between
orbicular and reniform bent downwards as
an oblique striga on inner edge of reniform.,
. Fore wing with the ground-colour white . /etifica.
Be Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish
(en
. Fore wing with the basal black streak
extending to beyond anteinedial line ;
SIZE MARLO Les aesicnceo ime tteiteen cceneipeemenen lobelie.
B®. Fore wing with the basal black streak
not extending to beyond antemedial
line ; size smaller.
a’, Hind wing with the veins and termen
irrorated with brown .................. manitoba.
b7. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown furcifera.
b', Fore wing aii the black streak between
onivouler and reniform dividing into a fork
on inner edge of reniform.
. Fore wing slightly irrorated with fuscous.

ACRONYCTA.

. Fore wing whitish or slightly tinged
P with brown, the streak in extremity of
submedian fold almost always separate

’ from the minute streak intersecting the

CTT a co ooseel actress een cae ae Se ee

6°. Fore wing more or less suffused with
purplish ‘brown, the streak in extremity

of submedian fold confluent with the

streak intersecting the cilia ...............

c®. Fore wing more uniform purplish brown;

size larger sia sieloe sate env asia biateele nerstaseheiietestes

b8. Bote wing strongly irrorated with fuscous.

. Hind wing with the postmedial line in-

pacieinats size moderate.
. Fore wing with the streak in sub-
median fold crossing postmedial line
, ONE,

. Fore wing with the orbicular oblique

elliptical Uc adie nd Gisalag atavacis chelate epee

6’. Fore wing with the orbicular rounded.

6’, Fore wing with the streak in sub-

median fold crossing postmedial line

SHIDHE freaanectenasmussaae sce er cemte eee

b®. Hind wing with the postmedial line

strong, defined by whitish on outer

side; size very large..............c0e-+e.ees

6. Fore wing without black streak in discal fold beyond

Peay line.
. Fore wing without black shade in submedian inter-
space from base to termen.

a*. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial streaks

in submedian fold strong .................c0cseceeeee es

62, Fore wing with the basal and postmedial streaks

in submedian fold slight ...... Bop SBE Bansnoutnancncaty

61. Fore wing with black shade in submedian interspace

HRONAN, [ORYSTS) 1H) (HETHTAVESD. co onoqadansoaneacq0 SbondaonndeccbDsGed

B. Fore wing without black streak between ‘orbieular and
reniforin.

a. Fore wing with distinct black streak below base of cell.
a}, Fore wing with spur from lower side of basal streak
at middle.

a*, Fore wing with the streak in submedian fold
beyond postmedial line slender and not reaching
fermen.

a, Hind wing white, the veins of terminal half
and the termen tinged with brown in female.
at, Fore wing blue-white .........,.........s.eeeeeees
b+. Fore wing prey-white..............:ceceveseeeeeees
63, Hind wing wholly suffused with brown.
a*, Fore wing with the streak below base of cell
extending to beyond antemedial line.........
b*, Fore wing with the streak below base of cell
not extending to beyond antemedial line ...
b2, Fore wing with the streak in submedian fold
beyond postmedial line strong and reaching
ae men.
Hind wing tinged with ochreous.
se Fore wing with the postmedial line angled
inwards in submedian fold ................5.+64
bt. Fore wing with the postmedial line not angled
inwards in submedian fold ................. aes

YOu. VIIi.

psi.

tridens.

encretata.

cuspis.
leucocuspis.

orientalis.

maxima.

aria.
hercules,

rubiginosa.

taurica,
aceris.
major.

eldora.

tritona,

Jjaleula.
B=

NOCTUID A,

b*. Hind wing white, not tinged with ochreous.
a4, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly
angled outwards at veins 4,3 .............00.55
6*, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly
angled outwards at veins 4, 3.
a’, Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish
PaO ir Loppoodeasoodoascoscnsodech godenesaesouuEsbuc
>, Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey
@. Fore wing without spur from lower side of basal
streak at middle.
a, Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely
waved.
Fore wing with the inner area black.
a*, Fore wing with black streak in discal fold
beyond postmedial line ................2.ceeee
6+, Fore wing without black streak in discal fold
beyond postmedial line ...................2008
63. Fore wing with the inner area not black.
a*, Fore wing witl: distinct black streak in discal
fold beyond postmedial line.
a>. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly

incurved below vein 4, the medial line
Iidis tim Cty wer sseenescocecue sec eere reer ee cee

6°. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly

incurved below vein 4, the medial line
Gistincti a. seen seetee cede uns noes eases
64, Fore wing without distinct black streak in
discal fold beyond postimedial line.
a°. Fore wing with the antemedial line double,
distinct.
a’, Fore wing with the antemedial line
angled inwards in submedian fold ;
DEVON WEIAT SIMOIEE oc ocasccsgaesossn005ba08000
o®. Fore wing with the antemedial line
not angled inwards in submedian fold .
b°. Fore wing with the antemedial line single,
obsolescent.
a’, Kore wing with the ground-colour white.
0° Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-
prey.
a”, Fore wing with the orbicular present.
bo’. Fore wing with the orbicular absent .
c®. Fore wing with the ground-colour ash-
aie) Re Regaine Saari R ECB a Spaaneaeaneeecnacecantnc
6?, Fore wing with the postmedial line dentate
throughout.
a®, Fore wing without series of dark streaks in
interspaces of terminal area.
a‘, Fore wing with well-defined black streak in
discal fold beyond postmedial line.
a®. Fore wing with oblique black striga on
inner edge of reniform .............0.0.-s0ee0e
6°. Fore wing without oblique black striga on
inner edge of reniform...............cee0eee0
b4. Fore wing without well-defined black streak
in discal fold beyond postmedial line.
a®, Fore wing with more or Jess distinct black

streak in submedian fold crossing post-
medial line.

elizabeta.

revellata.
grisea.

alni.

Juneralis.

morula.

transversata.

tota.
radcliffer.
Selina.
Sfrigida.
CYANESCENS.

pacifica.

enterrupta.

spinigera.

ACRONYCTA.

a®. Fore wing with the orbicular well-
developed.
a’. Wore wing with the orbicular round ...
6’. Fore wing with the orbicular quadrate,
Whitisht 2/4 asc... ara seeeeneeetoee eee tec
6°. Fore wing with the orbicular minute.
a’, Fore wing with the antemedial line
GOW, CMHC aoonoanccococcoconconbecne
o’, Fore wing with the antemedial line
single, obsolescent.
a*. Fore wing with the basal streak
reaching antemedial line.
a, Fore wing blue-grey.............00.+--+-
6°. Fore wing grey-white.

a’, Fore wing thickly irrorated with
HUSCOUSE (cease. cers eee eee

}!°. Kore wing sparsely irrorated with
fuscous.

al, Fore wing creamy-white, the
postmedial line incurved in sub-
mediangtoldpeeeeeeeseeeeeeeree Sade
bu. Fore wing chalky white, the
postmedial line angled inwards
in submedian fold ..................
68. Fore wing with the basal streak not
reaching antemedial line.
a. Fore wing white irrorated with
HUSCOUSH Yas calececsecaklac eee ae eee
6°. Kore wing brown irrorated with
ONT tS) ase onaHach andre sceanauceincnascene ine
b°. Fore wing without black streak in sub-
median fold crossing postmedial line.
a®. Fore wing with the postmedial line
strongly dentate.

auricoma.

pulverosa.

menyant hidis.

canadensis.

cinderella.

lepusculina.

chionochroa.

popult.

similana.

a”. Hind wing with the ground-colour ~

ULC onep cur taeeoeacerepantnscddaa rneaa nee
bo’, Hind wing with the ground-colour
ONAMGO! soo stice atavie sakeseeneae anode ene denees
0°. Fore wing with the postmedial line
minutely dentate.
a’. Fore wing blue-grey ; hind wing white
in male.
a*, Fore wing with prominent white
Iunule on postmedial line in sub-
MENG HONEY conccoascccoapadosodscqnc0c000
68. Fore wing without prominent white
lunule on postmedial line in sub-
> se@alienn iROGl Geacnopoesedednaboubscoqoooecce
6’. Fore wing pale grey; hind wing tinged
with brownish ochreous.
a’. Fore wing with fuscous shade on
INMET ALC AIe e eoer aes ccscn seeceisssenaes
6°. Fore wing without fuscous shade on
MONSTe HNNEE)) lop sabe oocbooanbenouneacnenccoce
63, Fore wing with series of dark streaks in inter-
spaces of terminal area.
a‘, Kore wing with the postmedial line with
strong whitish teeth interrupted by dark
streaks at discal and submedian folds ......

gastridia.

metaxantha.

nigricans.

emaculata.

wmpressa.

distans.

edolata.
TEL

100 NOOTUID A.

+4, Fore wing with the postmedial line moder-
ately dentate.
a’, Kore wing with the postmedial line obso-
VOSCON bayseciy iM dad berek aac neeeeeeeac meee saeco: lithospila.
6°. Fore wing with the postmedial line distinct.
a®, Kore wing with black streak above vein 1
from base to postmedial line ............ barnest.
6°. Fore wing without black streak above
vein | from base to postmedial line.
a’. Kore wing with the inner half suffused

with) fusCOUs | ch oche Wietacasedcsescncnsemaee perdita.
6", Fore wing with the inner half not
suffused with fuscous .............-206- extricata.
@. Fore wing with the postmedial lie not dentate
except at veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved...... digna.
d*, Fore wing with the postmedial line even through-
out, strongly bent inwards below vein 3 ........ . raphaelis.

6. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.
a, Fore wing with the orbicular moderate.
a@, Fore wing with the antemedial line strongly bent
inwards to immer MAYQIN .............06.eeecer eres aee rubricoma,
62, Fore wing with the antemedial line not strongly
bent inwards to inner margin.
a, Fore wing with whitish subterminal line.
a‘, Fore wing slightly suffused and irrorated

WB 8) SIRGOWE! ech sonossneosnopeqcoRocoaagobssbegoede centralis,
64, Fore wing strongly suffused and irrorated
WHA) ANSGOWS cosopsoosesoqqsccs000nc00bn00000500000 megacephala.

¢e4, Fore wing almost wholly suffused with black.
a>. Head, thorax, and fore wing strongly irro-

TRENTON Willa FAREN? oogacanoneododoconssoosedcoboosb0 tienda.
6°. Head, thorax, and fore wing slightly irro-
THEN WAMU GABEH/ coopogodosaseop0sn900sns500800000 bicolor.

63, Fore wing without whitish subterminal line.
a’. Fore wing with the postmedial line not
defined by small dark lunules on outer side.

a’, Fore wing ochreous white..................... betule.
(D5 KORE) WANE (RIREN/ cocannsnacdconodasonsos6000aqK008 americana.

64, Fore wing with the postmedial line defined
by small dark lunules on outer side.
a, Fore wing purplish grey suffused with
brown.
as’ Hind wing of male tinged with grey ... hesperida.
06, Hind wing of male tinged with yellow . hastulifera.
c6, Hind wing of male pure white............ dactylina.
68, Fore wing white tinged with brown.
a6, Fore wing with the antemedial line
entire, indistinctly double ............... insita.
66. Fore wing with the antemedial line re-
duced to spots on costa, below cell, and
OM INNEL MATIN .-.0.....ecere-ececees oon innotata.
1, Fore wing with the orbicular minute.
a. Fore wing with black streak in submedian fold
beyond postmedial line.
a3. Fore wing with the medial area below and
beyond! the/cell black ooo c.c. ca. sccascsceeee ot hello.
63, Fore wing with the medial area concolorous... Jdonga.
&2, Fore wing without black streak in submedian
fold beyond postmedial line.
a’, Fore wing with brown shade beyond postmedial
TS eeEe een Ant n cape soondur oscbectcao oo seacsodsbataadonGd sperata.

ACRONYCTA. 101

63. Fore wing without brown shade beyond post-
medial line.
a!, Fore wing with the postmedial line dentate. euphorbiz.
b+. Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely
WAVER... Fi suocean ees yeteenanne meee cee eee eeace abscondita.

3679, Acronycta quadrata. (Plate CXXV. fig. 14.)
Acronycta quadrata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 154 (1874) ;

smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 106, pl. iii. f. 1; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Ain. p. 38.

¢. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with pale violaceous
brown; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; tegule with blackish
streaks at middle and on outer edge; shoulders and outer edges of
patagia with black streaks; mid and hind tibie with faint dark
streaks; abdomen white faintly tinged with brown towards ex-
tremity. Fore wing white irrorated with violaceous brown, the
costal area from medial to postmedial lines and the postmedial area
suffused with pale violaceous brown ; subbasal line represented by
double black striz from costa ; a strong black streak in submedian
fold from base to Just beyond antemedial line, expanding at middle
and with some brownish suffusion below its base ; antemedial line
double, brown, waved from costa to submedian fold, then excurved ;
orbicular white defined by black except above, erect elliptical, with
quadrate black mark beyond it extending slightly into the reniform
which has a brownish centre and white annulus defined by black ;
a diffused medial brownish line oblique from costa to lower angle
of cell, then incurved ; postmedial line black detined by white on
inner side, bent outwards below costa, erect to vein 4, then slightly
incurved and very minutely waved, a minute black streak before it
in submedian fold and strong fascia beyond it to near termen, some
whitish points on costa; subterminal line rather diffused, whitish,
excurved below costa and at middle and with minute black streak
beyond it in discal fold; a terminal series of slight dark strie ;
cilia white with dark brown line at base and brown tips; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a black
discoidal point and indistinct postmedial line bent outwards below
costa, then slightly waved.

©. Hind wing with indistinct curved postmedial line with broad
diffused dark band beyond it except towards tornus ; the underside
with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous.

Hab. Canapa, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 9 , Alberta, Calgary
(Wolley-Dod), 53,19, Br. Columbia; U.S.A., Nebraska, Kansas,
2 2 type, California. Hap. 40-44 millim.

3680. Acronycta strigulata. (Plate CXXV. fig. 15.)

Acronycta strigulata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 150 (1897) ;
Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 92, pl. xii. f.6; Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 101.

¢. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous and black; 2nd

102 NOCTUID ED.

joint of palpi with black band; shoulders with black stripes; vertex
of thorax with yellowish stripe; mid and hind tibie streaked with
black ; abdomen white dorsally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing
white irrorated with fuscous and black, the veins white with slight
black streaks between them near origin from cell; subbasal and
autemedial lines absent; a black streak in basal half of submedian
told, diffused below and defined by a fine white streak above, ex-
tending to medial line; orbicular white defined by black except
above, oblique, acute at lower extremity and with oblique black
streak from it to lower extremity of reniform, which is whitish
slightly defined by black on inner side, undefined on outer; a
diffused oblique dark bar from middle of costa to reniform and
traces of an oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line black slightly defined by white on inner
side, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved
to vein 4, then very oblique and angled outwards on vein 1, rather
diffused black streaks from well before it to termen in disca! and
submedian folds; a series of small wedge-shaped black marks on
termen and cilia, the mark above vein 2 longer. Hind wing pure
white; the underside with the costal area irrorated with a few
black scales, a black discoidal spot and some points on termen.

@. Hind wing with the terminal area slightly irrorated with
brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce), 1 6, 1 2, Glenwocd Springs,
13g,1 9. Hep. 44 millim.

3681. Acronycta thoracica. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 16.)

Apatela thoracica, Grote, N. Am. Ent. 1. p. 94 (1879); Smith & Dyar, Pr.
U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 91, pl. iii. f. 8; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 37.

©. Head and thorax white mixed with brown and black; 2nd
joint of palpi with black band, frons black at sides and with slight
black bar above; antenne with the basal joint white in front;
shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks ; prothorax
dorsally tinged with reddish ochreous, the metathorax with slight
paired black marks; tibiae streaked with black, the tarsi banded
with black ; abdomen white irrorated with fuscous and dorsally
tinged with brown. Fore wing white suffused with grey and
irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by double black
strie from costa and single striga from cell; a strong black streak
in submedian fold from base to well beyond antemedial line with a
white streak above it extending to medial line; the antemedial
line represented by a black striga from costa, interrupted to median
nervure, then angled inwards in submedian fold and strongly out-
wards above inner margin; orbicular white defined by black, small,
oblique, triangular, with oblique black streak from its extremity
to lower extremity of reniform, which is defined by black on inner
side, undefined on outer and with its centre tinged with rufous, an
oblique black bar above it from costa, and an indistinct sinuous
line from lower angle of cell to inner margin at vein 1; postmedial

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line black defined on inner side by diffused white, double just above
and below vein 2, strongly bent outwards below costa, then
dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4, crossed by black streaks
in discal and submedian folds, the latter strong, the former stronger
towards termen; the veins of terminal area with slight dark
streaks; subterminal line represented by slight white strie from
costa and above vein 2; cilia intersected by short black streaks
trom before termen. Hind wing white tinged with reddish brown
especially on terminal area, the veins brown; cilia white; the
underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with black, a
blackish discoidal spot, rather maculate postmedial line incurved
below vein 3, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 2 type, New Mexico, Las Vigas, Hot
Springs, Arizona, Tucson, Yavapai Co., Minnehaha, 1 9. Hep.
46 millim.

3682. Acronycta letifica. (Plate CXXV. fig. 17.)
Acronycta letifica, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 150 (1897); Smith
& Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 89, pl. iti. f. 12; Dyar, Cat. Lep.
N. Amn. p. 101.

Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous; palpi with black
band on 2nd joint ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black
streaks ; prothorax with slight paired black spots; tibie with
interrupted black streaks, the tarsi with slight black bands; abdo-
men white irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white irrorated
with pale brown; subbasal line represented by double dark striz
from costa and single striga from cell; a strong sinuous black
streak in submedian fold from base to outer edge of antemedial
line, which is double, the lines widely separated towards costa,
oblique, sinuous ; orbicular defined by black except above, rather
oblique elliptical, with strong curved black streak from its lower
edge to lower extremity of reniform, which is large, defined by
black on inner side, faintly defined on outer and with black points
at upper and lower extremities; an indistinct rather diffused
medial line, oblique from costa to reniform, oblique and sinuous
from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double
filled in with white, the outer line black, the inner indistinct, bent
outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then
strongly incurved, with black streaks from just before it to termen
in discal and submedian folds ; postmedial area tinged with fuscous
and with blackish in submedian interspace, some whitish points on
costa ; an indistinct diffused white subterminal line slightly bent,
outwards at vein 7; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
whitish suffused with fuscous, the basal area paler and tinged with
ochreous ; a terminal series of dark points; the underside white
irrorated with fuscous, a blackish spot in middle of cell and black
discoidal spot, an indistinct diffused sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., New York, Evans Center (Grote), 2 ¢, 2 9, New
Jersey, Florida, 1 ¢. vp. 44-50 millim.

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3633. Acronycta lobeliz. (Plate CXXV. fig. 18.)

Acronycta lobelie, Guen. Noct. i. p. 44 (1852); Smith & Dyar, Pr. US.
Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 82, pl. ii. f. 11; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 36.
Acronycta grotei, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) xi. p. 400 (1893).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous ; palpi with
black band on 2nd joint; frons with lateral black marks; shoulders
with black streaks; tegule and patagia with black streaks at sides ;
pro- and mesothorax with slight paired black marks; tibia with
strong black streaks, the tarsi slightly banded with black above ;
abdomen dorsally suffused with pale reddish brown, the basal crest
grey, the anal tuft and ventral surface white mixed with fuscous.
Fore wing grey-white suffused and irrorated with fuscous ; sub-
basal line represented by double black strive from costa and a single
striga from cell; a very strong black streak in submedian fold from
base to outer side of antemedial line, which is double, oblique,
waved, angied outwards beiow costa and excurved above inner
margin; orbicular white defined by black, small, oblique elliptical,
a strong curved black streak from its lower edge to lower extremity
of reniform, which is large, defined by black on innerside, indistinctly
defined on outer and with black points at its upper and lower
extremities ; an indistinct medial line, oblique from costa to reni-
form, oblique and sinuous from lower angle of cell to inner margin
at antemedial line; postmedial line double filled in with white, the
outer line black, bent outwards below ccsta, then dentate, slightly
angled inwards at discal fold and strongly incurved below vein 2,
some dark suffusion beyond it in submedian interspace, a black
streak from it to near termen in discal fold and a strong black
streak from just before it to termen in submedian fold; traces of
a minutely waved whitish subterminal line; cilia intersected by
black streaks from just before termen. Hind wing white tinged
with reddish brown and the terminal area with fuscons, the veins
brown; cilia white intersected by slight brown streaks; the
underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
fuscous, a slight black streak in base of cell, a black discoidal spot,
a crenulate postmedial line ending in a dark spot in submedian
fold, and a terminal series of blackish points.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., New York (Doubleday), 1 3 type, Evans
Center (Grote), 3 2 type grote, New Jersey, Illinois, Florida,
Minnesota, Kansas (Snow), 2 6, 1 2, Douglas Co., Louisiana,
Texas. Hwp, 48-58 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 83, pl. vii. f. 24.

Head black. Body blackish with a broken dorsal red stripe;
hairs sparse, fine, short, mostly growing from the tubercles dorsally.
Food-plant : Wild Cherry.—H. G. D.

ACRONYCTA, 105

3684. Acronycta manitoba. (Plate CXXV. fig. 19.)
Acronycta manitoba, Smith, Ent. News Philad, viii. p. 150 (1897); Smith

& Dyar, Pr. U.S, Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 90, pl. xii. f. 1; Dyar, Cat. Lep.
N. Am. p. 101.

3. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown and fuscous ;
palpi white at base, the 2nd joint with black band; shoulders and
outer edges of patagia with black streaks; tibiz streaked with
black, the tarsi banded with black above; abdomen greyish
irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated
with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by black strize from costa
and cell; a strong black streak in submedian fold trom base to
outer edge of antemedial line defined by a fine white streak above;
antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled outwards below
costa and bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular rather incom-
pletely defined by black, acute at lower extremity and with strong
black streak from it to reniform, which is defined by black on
inner side, ill-defined on outer and with black points at upper and
lower extremities, its centre tinged with fuscous ; a diffused oblique
dark striga from costa to reniform and faint sinuous line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin at antemedial line ; postmedial line
black defined by white on inner side, double at costa and below
vein 2, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4, then dentate
and strongly incurved, with black streak in discal fold trom it to
near termen, and diffused streak in submedian fold from just before
it to termen ; an indistinct waved whitish subterminal line, excurved
at vein 7, with faint dark streaks from it to the terminal series of
small black lunules. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown,
the terminal area irrorated with brown; the underside with the
costal area slightly irrorated with black, a black discoidal lunule,
rather diffused postmedial line oblique to vein 4 then incurved, and
terminal series of black strie.

@. Hind wing more suffused with brown, especially on terminal
area.

Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1 ¢, Aweme(Criddle), 1 3,
1 2, Cartwright (/leath), 2 §,1 9; U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood
Springs. Hap. 44 millim.

3685. Acronycta furcifera. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 20.)

Acronycta furcifera, Guen. Noct. i. p. 44 (1852) ; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S.
Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 88, pl. ii. f. 13; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 37.

Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with grey; 2nd
joint of palpi with black band ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia
with black streaks; tibiz streaked with black, the tarsi blackish
ringed with white; abdomen reddish brown, the basal crest
greyish, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown. Fore
wing dark reddish brown irrorated with grey-white; subbasal line
represented by shght dark marks below costa and cell; a strong

106 ' NOCTUID 2.

sinuous black streak in subbasal fold from base to outer edge
of antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved, angled out-
wards below costa and bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular
whitish defined by black, oblique, acute at lower extremity and
with black streak from it to reniform, which is defined by black on
inner side, slightly defined on outer; a diffused dark medial line,
oblique from costa to reniform, inwardly oblique and sinuous from
lower angle of cell to inner margin at antemedial line ; postmedial
line double filled in with whitish, the outer line black, bent out-
wards below costa, then minutely dentate, strongly incurved below
vein 4 and angled outwards on vein 1, with shght black streak
from it to termen in discal] fold and strone streak in submedian
told; an indistinct waved whitish subterminal line, angled outwards
at vein 7; the interspaces of terminal area with short black
streaks ; cilia chequered whitish and brown with fine black line
through them. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown;
a terminal series of small blackish spots: the underside whitish
tinged and irrorated with red-brown, a slight dark streak in base
of cell, a blackish discoidal spot and spot on middle of costa,
a diffused somewhat maculate postmedial line incurved below
vein 4, and terminal series of small black spots.

Hab, Canapa; U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point, New York, 1 ¢,
192, New Jersey, Union Co., Distr. of Columbia, Washington,
Illinois, Carbondale, Florida. Hap. 44-46 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 86, pl. vi. f. 10.

Black, the warts, except 1, pale brown with apical hair and
minute rosette of reddish hairs, the brownish sete similar to the
rather numerous secondary hairs; a bright red dorsal stripe on
somites 3 to 11, narrowly edged with velvety black interrupted at
the incisures; somite 12 dorsally black; head bilobed, shining
black with a red patch at apex of each lobe, slightly shagreened,
the coarse sete pale: prolegs pale. Food-plants: Wild Cherry,
Fire Cherry, and Choke Cherry.

3686. Acronycta psi.

Noctua psi, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 514 (1758) ; Hsp. Schmett. iv. pl. 115.
He HWS ID, Ie, 18, ils OL aS jal (io iis Ws Iie Ine Leeiie,
pl. 58; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. i. p. 389; Caland, Tijd. vy. Ent.
xxxix. pl. 8. fig. 3; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182.

Acronycta bivirge, Tutt, Entom. 1888, p 40.

Acronycta suffusa, Tutt, Entom. lors, p 50.

Acronicta altaica, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182 (1901).

¢. Head and thorax white tinged with pale brown ; palpi with
black band on 2nd joint ; antennee with the basal joint black behind ;
shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks; tibie
streaked with black; abdomen white dorsally irrorated with fuscous,
ventrally tinged with pale brown. Fore wing white thickly irrorated
with pale brown; subbasal line represented by double black striz from
costa; a black streak in submedian fold from base to Just beyond

ACRONYCTA. NON

antemedial line giving off slight spurs on upper side near base and
on underside at middle and forking above and below on antemedial
line, which is double, oblique, waved, bent inwards to inner margin,
indistinct except at costa; orbicular and reniform defined by black,
the former oblique elliptical, rather acute at lower extremity and
with curved black streak from it extending into reniform, which is
produced at upper and lower extremitics and constricted at middle ;
an oblique medial blackish striga from costa ; postmedial line black

Fig. 18.—Acronycta psi, d. 1.

defined by white on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards below
costa, then recurved and slightly sinuous, angled outwards at veins
4, 3, then incurved and excurved at vein 1, crossed by a fine black
streak in discal fold and stronger streak in submedian fold from well
betore it to near termen, the area beyond it slightly tinged with
brown, some whitish points with black points between them on
costa; subterminal line absent; a terminal series of black points
with slight. black streaks from them intersecting the cilia and double
point at submedian fold. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal
half tinged with brown, the terminal area irrorated with brown
from apex to vein 2; a terminal series of dark points; the under-
side with the costal area slightly irrorated with black, a black
discoidal spot and traces of a waved postmedial line with blackish
spot on costa and minute dark streaks on the veins.

Q. Hind wing with indistinct sinuous postmedial line, the
terminal area suffused with brown.

Ab. 1. bivirge. Fore wing with the basal area to antemedial
line and the postmedial area suffused with black.

Ab. 2. suffusa. Darker; fore wing more irrorated with brown.

Ab. 3. altaica. Much paler; fore wing white, tinged with
fuscous grey.—Altai, HK. Siberia.

Hab. Brrrain, Leech Coll.; Franch, Sand Coll.; Germany,
Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Austria; Hungary; Swirzeruanp,
Frey Coll.; Spary; Ivary, Leech Coll.; Aveerta; ScanDINavia ;
Russia, St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll.; Butegaria; ARMENIA; ASIA
Minor, Pontus; Syrta, Mardin; W. Turkestan, Ferghana; W.
Srperia, Altai; E. Sreerra, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Yokohama
(Manley), 1 3. Exp. 36-50 millim.

Larva. Meyyr. Brit. Lep. p. 141; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 251, pl. 122. f. 2.

Blackish or slate-grey ; a broad pale yellowish or whitish dorsal
stripe ; lateral series of orange or reddish marks; spiracular line

108 NOCIUID®.

whitish, broad ; 4th somite with a long erect dorsal blackish pro-
minence, the llth somite with smaller prominence; numerous
ochreous, whitish and blackish hairs; head black. Food-plants :
Plum, Rose, Birch, &e. 7-9.

3687. Acronycta tridens.

Noctua tridens, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 67 (1776); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 115.
ff. 5-8; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 222, pl. 87. f. 2; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent.,
Haust. iii. p. 40; Caland, Tijd. v. Ent. xxxix. pl. 8. f. 2; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 182.

Noctua psi, Hibn. Kur. Schmett., Noct. f. 5 (nec Linn.).

Acronycta kargalika, Moore, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 282 (1878); id. 2nd
Yarkand Mission, Lep. p. 8, pl. 1. f. 9.

Acronycta virga, Tutt, Entom. 1888, p. 50.

6. Head and thorax grey suffused with purplish brown; 2nd
joint of palpi with black band; frons black at sides ; antennee with
the basal joint black behind; shoulders and outer edges of patagia
with black stripes; tibiz striped with black, the tarsi banded with
black; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with brown and irrorated
with black. Fore wing grey suffused with purplish brown ; sub-
basal line represented by double black striz from costa; a black
streak in submedian fold from base to outer edge of antemedial
line giving off slight spurs above near base and below at middle ;
antemedial line double, oblique, waved, obsolescent on inner area ;
orbicular defined by black on outer side and below, oblique elliptical
and giving off an oblique black streak extending into the reniform,
which is defined by black on inner side, ill-defined on outer; an
oblique black striga from middle of costa; postmedial line black,
detined by pale brown on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards
below costa, then waved, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then
incurved and excurved at vein 1, crossed by black streaks in discal
and submedian folds from well before it to near termen, the latter
confluent with a terminal point; faint traces of a pale waved sub-
terminal line; a terminal series of black points, emitting slight
streaks intersecting the cilia, which are brownish at base, whitish
at tips. Hind wing whitish, suffused with pale brown especially on
terminal area; the underside white irrorated with brown, a black
discoidal spot, waved postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then
oblique, and terminal series of small black spots. ;

@. Hind wing with indistinct sinuous postmedial line, the
terminal area more suffused with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing more variegated with white; hind wing of
male white, the veins slightly tinged with brown towards termen.
—Britain.

Ab. 2. virga. Fore wing with the terminal area broadly suffused
with fuscous.—Britain.

Hab. Brrrary, Leech Coll.; Francr, Leech Coll.; Gurmany,
Zeller, Frey and Leech Colls.; Ausrria; Hungary; SwitZerzanp ;

ACRONYCTA. 109

Spatn, Catalonia; N. Irary; Aterkia; Scanprnavia; S. Russia ;
Burearta; Arwenta ; EH. Turcesran, Karghalik ; Syria; E. Srperta,
Amurland, Ussuri. Hap. 40-46 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 141; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 247, pl. 122. f. 1.

Black ; a broad white dorsal stripe including a series of orange
spots ; lateral series of reddish marks and white tubercles ; spiracular
line broad, whitish ; somites 4 and 11 with dorsal prominences, the
4th with tuft of black hair; numerous long blackish, whitish, and
yellowish hairs; head black. Food-plants: Hawthorn, Oak, Birch,
&e. 8-10.

3688. Acronycta incretata, n. n.

Acronycta increta, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 78 (1878) ; id. Ill. Het. B. M.
iil. Bs 12, pl. 44. f. 5 (1879), nee Morr. 1874; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 132.

36. Head and thorax greyish suffused with purplish brown; 2nd
joint of palpi with black band ; frons black at sides ; antenne with
the basal joint black behind; shoulders and outer edges of patagia
with black stripes; tibie with black stripes; abdomen greyish
dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing greyish suffused with
purplish brown; subbasal line represented by double black strice
from costa; a black streak in submedian fold from base to just
beyond antemedial line, giving off slight spurs above near base and
below at middle and forking above and below on antemedial line,
which is double, indistinct, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform
defined by black, the former open above, oblique elliptical, with
curved black streak from it extending into the reniform, which is
constricted at middle and produced at upper and lower extremities ;
an oblique black striga from middle of costa to reniform ; post-
medial line black defined by pale brown on inner side, double at
costa, bent outwards below costa, then waved, angled outwards at
veins 4, 3, then incurved and excurved at vein 1, crossed by a fine
streak in discal fold and stronger streak in submedian fold from well
before it to termen, some slight pale marks beyond it on costa; a
series of slight black streaks from just before termen intersecting
the cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged
with brown; a terminal series of slight dark points; the underside
white, the costal area tinged and irrorated with brown, a black
discoidal spot, waved postmedial line with blackish spot on costa,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique, a terminal series of small dark
lunules.

@. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown, an indistinct sinuous
postmedial line.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 2 5, 4 2 type; Corna,
Gensan (Leech), 1 5 ; W. Cuina, Wa-ssu-kow, 1 9. Hwp, 45-54
millim.

110 NOCTUID A,
e

3689. Acronycta cuspis.

Acronycta cuspis, Hibn. Noct. f. 504 (1818); Treit. Eur. Schmett. v. 1,
p. 32 (1825); Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 150, pl. 15. f. 1; Frr. Neue
Beitr. i. pl. 57; Boisd. Icones, pl. 71. f. 3; Caland, Tijd. y. Ent. xxxix.
p. 163, pl. 8. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182.

3. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous ; 2nd joint of palpi
with biack band; frons black at sides ; antennee with the basal joint
black behind; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks;
patagia with black medial streaks ; tibiz streaked with black, the
tarsi slightly ringed with black ; abdomen white irrorated with black
and dorsally tinged with brown at base. Fore wing bluish white
irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double black
strize from costa; a strong black streak in submedian fold from
base to antemedial line, the basal half thicker; antemedial line
double, oblique, waved, bent inwards to inner margin ; orbicular
defined by black, rather oblique elliptical, connected by a short
black streak with the reniform, which is defined by black on inner
side, ill-defined on outer ; an irregular oblique black bar from costa
to reniform and slight oblique sinuous line from lower angle of celi
to inner margin at antemedial line; postmedial line black defined
by white on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa,

>en minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, crossed by

‘zht black streak in discal fold and strong streak in submedian

, the latter extending to near termen, the area beyond it very
ightly darker to the hardly traceable waved whitish subterminal
tine; a terminal series of black points with strong black streaks
from them intersecting the white cilia. Hind wing white slightly
tinged with brown at base, traces of a curved postmedial line; a
diffused brownish subterminal band; a terminal series of dark
points with slight streaks from them intersecting the cilia; the
underside white, the costal area irrorated with a few dark scales, a
dark discoidal spot, a postmedial line waved and excurved to vein 5,
then oblique, and terminal series of small dark lunules.

@. Hind wing more suffused with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without the bluish tinge, suffused with pale
brown.

Ab. 2. Fore wing almost wholly suffused with black-brown.

Hab. France ; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Avsrria,
Leech Coll.; Huneary; Swirzprranp; Armunta; W. TurKEsTAN,
Issyk Kul; E. Turwesran, Ili; E. Siserta, Amurland, Ussuri.
Exp. 40-45 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur, p. 158; Hffm. Raup. p. 75, pl. 21.

f, 28.
Resembles that of A. ps, but has a long thick tuft of black hair

on 4th somite instead of the tubercle. Food-plant: Alder. 8-9.

ACRONYCTA. stall

3690. Acronycta leucocuspis.

Acronycta leucocuspis, Butl, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 78 (1878) ; id. TIL. Het.
B. M. iii. p. 12, pl. 44. f. 2.

Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous; 2nd joint of palpi
with black band; frons black at sides; antenne with the basal
joint black behind at extremity; shoulders and onter edges of
patagia with black stripes; tegule with black medial stripes; tibiz
with black streaks, the tarsi banded black and white; abdomen
greyish tinged with brown and irrorated with black. Fore wing
grey-white thickly irrorated with brown; subbasal line repre-
sented by double black striz from costa; a black streak in sub-
median fold from base to antemedial line, giving off slight spurs
above near base and below at middle and forking above and below
at antemedial line, which is double, oblique, irregularly waved,
the lines rather widely separated towards costa: orbicular white
defined by black, small, round, with black streak from it to
reniform, which has a brown centre and whitish annulus defined by
black on inner side, ill-defined on outer, produced at upper and
lower extremities ; an oblique diffused blackish bar from costa to
reniform and indistinct oblique sinuous line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin at antemedial line; postmedial line black
defined by white on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards
below costa, then minutely waved, slightly angled outwards at
veins 4, 3, then incurved, crossed by a slight black streak in discal
fold from well before it to subterminal line and a stronger
streak in submedian fold extending to termen, some white points
beyond it on costa; the terminal area with slight dark streaks on
the veins; subterminal line represented by a series of whitish
lunules diffused towards termen ; a terminal series of small black
spots; cilia brown and white at base, white at tips and with
slight dark line through them. Hind wing white, the veins
brown ; an indistinct sinuous postmedial line; the terminal area
suffused with brown from apex to vein 2; a terminal series of
slight dark striz ; cilia mixed with brown at base; the underside
with the costal area irrorated with black, a slight dark streak in cell,
black discoidal spot, traces of a waved postmedial line and terminal
series of small blackish lunules.

Ab. 1. 9. Head. thorax, and fore wing browner; hind wing
wholly suffused with brown.

Hab. Javan, Oiwake (Pryr), 1 3, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer),
3 6 type, Fushiki (Leech), 1 9 ; Corma, Gensan (Leech), 2 g,
19; N. Cuina, 1 9. Hvp. 40-46 millim.

3691. Acronycta orientalis.

Acronycta orientalis, Mann, Wien. ent. Mon. 1862, p. 370, pl. 3. f. 4;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 132.

6. Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown; palpi

IL NOC?LUID AM.

with the 2nd joint mostly black; frons with blackish bar; tarsi
banded with black; abdomen grey irrorated with fuscous and
dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing white thickly irrorated
with black and tinged in parts with brown; sabbasal line repre-
sented by slight black strize from costa and cell; a rather diffused
black streak in submedian fold from base to just beyond the ante-
medial line giving off a slight spur below at middle; antemedial
line rather diffused and ill-defined, double, the two parts widely
separated at costa, oblique, waved ; orbicular whitish defined by
black and with slight dark centre, rather small, round with black
streak from it to middle of reniform, which is incompletely defined
by black and with some black on inner side of centre; an oblique
black bar from costa to reniform and indistinct oblique line from
lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled
in with whitish, the inner line indistinct-except below vein 3,
bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved and angled outwards at vein 1, some black points beyond
it on costa, crossed by slight black streaks in discal and submedian
folds from just before it to subterminal line and with slight brown
suffusion beyond it especialiy in submedian interspace ; subterminal
line represented by a series of slight diffused whitish lunules; a
terminal series of small triangular black spots with slight dark
streaks from them intersecting the cilia, which have a slight brown
line through them. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal area
with slight dark streaks ; a terminal series of blackish points with
slight dark streaks from them intersecting the cilia; the underside
with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a slight blackish
discoidal spot.

Hab. Asta Mtnor, 1 g, Pontus, Bithynia, Lydia. Hp. 40
millim.

Larva. Led. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge, ix. p. 63, pl. 3. f. 7.

Pearl-grey with black dorsal fascia and subdorsal white stripes ;
hairs long, grey-white. Food-plant: Pear. 5.

3692. Acronycta maxima. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 21.)

Triena maxina, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 333; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 240.

Head and thorax grey mixed with dark iron-brown; 2nd joint
of palpi blackish at tips: frons black at sides; basal joint of
antenne: black behind ; tegule dark brown at base ; shoulders with
black stripes with white streaks above them ; outer edges of patagia
and base of upper edges with black streaks ; tibiee with slight black
streaks, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen dorsally silky
brown, ventrally whitish. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated
with iron-brown; subbasal line represented by diffused double
dark strize from costa; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold
from base to just beyond antemedial line, giving off slight spurs
below at middle, above at inner antemedial line and above and

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below near extremity ; antemedial line double, dark, rather diffused,
the two lines widely separated on costal half, oblique, waved, bent
inwards to inner margin, the outer line angled outwards below
costa and just below median nervure ; orbicular whitish defined by
black, more distinctly on outer side, small, somewhat elongate
elliptical ; reniform large, defined by black, with black lunule on
inner edge of centre with diffused brown mark beyond it; a
diffused oblique brown striga from costa to reniform and traces of
an oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin at
antemedial line; postmedial line double filled in with white, bent
outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, crossed by a short black streak in discal fold from just
before it and a longer streak in submedian fold from well before it,
some brown suffusion beyond it and some white points on costa ;
subterminal! line absent ; a series of small black spots on termen
and base of cilia, which are white, and double spot at submedian
fold. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown, the terminal
area darker ; a diffused brown postmedial line excurved to vein 4,
then incurved and defined by whitish on outer side; a series of
small blackish spots on termen and base of cilia which are white ;
the underside white slightly irrorated with brown, a large black
discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then
oblique, traces of a diffused subterminal band and terminal series
of points.

Hab. Punsas, Mnrree (Powell, Harford),23,39, type; Assam,
Khasis; Burma, Rangoon. Exp. 3 64, 2 72 millim.

3693. Acronycta iria. (Plate CXXV. fig. 22.)
Acronycta tria, Swinh, A. M.N. H. (7) iii. p. 113 (1899).

3S. Head and thorax grey suffused with pale red-brown ; palpi
white, the 2nd joint with black band; antenne with the basal
joint black behind at tips; shoulders with black streaks; tibiee
streaked with black ; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with brown.
Fore wing whitish suffused and irrorated with pale red-brown ;
subbasal line represented by double oblique dark strie from costa ;
a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to antemedial
line where it forks, giving off a slight spur below at middle; ante-
medial line indistinct, double, the lines very widely separated on
costal half, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and excurved
above inner margin, the outer line angled outwards below costa ;
orbicular and reniform defined by fascous, the former whitish with
slight rufous centre, rather oblique elliptical, with a black streak
from it extending into the reniform which has a rufous centre: a
diffused oblique fuscous line from costa to reniform and traces of
an oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin
at antemedial line; postmedial line double, black filled in with
white, the inner line incomplete, bent outwards below costa, then

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114 NOCTUID.

dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4, crossed by a black streak
in submedian fold from well before it to termen towards which it
expands, some whitish points beyond it on costa; the veins of
terminal area with slight dark streaks; faint traces of a minutely
waved whitish subterminal line with slight dark streaks in the
interspaces from it to the series of small black spots on termen
and base of cilia, which are white with a slight black line through
them. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown, the
terminal area slightly suffused with brown from apex to submedian
fold and with a terminal series of slight dark lunules ; the under-
side with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a black
disvoidal spot, faint traces of postmedial line with blackish spot
in submedian fold, and terminal series of slight dark lunules.

2. Hind wing with indistinct sinuous postmedial line and the
terminal area more suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2 $, 1 2 type.
Exp. 90-54 millim.

3694. Acronycta hercules.

Acronycta hercules, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 2 (1874); Staud. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 13i.
Acronycta elongata, Oberth. Et. Ent. x. p. 20, pl. 2. f. 3 (1884).

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous brown ; 2nd joint
of palpi and frons with black patches at sides; shoulders with
black spots ; tegule dark at tips; patagia with dark upper edges ;
pectus tinged with rufous at sides, the tibize with blackish streaks ;
abdomen grey-white irrorated with fuscous and tinged with
ochreous at base and on ventral surface. Fore wing grey-white
thickly irrorated with fuscous brown; subbasal line represented by
double oblique striz from costa; a slight dark streak helow base
of cell; antemedial line double, oblique, dentate, the lines widely
separated, the outer line angled outwards below costa, the inner
line inwards below cell, angled inwards on vein 1 and bent inwards
to inner margin; orbicular and reniform large, incompletely defined
by fuscous, the former rounded and with short black streak from
it to the latter which has its centre tinged with rufous; an
indistinct irregular medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle
of cell, angled inwards in submedian fold and bent outwards to
inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then strongly dentate, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved, with dentate black mark before it in
submedian fold and whitish points with black streaks between them
beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of
faint whitish lunules in the interspaces; a series of black points
on termen and base of cilia. Hind wing white, the basal area
suffused with reddish brown, the veins brown ; some brown suftusion
on terminal area from apex to below vein 2; a series of fuscous
points on termen and base of cilia from apex to vein 2; the
underside white, the basal area faintly tinged with ochreous, the

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costal and inner areas with slight dark irroration, a black discoidal
lunule, small postmedial spots on costa and in submedian fold, and
terminal series of points.

2. Hind wing more suffused with brown.

Hab. K.Sreuuta, Amurland, 1 2, Ussuri; Javan, Tokio (Maries),
2 3, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 $, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 4 3, 2 2;
Cuina, Foo-chow (de la Touche), 1 2. Hep. 60-66 millim.

3695. Acronycta rubiginosa.

Acronycta rubiginosa, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 178 (1862);
Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 30.

Triena denticulata, Moore, P. Z. 8S. 1888, p. 408; Butl. Ill. Het. B. M.
vii. p. 45, pl. 125. f. 8: Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 242,

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black; palpi with
black spot on 2nd joint near extremity ; frons with lateral black
bars ; patagia with black streaks on outer edge; tarsi banded with
black; abdomen whitish suffused and irrorated with brown.
Fore wing grey almost wholly sutfused with brown and irrorated
with black, the terminal area paler; a diffused black fascia in
submedian fold from base to termen ; subbasal line represented by
double oblique black striz from costa and single striga from cell ;
antemedial line hardly traceable, double, oblique, waved, with
double blackish points on costa, vein 1 and inner margin ; orbicular
and reniform incompletely defined by black, the former whitish,
oblique elliptical, the latter very indistinctly defined; a very
oblique medial dark shade trom costa to lower angle of cell; post-
medial line double filled in with whitish in parts, bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 3 and angled
outwards on vein 1; some whitish points with slight blackish
marks between them beyond it on costa and a brown shade from
it to termen at middle; small dentate subterminal blackish marks
in the interspaces from nelow costa to vein 4; a terminal series of
small triangular black spots with dark streaks from them intersecting
the cilia. Hind wing white; the veins tinged with brown; a
series of small blackish terminal spots with blackish marks beyond
them on the cilia, which are mixed with brown; the underside with
the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a brownish patch
on middle of costa, slight discoidal spot and traces of a postmedial line
with blackish spot on costa, waved to vein 4, then oblique.

Hab. Kasumir, Scinde Valley (Leech), 1 9 ; Punsas, Simla
(Harford), 1 3, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 2 3,2 2 type denticulata ;
Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), typet in Mus. Oxon. Hep. 42-
44 millim.

3696. Acronycta taurica. (Plate CXXV. fig. 23.)
Acronicta taurica, Staud, Cat. Lep. pal. 132 (1901).

©. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous brown ;

2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons black at sides: antennee
it

116 NOCTUIDA.

with the basal joint black behind; shoulders and outer edges of
patagia streaked with black; tibie slightly streaked with black,
the tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey dorsally suffused with
brown, the basal crest mixed with black. Fore wing blue-grey
thickly irrorated with black-brown ; subbasal line represented by
double black strize from costa ; a sinuous black streak in submedian
fold from base to beyond antemedial line emitting a slight spur on
lower side at middle and spurs above and below at the antemedial
line, which is double, oblique, waved, bent inwards to inner margin ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, well separated, the former
round, the latter with oblique black striga in lower part and the
black on outer edge broken up into points; an oblique black bar
from costa to reniform; postmedial line double filled in with
white, the inner line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then
dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, crossed by black streaks
in discal and submedian folds from well before it to before termen
with slight fuscous suffusion beyond it and some white points with
black strie between them on costa; a terminal series of black
points with fuscous streaks from them intersecting the cilia, which
are white with a slight dark line near base. Hind wing white
tinged with brown, the veins brown, the terminal area suffused
with brown; a curved postmedial line with minute dark streaks on
the veins; a terminal series of black points with slight dark
streaks from them intersecting the cilia, which are white; the
underside white, the costal area irrorated with black, a small black
discoidal spot, curved postmedial series of minute black streaks on
the veins, and terminal series of black points.

Hab. Asta Mrnor, Taurus Mts., Hadjin, Zeitun ; Syrra, Lebanon,
1 2, Leech Coll. Awp. 56 millim.

3697. Acronycta aceris.

Noctua aceris, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 514 (1758); Esp. Schmett. iv.
pl. 114. ff.4-7 & pl. 117 A. ff. 3,4; Donoy. Nat. Hist. Eng., Ins. x. p. 15.
pl. 330; Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 13, 14; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 253,
pl. 88. f. 5; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p.36; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

. 131.

beg candelisqua, Esp. Schwett. iv. pl. 191. f. 1 (1796).

Noctua infuscata, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 177 (1809).

Acronycta paradoxa, Boisd. Ind. Meth, p. 60 (1829).

Acronicta judea, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 131 (1901).

g. Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown ; 2nd joint
of palpi with black band; shoulders with black streaks ; tibiz
streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey-
white slightly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white irrorated
with fuscous brown; subbasal line represented by double black
striz from costa; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from
base to antemedial line giving off slight spurs below at middle and
above and below at antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved,
angled outwards below costa and inwards on the veins and to inner

ACRONYCTA. WG

margin; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former
small, oblique elliptical, the latter with oblique black striga in
centre ; a diffused oblique blackish bar trom costa to reniform and
a slight line from lower angle of cell, incurved to vein 1 where it is
angled outwards, then inwards above inner margin; postmedial
line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then
dentate, excurved to vein 3, then incurved aud angled outwards on
vein 1, crossed by a slight black streak in submedian fold from
medial to subterminal line, the veins beyond it with slight dark
streaks, some white points on costa; a series of small black spots
on termen and base of cilia, which have a slight dark line through
them. Hind wing pure white, with postmedial series of minute
dark streaks on the veins and fine terminal line ; the underside with
the costal area slightiy irrorated with brown, a small blackish
discoidal spot, curved postmedial series of minute black streaks on
the veins, and terminal series of striz.

2. Hind wing with the veins strongly streaked with black.

Ab. 1. candelisqua. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with
brown ; abdomen and terminal area of hind wing tinged with
brown.

Ab. 2. judea. Paler; fore wing greyish white. — Palestine.

Hab. Briraty, Leech Coll. ; Franc, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller
and Leech Colls.; Austria; Huneary; Swirzertanp, Frey Coll. ;
Spain; Ivary; Greece; Norway, Frey Coll.; Russta, Lithonia,
Zeller Coll.; Armenia; Asta Minor, Pontus, Bithynia; Pauesrine;
W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Issyk Kul; HE. Tourxssran, Ili,
Kashgar. Hep. 40-48 millim.

Larva. Meyr, Brit. Lep. p. 142; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 231. pl. 120.

Yellow clothed with long yellow hair, the 4th, 6th, 7th, and
Sth somites with dorsal tufts of red hair; a dorsal series of black-
edged white diamond-shaped marks ; warts brown ; stigmata black ;
head yellow marked with black. Food-plants: Horse-chestnut,
Sycamore, Oak, &c. 7-9.

3698. Acronycta major.

Acronycta major, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 48, pl. 5. f. 7 (1868) ; Oberth. Kt.
Ent. v. p. 69. pl. 7. f. 5; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 131.
Triena anedina, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1881, p. 19.

Head and thorax grey-white slightly mixed with brown ; 2nd
joint of palpi with black band; frons black at sides; basal joint
of antennee black behind; shoulders and outer edges of patagia
with black stripes; tibiae streaked with black: abdomen grey-
white, the extremity irrorated with fuscous, the ventral surface
white. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with pale brown ;
subbasal line represented by an oblique black striga from costa; _
a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to outer ante-
medial line, giving off slight spurs above and below at antemedial
line, the line very indistinct, double, oblique, waved, the two lines

118 NOCIUIDA.

widely separated towards costa and with black strie at costa;
orbicular whitish defined on inner and outer sides by a few black
scales, small, rather oblique elliptical; reniform with black striga
on inner edge with minute oblique black streak from it, otherwise
hardly traceable ; an indistinct diffused oblique dark striga from
costa to reniform ; postmedial line blackish defined by white on
inner side, double at costa, just below discal fold and above sub-
median fold, bent outwards below costa, angled outwards at vein 7,
then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 3, then incurved and
angled outwards on vein 1, crossed by black streaks at discal and
submedian folds not nearly reaching termen and with white points
beyond it on costa; a series of small black spots on termen and
base of cilia, which are white. Hind wing white, the basal area
clothed with pale reddish-brown hair, the veins streaked with
brown and the terminal area suffused with brown; a brownish
postmedial line, excurved to vein 4 then incurved ; cilia white ;
the underside white, the veins tinged with brown, a black discoidal
spot, indistinct crenulate postmedial line with brownish spot at
costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, and terminal series of slight
dark points.—K. Siberia; Japan, Yezo.

Ab. 1. anedina. Somewhat darker especially the hind wing.—
Japan, Hondo; W. China.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial black streaks
more or less obsolescent.—C. & W. China.

Hab. K, Srperta, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Yezo, Hakodaté
(Andrews), 1 g, Tokio (Maries), 1 9 type anadina, Yokohama
(Manley, Pryer), 2 3 ; C. Cuina, Hai-ning (J. J. Walker), 1 9,
Ichang (Hobson), 4 6; W. Cuina, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 3,19,
Omeishan, 1 2 , Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 ¢, Va-chien-lu (Pratt), 13.

Exp. 52-72 millim.

3699. Acronycta eldora. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 24.)
Acronycta eldora, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 189 (1900).

©. Head and thorax grey-white mixcd with fuscous brown and
blackish ; sides of palpi and frons with blackish patches; shoulders
with black streaks; tegule with dark tips towards middle and
patagia with dark upper edges; abdomen grey-white mixed with
dark brown and black. Fore wing grey-white suffused and irrorated
with brown ; a small black spot at base and traces of a black streak
in submedian fold; subbasal line represented by an oblique black
striga from costa; antemedial line rather indistinct, double, oblique,
angled outwards below costa and just below median nervure and
strongly above inner margin, angled inwards in submedian fold
and on vein 1; orbicular and reniform defined by blackish, the
former small, irregularly rounded, the latter with biackish centre,
an oblique dark shade above it from costa aud traces of an oblique
sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial
line double filled in with white, the outer line black, bent outwards

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below costa, then strongly dentate, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved ; crossed by a strong black streak in submedian fold
extending to termen and with a slight streak before and beyond it
in discal fold not extending to termen, some slight whitish streaks
beyond it on costa; the veins of terminal area with slight dark
streaks ; subterminal line absent; a series of blackish points on
termen and cilia. Hind wing greyish, suffused with fuscous, the
veins darker ; the underside white slightly irrorated with brown,
the veins brownish, a blackish discoidal spot and curved minutely
waved postmedial line.

Hub. U.S.A., Colorado, Denver, 2 9, cotype. Hap. 62-64
millim.

3700. Acronycta tritona. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 25.)
Triena tritona, Hubn. Zitr. p. «1, ff. 107, 108 (1818); Smith & Dyar, Pr.
U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 104, pl. ii. f. 9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 37.

Head and thorax violaceous grey tinged with brown; palpi white
at base and with black band on 2nd joint; antenne with the basal
joint white in front, black behind; tibie streaked with black ;
abdomen whitish, dorsally suffused with reddish brown. Fore wing
violaceous grey tinged with reddish brown; subbasal line represented
by a slight dark striga from costa; a sinuous black streak in sub-
median fold from base to just beyond the antemedial line giving off
slight spurs below at middle and above at inner antemedial line ;
the line very indistinctly double, oblique, sinuous, almost obsolete
on inner area; orbicular incompletely defined by blackish, small,
round; reniform defined by a blackish lunule on inner side, very
indistinct on outer, constricted at middle and with its upper
extremity produced ; a very oblique diffused dark bar from costa to
reniform ; postmedial line black defined by grey on inner side, bent
outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly angled in-
wards in discal fold and outwards on veins 4, 3, strongly angled
inwards in submedian fold, then excurved again, a strong black
streak from it to termen in submedian fold; subterminal line
absent; the interspaces of terminal area with very slight dark
streaks ; a series of small blackish spots on termen and cilia. Hind
wing whitish tinged with ochreous brown, the termen rather
darker ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base ; the underside white,
the costal area slightly tinged with ochreous.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., New York, Center (Bailey), 2 3,2 9,
Albany (Bailey), 1 9 , Mississippi, Florida (Doubleday), 1 2 , Minne-
sota, Oregon, Portland, Colorado, Pacific Coast. Hvp. 40 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 105,

Head brown, dotted with black. Body green; a brown dorsal
band, divided on joint 3, broken on joint 6, enclosing a green space
on joints 7 to 10; hairs short, fine, sparse, several from each
tubercle. Food-plant : Vaccintwm.—H. G. D.

120 NeCCrUID.

3701. Acronycta falcula. (Plate CXXV. fig. 26.)

Apatela falcula, Grote, Can. Ent. ix. p. 86 (1877); Smith & Dyar, Pr.
U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 109, pl. xii. f. 8; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 38.

Head and thorax violaceous grey tinged with brown; palpi
white at base and with black band on 2nd joint; frons black at
sides; antenne with the lst joint white in front ; shoulders with
black stripes; patagia on outer side and metathorax edged with
rufous ; tibiz with slight black streaks; abdomen white thickly
irrorated with greyish fuscous leaving white segmental lines. Fore
wing purplish grey suffused with brown ; subbasal line represented
by a black striga from costa; a strong black streak in submedian
fold from base to just beyond antemedial line defined by white
above, giving off spurs below at middle and above and below at
antemedial line, which is represented by a black bar in cell, other-
wise almost obsclete, oblique, sinuous; orbicular and reniform
large, defined by black, the former rather diamond-shaped, open
above, the latter open above and below; a rather diffused medial
black striga from costa; postmedial line black slightly defined by
white on inner side, more strongly in submedian interspace,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then sinuous, angled outwards
at veins 4, 3, then incurved and angled outwards on vein 1, some
white points beyond it on costa and a strong black streak from it
to termen in submedian fold ; traces of a whitish subterminal line
slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle, the interspaces
beyond it with slight dark streaks to the terminal series of points ;
cilia white mixed with fuscous at tips. Hind wing of male white,
the apical area tinged with brown, of female ochreous white, the
terminal area suffused with fuscous; the underside white slightly
irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, postmedial series of
minute dark streaks on the veins, incurved below vein 4, and
terminal series of black strize.

Hab. Canapa, Manitoba, Cartwright (Heath), 1 9, Winnipeg,
Aweme (Criddle), 1 6; U.S.A., New York, Illinois (Bean), 1 2
type, Minnesota. Hap. 42 millim.

Larva, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U. 8. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 110.

Dark brown mottled with greenish, the ventral surface greenish
white; a darker dorsal line; warts small with one or two hairs,
i. and li. on somite 12 larger; bead brownish in front, greenish at
sides. Food-plant: Hazel.

3702. Acronycta elizabeta. (Plate CXXV. fig. 27.)
Acronycta elizabeta, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent, Soe. xxxiii. p. 125 (1907).

Head and thorax whitish tinged with brown especially on vertex
of head ; palpi dark brown, white on outer side at base and at base
of 3rd joint ; antenne whitish at basein front; tegule with brown
line at base and dorsal streak; tibia streaked with dark brown,

ACRONYCTA. All

the tarsi dark brown ringed with white; abdomen dark brown.
Fore wing grey tinged and irrorated with brown; subbasal line
represented by double oblique striz from costa and single striga
from cell; a strong black-brown streak from base below the cell
defined by whi'e above, slightly forked at middle below and forked
at antemedial line, which is double, angled outwards below costa,
then oblique and slightly sinuous ; orbicular small, round, hardly
defined except on outer side; reniform an indistinctly defined
narrow lunule with oblique black striga on lower inner edge ;
medial line oblique from costa to reniform, indistinct and sinuous
from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line brown
defined by whitish on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards
below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, slightly
angled at veins 4, 3, then incurved and angled outwards at vein 1,
some white points beyond it on costa, with a slight black streak
from it to subterminal line in discal fold and stronger streak from
just before it to termen in submedian fold; subterminal line
represented by a series of whitish lunules slightly incuryed at discal
fold and more strongly below vein 3; cilia whitish intersected by
slight dark streaks from just before termen and with dark line
through them. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; cilia’
white with slight dark line through them and some dark points at
tips; the underside whitish tinged with brown, a discoidal spot,
indistinct curved postmedial line, and terminal series of points and
strive.

Hab. U.S.A., New Jersey, Elizabeth, cotype + @ in Coll. J. B.
Smith, Rhode I.,1¢. Hawp. 3 42, 2 44 millim.

3703. Acronycta revellata. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 28.)
Acronycta revellata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 150 (1897) ; Smith
& Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 112; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am,
p. Loz.

g. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with black ; palpi white
at base and with black band on 2nd joint; frons whitish at middle;
shoulders with blackish streaks ; tibia slightly streaked with black,
the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey-white dorsally suffused
with brown. Fore wing grey-white suffused with brown and
irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line represented by a diffused
black striga from costa; a black streak defined by whitish above
below submedian fold from base to just beyond antemedial line,
which is hardly traceable, double, very oblique; orbicular and reni-
form whitish defined by black and with brownish centres, the
former round, the latter produced at upper and lower extremities,
some slight dark suffusion between them extending to costa; post-
medial line blackish slightly defined by whitish on inner side, bent
outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, angled out-
wards at veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved, a strong black streak
in submedian fold from well before it to termen and some white

12D NOCLUID 2.

points beyond it on costa; traces of a diffused whitish subterminal
line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of
small black spots with dark streaks from them intersecting the
cilia, which are whitish with a dark line through them. Hind wing
pure white, the veins faintly tinged with brown ; the underside
with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal point and traces of a curved postmedial line from costa to
Vein 2.

@. Hind wing with the terminal area slightly tinged with
brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Washington, Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes),
16,2 @, Salida. Hap. 42-44 millim.

Larva. Head heavily mottled with black, the vertices of the
lobes red. Body green, a purple-brown dorsal stripe, broken in
the incisures, maddened on joints 2 and 5 and on 7 to 11, the latter
containing a green patch; some brown spots on the sides. ; hairs
fine, sparse. Food-plants : Birch, &c.—H. G. D.

3704. Acronycta grisea. (Plate CXXV. fig. 29.)

Acronycta grisea, W1k. ix. 56 (1856); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus.
xxi. p. 113, pl. tii. f. 4; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 37.
Acronycia pudorata, Morr, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N.Y. xi. p. 93 (1876).

Head and thorax violaceous grey suffused with brown; palpi
white at base and with black band on 2nd joint; shoulders and
outer edges of patagia with black streaks ; abdomen white dorsally
suffused and irrorated with brown. Fore wing violaceous grey
suffused with brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal
line represented by double dark strie from costa; a sinuous black
streak in submedian fold from base to just beyond antémedial line,
which is double, indistinct except at costa, and the inner line black
from costa to submedian fold, oblique, slightly sinuous; orbicular
and reniform somewhat pale defined by black, the former round ;
traces of a medial line very oblique from costa to reniform and in-
curved below the cell ; postmedial line black defined by whitish on
inner side, prominently in submedian interspace, bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 3 and bent
outwards to inner margin, a black streak in submedian fold from
well before it to termen, some white points beyond it on costa; a
faint diffused whitish subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and
at middle; a terminal series of dark strie; cilia white with a slight
dark line near base and series of points at tips. Hind wing white ;
the veins slightly tinged with brown and the terminal area slightly
irrorated with brown from apex to vein 3; the underside with the
costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal
spot, traces of a waved postmedial line with brownish spot at costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, and terminal series of slight
lunules.

Hab. Canapa, Hudson's Bay (Barnston), 1 3, 1 2 type, Ottawa
(fletcher), 1 g, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 3, Cartwright

ACRONYCTA, 123

(Heath), 2 3, 1 9, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 2 3, 2 9;
U.S.A., New York, 1 @, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri. Hap. 34-
42 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 114.

Head heavily mottled with black, the vertices of the lobes red ;
body green; a purple-brown dorsal stripe, broken at the incisures,
widened on joints 2 and 5 and 7 to 11, the latter containing a green
patch ; some brown spots on the side; hairs fine, sparse. Food-
plants: Birch, &c.—H.G. D.

3705. Acronycta alni.

Noctua alni, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 845 (1767); Esp. Schmett. iv.
pl. 116, ff. 4-6; Donoy. Brit. Ins. x. p. 8, pl. 327. f. 2; Walch,
Naturf. xii. p. 58, p!. 1. ff. 14-16; Capieur, Naturf, xiv. p- 91, pl. 4. f. 11;
Fuessly, Ent. Mag. ii. p. 43, pl. 1. ff. 5-8; Hubn. Eur. Schneit., Noct.
f.3; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 285, pl. 87. f. 5; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust.
i. p. 88; Frr. Beitr. pl. 16; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 132.

Noctua deyener, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 70 (1776).

Acronycta steinerti. Caspari, Soc. Ent. xiii. p. 4 (1898); id. Jahrb. Nass.
li. p. 178, pl. 4. ff 8,9; Steinert, Iris, xi. p. 299, & xii. pl. v. f. 5.

Acronycta carola, Philipps, Soc. Ent. xiii. p. 50 (1898); Caspari, Jahrb,
Nass. lii. p. 181, pl. 4. ff, 5-7.

Head and thorax white mixed with some black hairs ; 2nd joint
of palpi with black band; frons black at sides; artenne black ;
tegule with slight dorsal black streak ; shoulders aud outer edges
of patagia with black streaks ; tibie streaked with black, the tarsi
black ringed with white; abdomen white mixed with fuscous, the
basal crest with black. Fore wing whitish suffused with brown,
the inner area below the cell and vein 3 suffused with black leaving
some white at base of inner margin and tornus; subbasal line
represented by a blackish striga from costa ; antemedial line double
filled in with whitish, slightly angled outwards below costa,
interrupted by black in submedian fold and excurved above inner
margin ; orbicular whitish defined by black, rather elongate
elliptical and with brown streak in centre, a broad diffused black
band beyond it from costa to the black inner area obscuring the
inner part of reniform, which is defined by black, its outer part
brownish and its upper and lower extremities produced ; postmedial
line black defined by white on inner side on the pale area and by
brownish on the black area, bent outwards below costa, then
minutely waved, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then strongly
incurved and angled outwards on vein 1, crossed by a strong black
streak in submedian fold from well before it to termen and with
slight biack streak from just before it to termen in discal fold,
some white points beyond it on costa; a white subterminal line
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal
series of black strive; cilia chequered brownish white and black.
Hind wing white; a slight discoidal spot; a postmedial series of
minute black streaks on the veins; the veins of terminal area
towards apex and the termen from apex to vein 3 irrorated with

124 NOCIrUID ®,

brown ; cilia white tinged with brown at apex and intersected with
black from apex to submedian fold; the underside with black
discoidal spot, brownish marks at middle of costa and postmedial
line which is rather diffused to vein 6, then represented by short
black streaks on the veins, a terminal series of black striz.

Ab. 1. steinerti. Fore wing much more suffused with brown.

Hab. Brrrain, Leech Coll.; Franczr, Sand Coll.; Germany,
Zeller, Frey and Leech Colls.; Avsrria, Leech Coll. ; Huneary;
Swirzertanp ; Trany; Scanprnavia ; Russra, Finland, Livonia,
Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg; Armenia; HE. Siperta, Amurland,
Ussuri; Japan, Yesso (Pryer),1 ¢. Hap. 34-44 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Lep. Brit. p. 140; Barrett, Brit. Lep. iii. p. 238, pl. 121, f. 1.

Black : a series of transverse yellow bands; Ist somite with four
long black hairs with broadly spatulate tips, the 4th—9th and 11th
and 12th somites each with two hairs; head black, when young
whitish suffused with slate-grey on somites 4—9, somites 4-8 with
slight dorsal prominences ; resting with the head bent round against
8th somite and closely resembling a patch of birds’ excrement ; when
adult the larva can emit a strong odour like carburetted hydrogen.
Food-plants: Alder, Birch, Beech, Cornus, &e. 7-9.

3706. Acronycta funeralis. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 30.)

Acronycta funeralis, Grote & Rob. Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. vi. p. 17, pl. 3.
f. 8 (1866); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 102, pl. iil. f. 7;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 43.

6. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with black-brown ;
2nd joint of palpi with black band; sides of frons black ; antenne
brown, the basal joint black behind; shoulders and outer edges of
patagia with black stripes ; tibize striped with black, the tarsi
banded black and white; abdomen white mixed with fuscous, the
dorsal crest blackish. Fore wing white more or less irrorated with
fuscous, the terminal area tinged with grey-green, the inner area
black extending to cell at base, leaving some white on base of inner
margin and narrowing to a point at tornus; subbasal line repre-
sented by an oblique wedge-shaped black spot from costa, the ante-
medial line by a wedge-shaped spot from costa, bar from cell and
indistinct double line filled in with greyish angled outwards above
inner margin; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by fuscous,
the former large, round, more distinctly defined by black on outer
side, the latter on inner side, a diffused black patch from middle of
costa extending to between their upper parts; postmedial line fine,
blackish defined by white on inner side, bent outwards below costa,
then waved, strongly incurved below vein + and angled outwards
on vein 1, crossed by a strong black streak in submedian fold from
just before it to termen with blackish suffusion above and below it
just beyond postmedial line, the costa beyond it with alternating
black and white spots; a whitish subterminal line excurved below
vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards at discal fold and incurved
below vein 3; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing white,

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the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with fuscous, the apex
tinged with brown ; a terminal series of black stria from apex to
submedian fold; cilia white intersected with black-brown ; the
underside with the costal area tinged with brown in parts, a blackish
discoidal spot, excurved postmedial line from costa to vein 7, and
series of short streaks on the veins.

Q. Hind wing with the terminal area suffused with fuscous and
the postmedial line more distinct.

Hab, Canapa; U.S.A., New Hampshire, Jefferson, New York,
Keene Valley, Long I., Pennsylvania, Mt. Airy, Pittsburg,
Kentucky, 1 3, Mississippi, Missouri,: Kansas City. Zevp. 36
miilim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 103; Harris, Ent. Corr.
1869, p. 313, pl. iii. f, 2.

Head shining black. Body black, with a row of white diamond-
shaped dorsal spots, those on joints 5 to 12 with a black medial
transverse line ; subdorsal setv long, spatulate, black. Food-
plants: Apple, &c.—H.G. D.

3707. Acronycta morula. (Plate CXXV. fig. 31.)

Acronycta morula, Grote & Rob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. ii. p. 196. pl. iii.

f. 7) (1868); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 76, pl. ii. f. 10;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 36.

Acronycta ulmi, Harris, Ent. Corresp. 1869, p. 312, pl. iii. f. 10 (larva).

Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown ; 2nd joint of
palpi with black-brown patch at sides; frons with lateral dark
spots ; patagia with some dark brown on edges; vertex of thorax
with pale rufous fascia except on metathorax; shoulders with
black stripes; tibize with black streaks, the tarsi slightly banded
with black above; abdomen whitish irrorated with brown and
dorsally suffused with reddish brown except at extremity. Fore
wing grey-white irrorated with brown; subbasal line represented
by two oblique dark striz from costa; a sinuous black streak
in submedian fold defined by red-brown suffusion below and
extending to the antemedial line, which is double, the lines widely
separated towards costa, angled outwards below costa, incurved in
cell, angled inwards below the cell and on vein 1 and strongly
excurved above inner margin; orbicular and reniform defined
by brown, the former small, round, the latter large and with
its centre tinged with rufous, an oblique dark striga above it from
costa and au indistinct oblique sinuous line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin; postmedial line brown defined by whitish on
inner side, double at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa,
then minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold, angled
outwards at vein 3, then bent inwards to below angle of cell
and angled outwards on vein 1, some brown suffusion beyond it
especially between veins 3 and 1, with a black streak from it to
termen in discal fold and crossed by a black streak in submedian
fold from medial line to termen, some slight white streaks beyond it

126 : NOCTUIDAE.

on costa ; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ; traces
of a whitish subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle,
then incurved ; a terminal series of black points with brown marks
beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused
with fuscous and tinged with rufous; cilia white with a dark line
near tips towards apex ; the underside white irrorated with brown
especially on terminal area, a black streak in cell from base to
near the large black discoidal spot, a minutely waved postmedial line
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, traces of a diffused subterminal
band and a terminal series of black points.

Hab, Canana, Ottawa (Pletcher, Young), 23,292, Ontario, 19;
U.S.A., Maine, New York (Doubleday), 12, Evans Center (Grote),
36 g Ih Q , Rochester, Kendall, Long Island, Otto, Distr. of Columbia,
‘Washtinaton. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Tiltimere) Missouri, Kenan
(Snow), 1 ¢,1 9, Texas. Exp. 52-56 millim.

Larva, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat, Mus. xxi. p. 78, pl. vii. ff. 20, 21.

Head blackish, the vertices of the lobes red. Body somewhat
flattened, a diamond-shaped elevation on joints 5, 8, and 12
dorsally ; dull brown, mottled, a blackish shaded dorsal band
enclosing the dorsa] elevations ; hairs short, whitish, growing from
the skin. Food-plants: Elm, Apple, Linden.—H. G. D.

*3708. Acronycta transversata. (Plate CXXV. fig. 32.)
Acronycta transversata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 149 (1897);

Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 65, pl. x. f. 10; Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 100.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ash-grey irrorated with black;
shoulders with black streaks. Fore wing ash-grey irrorated with
black ; a black streak below base of cell extending to the ante-
medial line; subhbasal line represented by a black spot on costa ;
antemedial line represented by one or two spots on costa, two
angled marks in submedian interspace and one or two lunules on
inner margin sometimes forming an almost continuous line;
orbicular defined by black, small, round, the reniform very ill-
defined, dark ; medial line represented by an oblique blackish bar
from costa to reniform, inwardly oblique and irregular from lower
angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line black, bent outwards
below costa, then minutely waved, oblique below vein 4 and angled
inwards in submedian fold, crossed by a short black streak in discal
fold and by a streak in submedian fold extending to near termen ;
the terminal area somewhat darker: the subterminal line absent; a
terminal series of black points; the cilia intersected with black.
Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with brown in female;
the underside with discoidal spot and postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado. Hap. 42-46 millim. This species is
unknown to me, figured from a drawing from cotype in Coll. J.
B. Smith.

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3709. Acronycta tota. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 1.)

Apatela tota, Grote, N. Am, Ent. i. p. 12 (1878) ; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S.
Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 66, pl. x. f. 11; id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 39.

3. Head and thorax fuscous-brown mixed with white; palpi
white below, frons white at sides; basal joint of antennw white in
front; patagia white at outer edges; tarsi banded fuscous and
white; abdomen white, dorsally suffused and irrorated with
fuscous. Fore wing white suffused and irrorated with brown;
subbasal line represented by a slight dark striga from costa ;
a sinuous black streak below base of cell extending to the ante-
medial line, which is double, slightly excurved from costa to
submedian fold where it is angled inwards and the inner line
prominently black, then again excurved; orbicular and reniform
defined by black, the former very small, elongate; a medial line,
black from costa to reniform, then indistinct and angled inwards
below vein 2; postmedial line slightly defined by whitish on inper
side, bent outwards below costa, then very minutely waved, excurved
to vein 4, then strongly incurved and with slight black streak from
it to termen in submedian fold ; the veins of terminal area slightly
streaked with brown; subterminal line absent; a terminal series of
black points; cilia white and brown mixed, the tips chequered
white and brown. Hind wing white, the veins brownish, the
terminal area slightly irrorated with brown; a slight discoidal
point, indistinct curved postmedial line and terminal series of
striz; the underside with the costal area irrorated with tuscous, a
black discoidal spot.

Palpi very short, hardly reaching middle of frons.

Hab, U.S.A., Texas (Belfrage), 1 3 type, Comal Co. Lup.
38 millim.

3710. Acronycta radcliffei. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 2.)

Apatela radcliffei, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sei. ii. p. 270 (1875) ; Smith
& Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 107, pl. xii. f. 4; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 39.

6. Head and thorax pale violaceous grey suffused with fuscous ;
2nd joint of palpi with black band; shoulders streaked with black ;
mid and hind tibiz streaked with black, the tarsi banded with
black; abdomen white dorsally tinged with pale brown. Fore
wing violaceous white suffused and irrorated with pale brown,
the terminal area whiter; subbasal line indistinct, from costa to
median fold in which there is a sinuous black streak defined by
white above and extending to well beyond antemedial line, which is
double, oblique, slightly bent outwards at submedian fold and the
outer line angled outwards below costa; orbicular with slight
whitish annulus defined by black, somewhat oblique elliptical ;
reniform with slight whitish lunule defined by black on inner side,
undefined on outer except by shght black striz at upper and lower
extremities; medial line very faint, diffused, oblique from costa to

128 NOCTUID &.

lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique to inner margin at ante-
medial line; postmedial line black defined by white on inner side,
bent outwards below costa, excurved and slightly sinuous to vein 4,
then incurved, crossed by a fine black streak in submedian fold from
medial line to termen ; subterminal line only defined by the contrast
between the postmedial and terminal areas, dentate, excurved at
vein 7 and middle; the veins of terminal area with slight dark
streaks ; a terminal series of black points with slight brown streaks
from them intersecting the cilia. Hind wing white, the veins of
terminal half tinged with brown, the termen suffused with brown
from epex to vein 2; the underside with the costal area irrorated
with brown, a black discoidal spot, traces of a postmedial line with
minute dark streaks on the veins and blackish spots at costa and
submedian folds, a terminal series of small black lunules.

Q. Head, thorax, and fore wing browner; abdomen strongly
suffused with brown, paler at base; hind wing tinged with brown,
the terminal area suffused with dark brown, a discoidal spot and
sinuous postmedial line showing through to upperside; cilia mixed
with brown; the underside with the costal and terminal areas
strongly irrorated with brown, the postmedial line strong, minutely
waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique.

Ab. 1. ¢. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown, the cilia white
with brown points, the underside as in female.— Vancouver.

Hab, Canapna, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 2, Vancouver I.
(J. J. Walker), 1 5 ; US.A., New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1 3, 2 2 type, Albany, Adiron-
dack Mts., Virginia. Hap. 40—44 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 108, pl. v.f. 9 & pl. vi. f. 10.

Head black below, the upper half red.. Body black, with a
dorsal, and three yellow stripes on each side ; cervical shield, anal
plate and a dorsal spot on joints 12 and 13 black ; hairs fine, pale,
sparse, mostly growing from the tubercles dorsally. Food-plant:

Wild cherry.——H. G. D.

3711. Acronycta felina. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 3.)
Apatela felina, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Sury. Terr. vy. p. 208

(1880); Smith & Dyar, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 53, pl. xi. f, 9;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 39.

¢. Head and thorax white mixed with brown; sides of palpi
and frons blackish; antenne blackish; shoulders with black
stripes; tibie streaked with black; abdomen white tinged with
brown and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white irrorated
with fuscous, the veins with slight dark streaks, the terminal
area slightly darker; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ;
antemedial line represented by a slight dark mark on costa; orbi-
cular slightly defined by black, elongate, pointed at extremity ;
reniform represented by a blackish discoidal spot with oblique
brown bar above it from costa; postmedial line slight, dark, un-
usually near termen, excurved below costa, incurved below vein 4,

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and slightly angled outwards on vein 1; crossed by slight dark
streaks in discal and submedial folds; cilia white, intersected by
brown streaks in the interspaces. Hind wing white, the veins
irrorated with brown, the terminal area very slightly irrorated with
brown; a slight brown terminal line; cilia white, intersected by
faint brown streaks in the interspaces from apex to vein 2; the
underside with dark discoidal spot and postmedial series of minute
dark streaks on the veins.

Hab, U.S.A., Washington, Seattle, Colorado, Glenwood Springs,
California, Sierra Nevada, 2 ¢ type. vp. 40-45 millim.

Larva. Head shining black. Body whitish or yellowish, with a
reddish-brown dorsal band, a narrower lateral one, and shading
subventrally; hairs long, fine, soft, growing from the skin, white
or yellow; a slender single dorsal black pencil on joints 5, 7,
and 12. Food-plant: Poplar.—H. G. D.

*3712. Acronycta frigida. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 4.)
Acronycta frigida, Smith, Ent..News Philad. viii. p. 148 (1897); Smith &

Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 54, pl. xi. ff. 6-10; Dyar, Cat. Lep.
N. Am. p. 100.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark bluc-grey thickly irrorated
with black ; palpi blackish at sides; shoulders with a black streak.
Fore wing dark blue-grey thickly irrurated with black; a black
streak below base of cell almost connected with the streak across
postmedial line; subbasal line absent or represented by a black
point on costa; antemedial line absent or represented by a black
spot on costa and angled mark in submedian interspace ; orbicular
slightly defined by black, narrow and elongate; medial line absent
or represented by dark spots on costa and inner margin; post-
medial line defined on inner side by whitish, bent outwards below
costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved below vein 4+ and
excurved at vein 1, crossed by black streaks in discal and sub-
median folds, the former very slight ; cilia intersected with black.
Hind wing white with discoidal spot showing through from under-
side and dark terminal line; the underside white with dark
irroration, a discoidal spot sometimes connected by a streak with
base, and postmedial line. ;

Hab. U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada, Truckie. Hwp. 44 millim.
This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing trom type
in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Larva. As in A. felina, the hairs slightly coarser and less
abundant. Food-plant: Willow.—H. G. D.

3713. Acronycta cyanescens. (Plate CX XVI. fig. 5.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen blue-grey mixed with fuscous ;
palpi blackish at sides. Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with
blackish, the veins with slight dark streaks; a slight sinuous black
streak below the cell to near antemedial line, which is blackish and

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diffused towards costa, then very indistinct, oblique; orbicular
absent; reniform represented by traces of a slight black lunule
with diffused oblique black mark above it from costa; postmedial
line whitish, defined on inner side by black towards costa, slightly
bent outwards below costa, then lunulate, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved and bent outwards at vein 1, crossed by a slight black
streak in submedian fold; subterminal line absent; a series of
small black spots on termen and cilia. Hind wing white, the veins
and terminal area slightly irrorated with fuscous; a series of slight
fuscous spots on termen and cilia which are white mixed with
fuscous; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with
fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot and postmedial series of slight dark
streaks on the veins.

Hab. Canada, Vancouver (Danby), 3 3 type. Hwp. 44 millim.

*3714. Acronycta pacifica. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 6.)
Acronycta pacifica, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 148 (1897); Smith

& Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 56, pl. xi. f. 5; Dyar, Cat. Lep.
N. Ain. p. 100.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ash-grey with some dark irroration.
Fore wing ash-grey with dark irroration and streaks on the veins ;
a black streak below base of cell extending to the antemedial line,
which is very indistinct, double, bisinuate, angled inwards in sub-
median fold; orbicular very small and slightly defined by black,
narrow and elongate; reniform a slight dark mark; medial line
represented by a dark mark on costa; postmedial line black, bent
outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved and stronger in submedian interspace, where it is
crossed by a black streak extending to termen, the area beyond it
rather darker; subterminal line absent; cilia intersected with
black. Hind wing white, slightly tinged with fuscous in female ;
the underside with discoidal spot and postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada. Hap. 40-46 millim.
This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from
co-type in Coll. J. B. Smith.

3715. Acronycta interrupta. (Plate CXXVLI. fig. 7.)

Acronycta interrupta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 46 (1852); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am.
D> LOI.

Hoopes occidentalis, Grote & Rob. Proc. Ent. Soe. Phil. vi. p. 16
(1866) ; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 79, pl. ii. f. 8;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 39.

Head and thorax brownish white; palpi with black patches at
sides of 2nd joint; lower part of frons tinged with rufous;
shoulders with blackish streaks; tegule with rufous streaks at
middle and sides ; patagia with black streaks on outer edges; tibize
with interrupted black streaks ; abdomen grey, dorsally tinged with
fuscous, ventrally white. Fore wing brownish white; subbasal
line represented by a slight dark striga from costa; a strong black

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streak in submedian fold to just beyond the antemedial line, which
is indistinct, double, the lines rather widely separated towards
costa, oblique, sinuous; orbicular incompletely defined by black,
rather obliqne elliptical ; reniform faintly defined, with an oblique
black striga on inner side, an oblique black striga above it from
costa; postmedial line blackish defined by white on inner side,
double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved
to vein 4, then strongly ineurved, some brown suffusion beyond it
between veins 3 and 1, crossed by black streaks in discal and sub-
median folds, the latter extending almost to termen, some slight
white streaks with black points between them beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line absent ; a series of small black spots on termen
and base of cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown :
cilia white; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with
brown, a slight dark streak in base of ecil, a black discoidal spot,
an indistinct diffused sinuous postmedial line with minute dark
streaks on the veins, and terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab, Canava (Norman), 2 3, Ontario, Ottawa (Fletcher, Young,
Gibson), 4 5, 22, London (Saunders), 2 $, 1 2, Manitoba,
Aweme (Criddle), 19; U.S.A., Maine, New Hampshire, New
York, 3 3,5 9, Buffalo, 1 gd, 1 Q , Trenton Falls (Doubleday),
2 3g, Schenectady, Kendall, Rochester, Long Island, Rhode Island,
1 @, Pennsylvania, New Brighton (Merrick), 1 9, New Jersey,
Distr. of Colambia, Washington, Michigan, Hastings, 1 $, Wis-
consin, Milwaukee Co., 1 36, Georgia, Nebraska, West Point,
Kansas (Snow), 1 g,1 92. Hep. 40-46 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 80, pl. v. ff. 7, 8.

Head black, the vertices of the lobes red. Body purplish on the
sides, with a blackish dorsal stripe that ends on a rounded elevation
on joint 12, and contains a series of dorsal markings consisting of
a square black spot with two red and two yellow dots with a
lateral arm; a broad greyish lateral band; hairs growing from
the tubercles dorsally, supplemented by whitish ones laterally,
growing from the skin. Food-plants: Elm, Apple, &c.—H. G. D.

3716. Acronycta spinigera. (Plate CX XVI. fig. 8.)

Acronycta spinigera, Guen. Noct. i. p. 45 (1852); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S.
Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 122, pl. xii. f. 5; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 39.

Apatela harveyana, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 418; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 39.

Head and thorax white mixed with brown; palpi white at base,
the 2nd joint with black band; shoulders streaked with black ;
mid and hind tibie streaked with black, the tarsi black ringed
with white; abdomen whitish largely mixed with brown, the
ventral surface paler. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated with
brown; subbasal line represented by double dark striz from costa
and single striga from cell; a fine black streak in submedian fold
defined by whitish above and brown below and extending to outer
edge of antemedial line, which is double, oblique, moved, angled

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132 NOCTUIDA.

outwards below costa and bent inwards to inner margin ; orbicular
and reniform’ defined by blackish, the former somewhat oblique
elliptical, the latter with some brown in centre; an oblique brown
bar from costa to reniform and indistinct oblique waved line from
cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with white,
the outer line black, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,
slightly angled inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and
angled outwards at vein 1, crossed by a fine black streak in sub-
median fold from medial line to termen and with some white
points beyond it on costa; a minutely waved whitish subterminal
line with slight dark streaks from it to the terminal series of
points; cilia with slight dark line through them. Hind wing
whitish suffused with reddish brown; cilia white; the underside
white irrorated with brown, a dark streak in base of cell, black
discoidal lunule, indistinct postmedial line excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, and terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab, U.S.A., Maine, New York (Doubleday), 1 3 type, Evan’s
Center (Grote), 5 6, 3 2, Pennsylvania, Sharon, 1 9 type har-
veyana, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, Texas. Hap. 44-50 millim.

3717. Acronycta auricoma.

Noctua auricoma, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 67 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii.
p. 174 (1787); Esp. Sehmett. iv. pl. 117. ff. 4-6 & 117 A. ff 1,2; Hibn.
Eur. Schmett., Noct. f.8; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 236, pl. 87. f.6; Frr.
Neue Beitr. pl. 542; Steph. Il. Brit. Ent., Haust. mi. p. 41; Stand.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 133.

Noctua lapathi, Schrank, Faun. Boiea, p. 308 (1802).

Noctua similis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 180 (1809); Steph. Il. Brit. Ent.,
Haust., iti. p. 41.

Noctua pepli, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 614 (1818).

Acronycta alpina, Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 623 (1858).

Acronycta pyhevaare, Hffm. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1893, p. 126.

Head and thorax white tinged with brown and mixed with
black ; palpi with the 2nd joint black above; tegule edged with
blackish ; patagia with white patches and black outer edges ; tarsi
blackish ringed with white ; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused
with ochreous brown, the basal crest black and white, the extremity
and ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore wing grey-white
thickly irrorated with black and tinged with brown in parts;
subbasal line represented by double oblique black striz from costa
and single striga from cell with black streak from it to antemedial
line, which is double, oblique, waved, angled inwards in submedian
fold and on vein 1; orbicular defined by black, somewhat oblique
elliptical ; reniform defined by black and with spot on inner side
below, the black on outer side reduced to points; an oblique black
bar from costa to reniform and oblique waved line from lower angle
of cell to inner margin; postmedial line black defined by whitish
on inner side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly
incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards at vein 1, crossed by a
black streak in submedian fold from medial to subterminal lines,
with some dark suffusion beyond it and whitish points on costa;

ACRONYCTA. 133

subterminal line represented by a series of whitish marks in the
interspaces with blackish points on their outer side; a terminal
series of slight black points with dark marks beyond them on the
cilia. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous brown especially
towards base; cilia white; the underside white slightly tinged
with ochreous, the costal area with very slight brown irroration.
Ab. 1. pepli. Fore wing darker and more uniform in colour.
Hab. Berratn, Leech Coll.; Francz, Leech Coll.; D»nmark,
Leech Coll.; Gerauany, Zeller & Frey Colls.; Austria; Huneary ;
Swirzertanp, Frey Coll.; Spain, Catalonia; Iraty; Norway,
Surendal (Christy); Laezanp; Russia, Finland, Esthonia, Zeller
Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll.; Arwenza; N. Sreerm;
KE. Siserta, Amurland. wp. 36-42 millim.
Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p.143; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 259, pl. 121. £. 4.
Black, the segmental incisions greyer; somites 2-12 each with
two or four orange-red tubercles bearing fascicles of orange hair,
the other hairs blackish; head and thoracic plate black. Food-
plants: Oak, Birch, 2ubus, &&. 6-7 and 9-4.

3718. Acronycta pulverosa, n. sp. (Plate CX XVI. fig. 9.)
Acronycta pruinosa, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 104 (nec Guen.).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown; palpi
with black patch on 2nd joint at sides; tegule with dark marks
near tips at middle; patagia with black streaks on outer edges ;
tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen grey-white irrorated with
fuscous and dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing grey-white
irrorated and in parts suffused with brewn; subbasal line repre-
sented by double black striae from costa; a slight sinuous black
streak in submedian fold from base to antemedial line, its lower
edge expanding into a spot at middle with brownish mark beyond
it ; antemedial line rather indistinct, double, oblique, waved, angled
inwards below costa and cell and on vein 1; orbicular whitish
defined by black at sides, rather oblique quadrate; reniform defined
by black, the black on outer edge reduced to points, its centre
suffused with brown, somewhat constricted at middle; an oblique
dark striga from costa to reniform and traces of an oblique line
from cell to inner margin angled outwards on vein 1; postmedial
line double filled in by white lunules, the inner line indistinct
except at costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate,
incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, a black
streak trom it to termen in submedian fold, some brown suffusion
in discal and submedian folds and some white points with slight
dark streaks between them beyond it on costa; faint traces of
a subterminal series of whitish marks in the interspaces ; a terminal
series of small black lunules with slight brown marks beyond them
on the cilia. Hind wing white tinged with brownish fuscous, the
terminal area suffused with brown from apex to vein 2; an in-
distinct. postmedial sinuous line ; cilia white with aseries of brown
spots; the underside white faintly tinged with brown, a dark

134 NOCTUIDZE.

discoidal spot, traces of postmedial line with dark spots on and
below costa and in discal and submedian folds, and terminal series
of slight dark lunules.

Ab. 1. Fore wing more suffused with fuscous brown,

Hab. Javan (Pryer), 1 3,1 2 type, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 3,
Shimonosaki (Lecch), 1 ¢, Kiushiu, 1 g; N. Cuina, Wei-ha-wei
(Fletcher), 1 3. Eap. 84-388 millim.

3719. Acronycta menyanthidis.

Noctua menyanthidis, View. Tab. Verz. ii. p. 50, pl. 2. ff. 1, 2 (1790); Esp.
Schmett. iv. p. 461, pl. 144. f. 5 (1789); Sepp. Ins. Ned. iv. p. 167,
pl. 49; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 6,7; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 289,
pl. 88. f. 1; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 42, pl. 27. f. 1; Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 1382.

Acronycta obsoleta, Tutt, Brit. Noct. i. p. 24 (1891).

Acronycta scotica, Tutt, Brit. Noct. i. p. 24 (1891).

Acronycta. suffusa, Tutt, Brit. Noct. 1. p. 24 (1891).

Head and thorax white mixed with reddish brown ; palpi brown
except at tips; shoulders aud outer edges of patagia with black
streaks; abdomen grey-white tinged with brown, the medial
segments with diffused dark bands. Fore wing grey-white slightly
suffused with brown and irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line
represented by double dark striz from costa and single striga from
cell with black streak from it to antemedial line, which is double,
oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular a minute
‘diffused black annulus; reniform defined by a black lunule on
inner side and black points and striga on outer; a diffused oblique
black bar from costa to reniform and slght incurved brown line
trom lower angle of cell to inner margin, on which there is a dark
mark ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, the outer line
strong, black, the inner indistinct except at costa, strongly bent
outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, incurved below
vein 4, crossed by a short black fascia in submedian fold from just
befcre it to just beyond it, some white points with short black
streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line in-
distinct, diffused, whitish, waved, angled inwards at discal fold and
slightly defined by fuscous on outer side; a terminal series of black
striae ; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white tinged
with brown, especially on basal and terminal areas; the veins
streaked with brown; a fine terminal dark line; the underside
white slightly tinged with brown, the veins brown, a slight dis-
coidal lunule.

Ab. 1. obsoleta. Rather paler.

Ab. 2. scotica. Large and bright-coloured, the markings distinct.
—W. Scotland.

Ab. 3. suffusa. Much darker and suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Brrrain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll.; Germany, Zeller,
Frey, and Leech Colis.; Austria; Huneary ; Switzerwanp ;
Scanprnavia, Lapland ; Russia, St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Urals ;
K. Srpprra, Amurland. Hap. 34-44 millim.

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Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 144; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 255, pl. 121. f.3.

Black-brown or black; subspiracular line dull reddish or
crimson, sometimes interrupted, with fascicles of hair varying from
pale reddish brown to black; head black. Food-plants: Myrica,
Calluna, Salix, &c. 8-9.

3720. Acronycta canadensis. (Plate CX XVI. fig. 10.)

Acronycta canadensis, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 57 (1898) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 100.

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with fuscous ;
sides of palpi and frons blackish. Fore wing white thickly irrorated
with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by a blackish striga from
costa; a slight blackish streak below the cell to near antemedial
line, which is fuscous, rather diffused at costa and inner margin,
oblique, slightly angled outwards at median nervure, then incurved ;
orbicular absent; reniform a slight blackish lunule obscured by the
rather diffused medial line, which is oblique from costa to lower
angle of cell, then incurved, angled outwards at vein 1 and joining
the antemedial line at inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct and
strongly bent outwards below costa, then formed by whitish lunules
with blackish lunules on their outer side, incurved below vein 4,
bent outwards at vein 1 and witha slight black streak beyond it in
submedian fold on some dark suffusion; the terminal area with
slight dark streaks on the veins; a terminal series of small black
spots with streaks beyond them intersecting the cilia, which are
white. Hind wing white slightly suffused and irrorated with
brown, the veins brown; a series of small fuscous spots on the
termen and base of cilia, which are white; the underside white
irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and postmedial line
excurved to vein 4, then incurved.

Hab. Canapva, Hudson’s Bay (Barnston), 1 2, Quebec, Murray
Bay, Alberta, Calgary. Hvp. 52 millim.

3721. Acronycta cinderella. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 11.)

Acronycta cinderella, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 149 (1897);
Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 64, pl. xi. f. 11; Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 100.

3. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous brown ; palpi
and frons brown at sides; antenne brown; shoulders with blackish
streaks ; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen white, dorsally
suffused with fuscous, vertically irrorated with brown. Fore wing
white irrorated with black-brown, the veins with slight dark
streaks, the terminal area slightly darker; a slight sinuous black
streak below basal half of cell; subbasal and antemedial lines
represented by blackish spots on costa; orbicular defined by black,
very small, elongate elliptical; reniform a small diffused blackish
lunule with diffused dark mark above it on costa; postmedial line
slight, dark, unusually near termen, strongiy bent: outwards below

136 NOCTUID

costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and
with some dark suffusion beyond it in submedian interspace ; sub-
terminal line absent; cilia intersected by black streaks in the inter-
spaces. Hind wing white, the veins slightly tinged with brown, the
terminal area very slightly irrorated with brown ; a terminal series
of black points with slight streaks from them intersecting the cilia;
the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated
with brown, a slight dark diszoidal lunule and faint postmedial
line with minute dark streaks on the veins.

Hab. U.S.A., Illinois (Kemp), 1 g, Montana, Miles City,
Colorado, Denver, 1 $. Hp. 32-45 millim.

3722. Acronycta lepusculina. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 12.)
Acronycta lepusculina, Guen. Noct. i. p. 46 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 39.

Acronycta insita, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 56, pl. iv.
f. 3 & pl. x. f. 8 (mee WIEK.).

Head and thorax white irrorated with fuscous ; palpi blackish at
sides; abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged with brown, ventrally
irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white irrorated with fuscous,
the veins with slight dark streaks ; subbasal line represented by a
black point on costa; a short diffused dark streak below base of
cell; antemedial line represented by a diffused oblique blackish
striga from costa; orbicular with very faint dark outline, minute,
round ; reniform a slight blackish lunule with blackish mark above
it on costa; postmedial line strongly bent outwards below costa,
then dentate and defined by diffused fuscous on outer side, forming
slight lunules above and below vein 5, slightly angled inwards at
discal fold, strongly incurved below vein 4 and bent outwards at
vein 1, with a slight dark streak beyond it in submedian fold;
subterminal line absent; a series of small black spots on termen
and base of cilia. Hind wing white slightly irrorated with brown
and the veins tinged with brown; a series of small black spots on
termen and base oi cilia; the underside with blackish discoidal
lunule.

Hab. U.S.A., New York (Doubleday), 2 2, Ithaca, Illinois,
Chicago, Urbana, S. Dakota, Volga, New Mexico, Las Vegas
(Cockerell), 1 $. Exp. 37-50 millim. Typey in Mus. Paris.

3723. Acronycta chionochroa, n.n. (Plate CX XVI. fig. 13.)

Acronycta lepusculina, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 63, pl. i.
f. 1. & pl xi. f. 8 (mec Guen.).
¢. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with fuscous ; sides of
palpi except at tips, of frons, and the antenne black; shoulders and
outer edges of patagia with black stripes; tarsi ringed with black ;
abdomen white with fuscous dorsal bands, the ventral surface
irrorated with black. Fore wing white sparsely irrorated with
black ; a very oblique subbasal black striga from costa; a black
streak below base of cell emitting a slight spur from lower side at

ACRONYCTA. UB

middle and forking at extremity; antemedial line represented
by a black mark on costa and two slight marks on inner margin ;
orbicular and reniform very small and slightly defined by black, the
former elongate, the latter narrow; a medial black spot on costa
and slight mark on inner margin; postmedial line with small black
spot on costa, strongly bent outwards and almost obsolete below
costa, then represented by small black Iunules, produced to slight
streaks above vein 7 and at discal fold, incurved below vein 3,
angled inwards in submedian fold and crossed by a black streak
from well before it to near termen and angled outwards on vein | ;
a series of small black spots on termen and base of cilia. Hind
wing pure white irrorated with a few black scales on terminal
area; a postmedial series of minute black points on the veins; a
slight black striga on termen at submedian interspace; the under-
side with black spot on upper discocellular, and indistinct curved
minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 g; U.S.A., New
Hampshire, Manchester, New York, Long I., Florida, 8. Dakota,
Volga, Towa, Decorah, 1 5, Kansas, Montana, Colorado. Exp.
48 millim.

3724. Acronycta populi. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 14.)

Acronycta populi, Riley, 2nd Rept. Ins. Mo p. 119, ff. 87, 88 (1870) ;
Smith & Dyar. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 61, pl. xi. f. 7; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 40.

Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown; palpi at base
and sides of frons blackish; antenne blackish; shoulders with
black streaks; tarsi ringed black and white; abdomen white
dorsally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white, irrorated with
fuscous ; subbasal line represented by an oblique black striga from
costa; a slight sinuous black streak below basal half of cell with
some dark suffusion below it at base; antemedial line represented
by a diffused oblique black bar from costa and a dark mark on
middle of inner margin ; orbicular slightly and incompletely defined
by black, rather elongate elliptical: reniform an obscure blackish
lunule with irregular black bar above it from costa; postmedial_
line with black point at costa, then very indistinct, strongly bent
outwards below costa, slightly angled inwards and with small
black spot on it at discal fold and black point below vein 5,
strongly incurved and minutely dentate below vein 4, with slight
dark lunule below vein 3 and stronger lunule below 2 with short
streak beyond it, angled outwards at vein 1; subterminal line
absent; cilia intersected by black streaks in the interspaces. Hind
wing white, the veins and terminal area very slightly irrorated with
brown; a terminal series of black points with faint streaks from
them intersecting the cilia; the underside witht the costal and
terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot
and traces of sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Canava, Ontario, London; U.S.A., Massachusetts, New

138 NOCTUID®.

York (2tiley), 1 g,1 2, Long Island, Illinois, Chicago (Ieading),
1 g, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Washington, Seattle. xp. 33-
47 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. pl. vii. f. 25.

Head shining black, body whitish; the hairs long, fine, white,
growing from the skin, with black dorsal hair-pencils on joints 5, 7
and 12, with slighter ones on joints 8 to 10. Food-plant: Poplar.
—H. G. D.

3725. Acronycta similana. (Plate CXXVLI. fig. 15.)
Acronycta similana, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xii. p. 190 (1905).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark purplish brown mixed
with white; palpi with the Ist joint fringed with white in front ;
some white round bases of sntenne: shoulders with black stripes :
tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing dark purplish »rown irrorated
with white, the medial area somewhat paler, the veins with slight
dark streaks ; subbasal line represented by slight black marks below
costa and cell; a shert black streak in base of submedian fold ;
antemedial line black defined by white on outer side, oblique,
sinuous; orbicular and reniform represented by small diffused
blackish marks; two slight dark marks on medial part of costa;
postmedial line blackish defined on inner side by lunulate black
marks, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein
4, then incurved and angled outwards on vein 1, a blackish patch
beyond it in submedian interspace with slight dark streaks from it
to termen ; subterminal line absent; a series of blackish spots on
termen and cilia, which are whitish. Hind wing whitish tinged
with brown, the veins brown, the terminal area suffused with
brown; a small black discoidal spot; cilia brown at base, white at
tips: the underside white, the costal and terminal areas broadly
suffused with brown irrorated with white.

Hab. U.S.A., Illinois, Chicago, 1 g. Hap. 40 millim.

3726, Acronycta gastridia. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 16.)
Acronycta aceris, Hipsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 241 (nee Linn.).
Acronycta gastridia, Swinh, A. M, N. H. (6) xv. p. 5 (1895); Hmpsn. Moths
Ind. iv. p. 510.

Head and thorax white mixed with black; 2nd joint of-palpi
with black band; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with
black streaks ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen whitish suffused
with brown, the basal crest black and white. Fore wing white
thickly irrorated with black and tinged in parts with brown, some
fuscous suffusion on inner haif beyond the antemedial line and on
outer edge of postmedial line; subbasal line double, waved, from
costa to vein 1, with black streak in submedian fold from it to ante-
medial line, which is strong, double, waved, obliqne; orbicular
defined by black, small, round; reniform defined by black
on inner side and by black points on outer, its inner side suffused
with black; a diffused oblique black bar from costa to reni-
form and slight incurved line trom lower angle of cell to inner

ACRONYCTA. 139

margin; postmedial line double filled in with white, bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 3 and angled out-
wards at vein 1, some black points beyond it on costa; subterminal
line iJl-defined, whitish and with slight blackish marks on its outer
edge, excurved below costa and at middle; a terminal series of
slight black lunules; cilia chequered brown and white and with
slight black line through them. Hind wing whitish suffused with
pale red-brown, an indistinct curved whitish postmedial line ; cilia
chequered white and pale brown ; the underside white irrorated with
pale brown, a dark discoidal spot and brownish mark on middle of
costa, postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved.

Hab. Kasur, Gourais Valley (Leech), | S$ , Scinde Valley (Leech),
36,19, Dras (Leech), 1 5, 1 9, Kokser (McArthur), 2 9, Rala
(McArthur), 12; Punsas, Murree (Manders), 12 type. Hap. 36—
46 millim.

3727. Acronycta metaxantha, n. sp. (Plate CXXVI. tig. 17.)

3. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown; 2nd
joint of palpi with black band; tegule and patagia shghtly edged
with blackish; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen ochreous
suffused with rufous, the basal crest greyish, the ventral surface
paler. Fore wing greyish suffused with brown and thickly
irrorated with dark brown ; subbasal line represented by double black
stris from costa and single striga from cell with somewhat curved
black streak from it to antemedial line, which is double, oblique,
waved, angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1; the medial
area With diffused blackish fascia above vein 1; orbicular and reni-
form defined by black, the former round with slight brown centre,
the latter suffused with brown, a dark shade from costa to reniform
and indistinct oblique minutely dentate line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin angled outwards on vein 1; postmedial line
double, filled in with whitish and with whitish lunule on it below
submedian fold, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate,
strongly incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1,
some whitish points beyond it on costa and a dark shade from it
to termen below vein 3; an indistinct greyish subterminal line
slightly defined by brown on outer side, excurved below vein 7
and at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds ;
a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia blackish at base,
chequered black and white at tips. Hind wing orange-yellow, the
disk rather paler, the terminal area suffused with brown from apex
to vein 2 and with brownish spot at vein ! ; cilia yellowish white
with slight brown marks from apex to vein 2; the underside
yellowish white slightly tinged with brown, the costal and terminal
areas irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule with brownish
bar from costa above it, and traces of a diffused lunulate post-
medial line incurved below vein 3.

®. Hind wing with the terminal band broader and more com-
plete towards tornus.

140 NOCIUIDZ,

Ab. 1 2. Hind wing more suffused with brown, the terminal
baud entire, leaving a yellow patch on termen in submedian inter-
space.

Ab. 2 9. Hind wing whitish, tinged with yellow and suffused
with brown.

Hab. W. Curna, Chang-yang (Pratt), 2 9, Washan (Pratt), 1 9,
Chia-kou-ho (Pratt),.1 3, 2 2 type, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 2.
Ewvp. 48-56 millim.

3728. Acronyctfa nigricans. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 18.)
Acronycta nigricans, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 104.

2. Head and thorax black, mixed with some brown and white;
palpi yellowish white at base and extremity of 2nd joint, tarsi
ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused
with brown. Fore wing grey, thickly irrorated with black-brown,
the inner half and terminal area suffused with black ; subbasal line
represented by double black striz from costa and single striga from cell
with black streak from it to beyond antemedial line, which is double,
waved, oblique, angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform
defined by black, the former round with slight dark centre, a
diffused oblique dark shade from costa to lower angle of cell
through the reniform and traces of an incurved line from cell to
inner margin; postmedial line double, with white lunule on it
below submedian fold, the inner line indistinct, bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 3 and angled
outwards on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; a
dentate whitish subterminal line defined by black on outer side; a
terminal series of black points; cilia with a fine whitish line at
base. Hind wing pure white; the veins towards tornus slightly
streaked with brown; the apex tinged with brown; a terminal
series of blackish points except towards tornus; the underside with
the costal area irrorated with brown and with slight dark patch at
middle, a slight discoidal point and traces of postmedial line from
costa to vein 6.

Hab. W. Cuina, Washan (Pratt),5 2 type. Hup. 44-50 millim.,

3729. Acronycta emaculata. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 19.)

Acronycta emaculata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 152 (1897) ; Sinith
& Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 158, pl. xiii. f.2; Dyar, Cat. Lep.
N. Am. p. 104. :

Head and thorax bluish white mixed with black; 2nd joint of
palpi with black band; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with
black streaks ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen white slightly
irrorated with black and dorsally suffused with red-brown except
at extremity. Fore wing bluish grey thickly irrorated with black
and in parts suffused with black, especially beyond the postmedial
line; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa; a
slight black streak in submedian fold from base to the antemedial

ACRONYCTA. Wahl

line defined by white above and with black suffusion below it ;
antemedial line strong, double, oblique, waved, angled inwards on
median nervure and vein 1, with blackish patch beyond it above
vein 1; orbicular and renitorm defined by black, the former with
black point in centre, round, the latter with its centre suffused with
tuscous, open above and with the black on outer edge reduced to
points. A black striga from costa to reniform; postmedial line
double, filled in with whitish, the outer line strong, bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some white
points with short black streaks between them beyond it on costa; the
veins of terminal area streaked with black; subterminal line repre-
sented by a series of white spots in the interspaces, slightly angled
outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, then incurved ; a terminal
series of black points; cilia chequered black and white at tips.
Hind wing white ; a slight discoidal spot ; the veins of terminal
half streaked with brown and the terminal area irrorated with
brown, in female wholly tinged with brown; the underside with
the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a
small dark discoidal spot.

Hab. Canapva, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 9, Alberta,
Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 9 g, 4 9, Br. Columbia, Sicamous Junct.
(Miss Ricardo), 1 9; U.S.A., Washington, Easton. Hap. 38-40
millim.

3730. Acronycta impressa. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 20.)

Acronycta impressa, Wk. ix. p. 61 (1856); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat.
Mus. xxi. p. 159, pl. i. f. 12 & pl. xiii. ff. 4,5; Smith, Cat. Noct. N.
Am. p. 41.

Acronycta fasciata, Wik. ix. 62 (1856).

Acronycta verrillii, Grote & Rob, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iii. p. 178, pl. ii,
f. $2 (1870).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black; 2nd joint
of palpi with black band; shoulders and outer edges of patagia
with black stripes ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey tinged
with brown and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey tinged
with brown and irrorated with fuscous, the inner area suttused with
brown to antemedial, medial or postmedial lines leaving some
ochreous white on base of inner margin ; subbasal line represented
by double black striz from costa and single striga from cell; ante-
medial line double, waved, nearly erect; orbicular and reniform
defined by black, the former round, the latter sutfused with brown ;
medial line oblique from costa to reniform, inwardly oblique and
dentate from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line
double filled in with whitish, the inner line indistinct, bent out-
wards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 3
and angled outwards on vein 1, some brown suffusion beyond it and
a large patch between veins 3 and 1 and some whitish points on
costa; the veins of terminal area with dark streaks; a whitish
subterminal line defined on outer side by small dentate black
marks ; a series of small black spots on termen and base of cilia,

142 NOCTUID #,

which are whitish with shght black lunules at tip. Hind wing
whitish, uniformly suffused with reddish brown; cilia white with a
series of brown marks at base; the underside white irrorated with
brown, traces of a curved postmedial line and diffused subterminal
band.

Hab, Canapa, Hudson’s Bay (Burnston), 3 2 type and type
fasciata, Ottawa (Fletcher, Saunders), 1 3,4 2; Manitoba, Cart-
wright (Heath), 3 $, 19; U.S.A., Massachusetts, Cambridge
(Verrill), 1 g type verrilla, New York Garrison (Cockerell), 2 3,
New Jersey, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Illinois, Minnesota,
Colorado, Glenwood Springs. Hap. 36-38 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p- 160, pl. viii. ff. 33, 34.

Head shining black. Body black; warts large, the hairs in
dense short tufts, pale yellow, leaving a rather broad bare dorsal
space. Food-plant: Willow.—H. G. D.

3731. Acronycta distans. (Plate CX XVI. fig. 21.)

Aputela distans, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 58 (1879) ; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S.
Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 161, pl xiii. ff. 6,7; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 42.
Apatela dolorosa, Dyar, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 29 (L904).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown and black; 2nd
joint of palpi with biack band ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia
streaked with black ; the tarsi banded black and white; abdomen
whitish suffused with red-brown, the dorsal crest dark brown.
Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with dark brown, the inner
area suffused with dark brown to medial line leaving some whitish
at base of inner margin; subbasal line represented by double black
strie from costa and single striga from cell with slight black streak
beyond it in submedian fold defined by whitish above; antemedial
line double filled in with grey, waved, nearly erect, the medial
area with whitish streak in submedian fold; orbicular and
reniform defined by black, the former round with dark point in
centre, the latter suffused with brown and with the black on outer
edge reduced to points ; an obique dark bar from costa to reniform
and indistinct oblique dentate line from lower angle of cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line black, defined by whitish on inner side,
bent outwards below costa, then rather strongly dentate, strongly
incurved below vein 8 and angled outwards on vein 1, some whitish
points with slight dark streaks between them beyond it on costa,
the postmedial area suffused with brown; an indistinct whitish
subterminal line with slight blackish marks on its outer edge,
incurved in submedian interspace; a series of small black spots on
termen and base of cilia which have black striz at tips. Hind wing
white, the hase slightly tinged with yellowish, the veins and
terminal area to vein 2 with brown ; the underside with the costal
area slightly irrorated with brown, a small blackish discoidal spot.

Ab. 1. dolorosa. Darker.—Br. Columbia.

Hab. Canapa, Ottawa (fletcher), 1 3, Montreal (Caulfield), 13,

ACRONYCTA. 143

1 @ type, Manitoha, Aweme (Crrddle), 2 ¢, Br. Columbia, Kaslo;
U.S.A., New York, 1 56,2 9. Hp. 38-44 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 162.

Head black, shining. Body black, reddish subventrally ; warts
large, the hairs in dense tufts, red on joints 2-5 and 12-13, pale
yellow on the other segments. Food-plants: Willow, &c.—H. G. D.

Ab. dolorosa. Same as A. distans, the amount of red hair
variable, sometimes all the hairs red.—H. G. D.

3732. Acronycta edolata. (Plate CX XVI. fig. 22.)

Apatela edolata, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 153 (1881); id. IlL Essay, 1882,
p. 49, pl. i. f. 4; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 164, pl. iv.
f. 1; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 45.

3d. Head and thorax brownish white mixed with dark brown;
palpi whitish with black band on 2nd joint; patagia broadly edgcd
with dark brown; tegule and thorax with paired dark brown
stripes; tibia streaked with black; abdomen grey irrorated with
fuscous and dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing purplish grey
mostly suffused with black-brown, some whitish at base of inner
margin, the veins with pale streaks to postmedial line; subbasal
line represented by two very oblique black striae from costa; a
slight black streak in submedian fold from base to antemedial line,
which is indistinct, double filled in with greyish, oblique, angled
outwards below costa, in submedian fold and above inner margin;
orbicular indistinctly defined by black, small, rather elongate
elliptical; reniform absent ; postmedial line black defined by grey
on inner side, bent outwards below costa, then strongly dentate,
angled inwards in discal fold and strongly in submedian fold, then
outwards on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; faint
traces of an irregular whitish subterminal line, the area beyond it
pale grey with strong black streaks in the interspaces intersecting
the cilia. Hind wing pure white, the base, veins, costa, and apical
part of termen slightly tinged with brown; the underside with the
costal area irrorated with brown, a slight dark mark on costa
beyond middle.

Hiab, U.S.A., Arizona (Prescott), 2 5 type. Hxp. 44-46 millim.

3/33. Acronycta lithospila. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 23.)

Acronycta lithospila, Grote, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvi. p. 240 (1874);
Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 98, pl. i. f. 13; Smith, Cat,
Noct. N. Am. p. 45.

Head and thorax brown mixed with white; palpi white at base
and with red-brown band on 2nd joint; basal joint of antennie
white in front; the back of head with white streaks above eyes;
tegule with blackish medial streak ; prothorax with rufous patch ;
tarsi fuscous shghtly ringed with white; abdomen grey irrorated
with brown and suffused with reddish brown at base, the ventral

144 NOCLEUID 24.

surface white. Fore wing grey-white, the costal half suffused with

brown, the inner half irrorated with brown, the median neryure
and vein | defined by slight black streaks on each side on medial
area and the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks;
subbasal line represented by a very oblique black striga from costa
with slight black streak beyond it on subcostal nervure; a fine
black streak in submedian fold from base to the antemedial line,
which is represented by very oblique black streaks from costa, in
cell and above inner margin and traces of a line from cell to vein 1;
orbicular represented by two black points, with a shght whitish
streak in discal fold from it to the reniform, which is defined by
slight black points; a slight very oblique medial black streak from
costa; postmedial line obsolescent, double towards costa, strongly
bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 3, then
angled inwards in submedian fold and outwards on vein 1, crossed
by a black streak in submedian fold from well before it to termen ;
the interspaces of terminal area with short black streaks. Hind
wing semihyaline white faintly tinged with reddish brown especi-
ally on the veins and apical area; the underside with the costal
area slightly tinged with red-brown, traces of a discoidal point and
curved postmedial line.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, Evans Center
(Grote), 3 3, 1 @ type, Mississippi, Florida, Oregon, Portland,
Colorado, Pacific Coast. vp. 42 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 99.

Head with the vertex dotted with black on a red ground, pale
on the face. Body green on the sides, a dorsal red-brown (or
white) band that widens on joints 6-10, narrowly yellow-edged ;
hairs sparse, fine, longer on joint 2. Food-plants: Chestnut, Oak,

&e.—H. G. D.

3734. Acronycta barnesi. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 24.)
Acronycta barnesti, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 153 (1897) ; Smith &
Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 162, pl. xii. f. 10; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N.

Am, p. 104.

dg. Head and thorax grey-white largely mixed with black-
brown; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; tegule with brown
patch at tips; patagia broadly edged with black; thorax with
paired black stripes; the tarsi banded black and white; abdomen
grey mixed with dark brown and dorsally suffused with brown.
Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with black-brown; a
diffused black-brown fascia above vein 1 to medial line and a slight
streak above inner margin from near base; subbasal line absent ;
antemedial line very indistinct, double, oblique, angled outwards
below costa and inwards below median nervure; orbicular and
reniform absent; medial line formed by a curved series of small
elongate dark marks; postmedial line very indistinct, bent out-
wards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4 and with
slight brown suffusion beyond it, with dark streaks from it to

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termen in discal and submedian folds; a series of small blackish
spots just before termen; cilia chequered whitish and black-brown.
Hind wing white, the base slightly tinged with yellowish, the
apical part of termen slightly irrorated with brown ; the cilia with
series of dark points from apex tu vein 2; the underside with the
costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a small blackish discoidal
spot.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes), 2 ¢.
Evp. 44 millim.

3730. Acronycta perdita, (Plate CXXVI. fig. 25.)

Acronycta perdita, Grote, Can. Ent. vee p. 154 (1874); Smith & Dyar, Pr.
U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 163, pl. iii. £. chet Cat. Noct. N, Am. p. 42.

Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with black; the tegule
and thorax with paired blackish stripes; tarsi black ringed with
white; abdomen grey thickly irrorated with dark brown, the base
suffused with brown. Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated
with black, the submedian interspace suffused with blackish to
medial line; subbasal line represented by deuble black strizw from
costa; antemedial line double, strong, very oblique towards costa,
then waved; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former
small, elongate elliptical, the latter filled in with brown and with
the black on its outer edge reduced to spots; medial line oblique
and diffused from costa to reniform, indistinct, inwardly oblique
and somewhat dentate from lower angle of cell ty inner margin ;
postmedial line black defined by grey on inner side, strongly bent
outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved and angled outwards en vein 1, some dark suffusion
beyond it and a dark patch between veins 6 and 4 and fascia below
vein 2 extending to near termen; a series of small black spots just
before termen; cilia chequered grey and black-brown. Hind wing
white, the veins and costal area tinged with brown in male, in
female suffused with brown, the terminal area darker; cilia white ;
the underside white irrorated with brown, a brownish discoidal
spot and traces of curved postmedial line.

Hab. Canaps, Br. Columbia, Peachland; U.S.A., Washington,
Easton, California (Behrens, D’Urban), 1 $, 3 2 type, Sierra
Nevada. vp. 42-50 millim.

Larva. Head shining black. Body black, the warts large; the
hairs in dense tufts, spinose, black, intermixed with a few pale
ones, Food-plants: Alder, &c.—H. G. D.

3736. Acronycta extricata. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 26.)

Mastiphanes extricata, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. p. 578
(1832); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 165, pl. xiii. f. 9;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am, p. 40.

Head and thorax bluish white mixed with black-brown; 2nd
joint of palpi with black band; lower part cf trons black; antenne
VoL. VIII. i

146 NOCTUIDE.

with the basal joint white in front; patagia edged with black ;
tegule and thorax with paired black stripes; tibie streaked with
black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen pale grey irrorated
with brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing white thickly
irrorated with dark brown; subbusal line represented by a very
oblique black striga from costa; a black streak in submedian fold
from base to the antemedial line, which is very indistinct, double,
with oblique dark bar from costa, then strongly angled outwards in
the interspaces and inwards on the veins; orbicular very small,
round, whitish defined by black; reniform represented by smail
dark spots at angles of cell, with a minute streak beyond upper
angle and two beyond lower angle; a rather diffused curved medial
line ; postmedial line with two very oblique dark streaks on costal
area, then black defined by white on inner side, strongly dentate,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, crossed by a black streak in
submedian fold from medial line to termen and with some whitish
points beyond it on costa; the interspaces of terminal area with
black streaks, those above and below veins 5 and 2 extending to
postmedial line, the streaks intersecting the cilia. Hind wing
semihyaline white, the apex slightly tinged with brown; the
underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 2 5,19 type. Hap. 3 42, 9 52 millim.

37387. Acronycta digna.
Thalpophila digna, Butl. Trans. Ent. Sue. 1881, p. 176; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 158.
Acronycta michael, Oberth. Et. Ent. x. p. 18, pl. ii. f. 13 (1884).

3. Head and thorax whitish mixed with red-brown, the patagia
and metathorax with white patches; 2nd joint of palpi with
blackish patch; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with brown
streaks; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen whitish suffused
with red-brown. Fore wing grey-white irrorated and in parts
suffused with red-brown, the antemedial costal area whiter; sub-
basal line represented by double brown striz trom costa and single
striga from cell with blackish streak from it to antemedial line,
which is double, brown, angled outwards below costa and inwards
in submedian fold, then oblique, sinuous; orbicular and reniform
defined by brown, the former small, round, with brown point in
centre, the latter with brownish lunule on inner side of centre and
its lower extremity produced; a diffused brown striga from costa
to reniform and incurved line from lower angle of cell to imner
margin with short blackish streak before it above vein 1; post-
medial line double filled in with white, the inner line rather
indistinct, strongly bent outwards below costa, then incurved,
angled outwards on veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved and bent
outwards at vein 1, crossed by a minute dark streak in submedian
fold and with some white points beyond it on costa; the terminal
area somewhat more suffused with brown with a rather diffused
white subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at

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discal fold, excurved at middle, then incurved and with white
streak in submedian fold from it-to just before termen; a terminal
series of small brown lunules; cilia red-brown intersected with
white. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brownish yellow at
base and on inner area; the terminal area suffused with red-brown
from apex to below vein 2; a terminal series of slight brown striex
from apex to vein 2; cilia white with faint brown spots on apical
half; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a
slight brown discoidal spot, indistinct sinuous postmedial line and
diffused subterminal band from costa to vein 2.

@. Hind wing strongly tingel with brownish yellow, the
terminal band extending to tornus leaving a yellowish patch on
termen in submedian interspace.

Hab, Ki. Stperta, Ussuri; Javan, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 9, Yoko-
hama (Pryer), 3 ¢,1 2 type; Corsa, Gensan (/to), 29. Lup.
42-52 millim.

3738. Acronycta raphaelis.
Acronycta raphael, Oberth. Et. Ent. x. p. 19, pl. 2. f. 9 (1884); Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 133.
Acronycta fixsent, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 311.

3. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with whitish: palpi
with the 2nd joint blackish; outer edges of patagia with blackish
streak; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen whitish suffused
with red-brown, the basal crest black. Fore wing violaceous grey
thickly irrorated and suffused with dark red-brown, the basal,
costal, and inner areas pale; subbasal line represented by slight
double dark striee from costa; a diffused blackish streak in sub-
median fold from near base to antemedial line which is almost
medial, double, oblique, nearly straight; orbicular and reniform
rather indistinctly defined by dark brown, the former round with
brown centre, the latter suffused with brown; a diffused dark bar
from costa to reniform and oblique line from lower angle of cell to
inner margin at antemedial line; postmedial line double, filled in
with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then incurved, excurved
at vein 4, then strongly incurved and rather oblique to inner
margin, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal
line indistinet, grey, defined on inner side by an oblique dark bar
from costa and on outer by slight dark spots, somewhat excurved
below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved; cilia chequered dark
red-brown and white. Hind wing white shghtly suffused with
red-brown, the terminal area somewhat darker; an indistinct
discoidal spot and postmedial line incurved below vein 4; cilia
white with series of brownish spots at base: the underside white
tinged with red-brown, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
red-brown, a dark bar from costa to discoidal spot and rather
diffused postmedial line incurved below vein 4.

Hab. Wi. Sipuria, Amurland, 1 g, Ussuri. Mvp. 36 millim,

148 NOCTUID 2%.

3739. Acronycta rubricoma. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 27.)

Acronycta rubricoma, Guen. Noct. i. p. 49 (1852) ; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S.
Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 42, pl. 1. f. 4; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 42.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous brown; palpi
with brown mark on 2nd joint at side; antennze with the basal
joint white in front; tegulee with fuscous tips; tarsi banded with
fuscous; abdomen whitish, the basal half dorsally suffused with
reddish ‘ochreous, the terminal half with brown. Fore wing white
thickly irrorated with pale reddish brown, the veins with slight
dark streaks; subbasal line represented by double black striz from
costa and a single striga from cell; antemedial line double, black,
filled in with white, oblique, dentate, the outer line angled out-
wards below costa, the inner inwards below the cell, angled inwards
on vein 1 and bent inwards along inner margin to near base ;
orbicular and reniform strongly defined by black, large, the former
round, the latter with diffused fuscous in centre and oblique black
striza above it from costa; postmedial line double filled in with
white, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, with faint diffused streak before and beyond it in
discal fold, some dark suffusion beyond it in submedian interspace
and some white points with slight dark streaks between them on
costa; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered
white and fuscous. Hind wing white tinged with reddish ochreous
towards base, the veins dark; an indistinct curved postmedial
line and faint diffused subterminal band; a terminal series of
slight dark stria; cilia white with a faint dark line through them ;
the underside white, the costal area and veins slightly irrorated
with brown, an indistinct discoidal spot and crenulate postmedial
line with dark streaks on the veins.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., New York, Long Island, Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, 1 ¢, 1 @, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Missouri,
St. Louis, Texas, Dallas (Boll), 1 9. Hap. 44-50 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus, xxi. p. 43, pl. vi. ff. 14, 15.

Head rounded, shining black or red, a white V-mark above
mouth. Body cylindrical, yellowish, with a broad, partly geminate
black dorsal band, containing pencils of white hair on joints 6 to
10 and 12. Other hair growing from the skin, dense, fine, white.
Food-plant : Hackberry (Ce ltes jacinta’). Ley, Cas

3740. Acronycta centralis. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 28.)

Acronyeta centralis, Ersch. Fedch. Reise, p. 37, pl. 3. f. 85 (1874); Stand.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 131.

3. Heaa, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with fuscous ;
tarsi ringed with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated
with fuscous, the postmedial area rather darker; subbasal line
absent; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique, waved ; orbi-
cular and reniform faintly defined by fuscous, the former moderate,
round; traces of a medial dark line towards costa; postmedial line

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fuscous, bent ouiwards below costa, then indistinctly double,
dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4, crossed by a fuscous streak
in submedian fold extending to termen, some pale points beyond it
on costa; subterminal line only defined by the contrast between
the postmedial and terminal areas. angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle; a terminal series of black strie. Hind wing
white, the veins of terminal half tinged with brown, the termen
slightly irrorated with brown; a dark terminal line; cilia chequered
brownish and white; the underside silvery white, the costal area
slightly irrorated with brown, the veins of terminal half tinged
with brown, a dark terminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the lines more distinctly double, the
postmedial line filled in with whitish and without the dark streak
crossing it.—Persia.

Hab. N.W. Perrsta, Urumiah (Daltry), 1 36; W. Turxestay,
Turcomania, 1 ¢, Ferghana, Sarawschan. Exp. 42 millim.

3741. Acronycta megacephala.

Noctua megacephala, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 67 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins.
ii. p. 175 (1787); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 144. ff. 1-4; Hiibn. Eur. Sclimett.,
Noct. ff. 10, 11; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 244, pl. 88. f.6; Steph. Ill. Brit.
Ent., Haust. iii. p. 87; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 131.

Acronycta grumt, Alph. Rom. Mém. ix. p. 3 (1897).

Acronycta pulla, Strand, Arch. Naturv. Christian. xxv. no. 9, p. 9 (1903).

3. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey-white;
2nd joint of palpi with black band ; shoulders and outer edges of
patagia with black streaks ; tarsi banded black and white; abdomen
whitish suffused with brown and irrorated with black at extremity.
Fore wing whitish almost entirely suffused and irrorated with
black-brown; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa
to submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with greyish,
oblique, waved ; orbicular whitish defined by black and with slight
dark centre, round; reniform slight defined by black on inner side,
undefined on outer and with slight dark lunule in centre; an
oblique dark striga from costa to reniform and traces of a waved
line trom cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in
with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate,
incurved below vein 3, some white points beyond it on costa; the
veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks; an indistinct
pale lunulate subterminal line extending to the terminal series of
blackish points; cilia white with a series of black points. Hind
wing pure white, the veins of terminal area streaked with brown ;
a faint subterminal band of dark irroration and a fuscous mark in
submedian fold; a terminal series of dark striew; cilia intersected
by slight dark streaks ; the underside with the costal area slightly
tinged and irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, post-
medial series of minute dark streaks on the yeins and terminal
series of small lunules.

©. Hind wing more suffused with brown,

150 NOCTUID.®,

Ab. 1. pulla. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing suffused
with fuscous, leaving the orbicular annulus white.

Ab. 2. grumi. Fore wing narrower, the antemedial area whiter ;
hind wing wholly white.—Thian-Shan Mts.

Hab. Briar, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Denmarx, Leech
Coll.; Grnruany, Zeller and Leech Colls.; Avsrria; Huneary ;
SwirzertanD, Frey Coll.; Spain; Ivary; Scanprnavia; Ruossra,
Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armenra; AsiA Mryor, Bithyma; Prrsta ;
W. Stpurra; Moneorsa, Thian-Shin Mts.; E. Siseria, Amurland.
Exp. 40-46 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 142; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 234, pl. 120. f. 3.

Dark fuscous or grey above, paler at sides; 1umerous pale
yellowish pubescent points forming ill-defined lines; 10th somite
with a pale yellow or white dersal patch; numerous pale or white
hairs; head black marked with white. Food-plants: Poplar or
rarely Salia.* 7-9.

3742. Acronycta tiena. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 29.)
Acronycta tiena, Ping. Ivis, xix. p. 216, pl. 8. f. 10 (1906).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous; palpi
with the 2nd joint blackish at sides; tarsi blackish ringed with
white; abdomen white suffused with brown, leaving white seg-
mental bands and the base white. Fore wing grev-white thickly
irrorated and suffused with blackish; subbasal line indistinct,
double, blackish, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line
indistinct, double, oblique, angled outwards below costa, inwards
on vein 1 and excurved in submedian interspace and above inner
margin; orbicular defined by blackish, small, round ; reniform very
indistinctly defined, with dark lunule on inner side of centre; an
oblique blackish shade from costa to reniform; postmedial line
double with white lunules on it above and below vein 1; bent
outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4,
then strongly incuryed, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub-
terminal line represented by a series of dark spots in the inter-
spaces ; a terminal series of black strize; cilia chequered grey and
fuscous. Hind wing pure white with slight brown terminal line
from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal area irrorated
with a few brown scales, a small dark discoidal spot.

Hab. FE. Torxesran, Ili in Coll. Piingeler, Alexander Mts.;
W. Curna, Moupin (Aricheldorf), 2 $. Hep. 46 millim,

3743. Acronycta bicolor. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 30.)

Acronycta bicolor, Moore, P.Z.S. 1881, p. 382; Hispsn. Moths Ind. ii,
p. 243.

Head and thorax black, with a few white scales; tarsi ringed
with whitish; abdomen grey suffused with brown. Fore wing
black-brown slightly irrorated with grey ; subbasal line represented
by indistinct double black striz: from costa and single striga from

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cell ; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique, waved ; orbicular
and reniform faintly defined by black, the former round ; traces of
a waved medial line incurved below the cell; postmedial line in-
distinct, double, with whitish lunule on it below submedian fold,
bent outwards below costa, then waved, incurved below vein 3 and
angled outwards on vein 1, some minute whitish points beyond it
on costa; an indistinct subterminal series of dark marks in the
interspaces ; a terminal series of black points with blackish marks
beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing pure white; the veins
tinged with brown; cilia white mixed with brown and with series
of smail dark spots; the underside with the costal area irrorated
with brown, a slight discoidal spot.

Hab. Ponsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 3, Simla (Read,
Harford), 3 3, 1 2 type, Dharmstla (Hocking), 6 Q. Hap. 44-
54 millim.

3744. Acronycta betule. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 31.)

Acronycta betule, Riley, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. vii. p. 2, f. 1 (1884);
Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 75, pl. ii. f. 19; Smith, Cas.
Noct, N. Am. p. 37.

¢o. Head, ¢horax, and abdomen ochreous white; palpi with
brown band on 2nd joint; abdomen dorsally suffused with fulvous
yellow except at base. Fore wing ochreous white sparsely irro-
rated with dark scales; subbasal line represented by a faint dark
point on costa; antemedial line indistinct, dark, oblique, waved ;
orbicular and reniform ochreous faintly defined by rufous, the
former moderate, round; postmedial line rufous defined by whitish
on inner side and with some ochreous suffusion on outer, bent out-
wards below costa, incurved at discal fold, dentate at veins 4, 3,
then strongly angled inwards in submedian fold and outwards on
vein 1; traces of a waved subterminal line from costa to vein 6.
Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish ochreous especially on
inner area; a slight dark discoidal point and traces of a diffused
curved postmedial band; the underside ochreous white, a slight
dark spot at middle of cell and discoidal spot, traces of a curved
postmedial line with dark spots at discal and submedian folds, a
terminal series of dark points.

Hab, U.S.A., New Hampshire, Jefferson, New York, Long
Island, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, 1 ¢, Pennsylvania,
Missouri. up. 42 millim,

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 76, pl. v. ff. 4, 5.

Head mottled with black below, red on the vertices of lobes ;
body flattened, with a fringe of hairs along the subventral edge,
brown, the dorsal tubercles dark, the lateral ones pale ; hairs short,
sparse, growing from the skin. Food-plant: Birch.—H. G. D.

3745. Acronycta americana. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 32.)
Phalena aceris, Smith & Abbot, Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 185, pl. 93 (1797), nec

Linn.
Apatela americana, Harris, Rept. Ins. Mass. p. 317 (1841); id. Ins. Inj.

152 NOCTUIDA.

Veg.; Flint ed. p. 436, ff. 216-218; Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi.
p. 44, pl. i. f. 2; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 40.

Acronycta acericola, Guen. Noct. i. p. 48 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 41.

Apatela obscura, H. Edw. Ent. Am. ii. p. 169 (1886).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous brown; 2nd
joint of palpi and frons with black patches at sides; shoulders
with black streaks ; abdomen grey-white irrorated with brown, the
ventral surface white with slight brown sublateral streaks. Fore
wing grey-white irrorated with brown; a small blackish spot at
base ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa; ante-
medial line double, oblique, the lines widely separated, irregular,
the outer line angled outwards below costa, the inner line inwards
below the cell; orbicular and reniform defined by fuscous, the
former small, round, the latter with irregular line in centre, an
oblique diffused shade above it from costa and a slight obliquely
sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial
line double filled in with white, bent outwards below costa, then
rather strongly dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, with
slight brown shade beyond it in submedian interspace, slight
dark streak from it to termen in submedian fold and some white
points on costa; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ;
subterminal line absent; a terminal series of black points with
slight dark streaks from them intersecting the cilia. Hind wing
grey-white tinged with brown and with reddish ochreous at base,
the veins rather darker; a faint curved postmedial line and ter-
minal series of slight dark lunules; cilia white; the underside
white slightly irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule
and minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Canava, Ontario, London (Saunders), 3 9, Manitoba,
Aweme (Criddle), 1 9; U.S.A., Eastern States and West to Utah,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Beverly (Packard), 1 9, New
York (Doubleday, Scudder), 1 3,1 9, Evans Center (Grote), 2 3,
3 9, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Pennsylvania, Mt. Airey,
Georgia, Virginia, Texas. Mvp. 60-68 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 46, pl. vi. f. 17.

Head shining black. Body whitish, a double dorsal and lateral
black line, more or less broken; dorsum of joints 12-13 black ;
hairs fine, long, pale yellow, growing from the skin, with a pair of
slender long black pencils on joints 5 and 7 and a single one on
joint 12; feet black. Food-plant: Maple (Acer).—H. G. D.

3746. Acronycta hesperida. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 1.)

Acronycta hesperida, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 148 (1897) ; Smith
& Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 49, pl. x. £9; Dyar, Cat. Lep.
N. Am. p. 99.

©. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous brown;
palpi and frons with dark brown patches at. sides; patagia with
black streaks on upper edges at base; abdomen grey-white suffused

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and irrorated with fuscous brown. Fore wing grey-white very
thickly irrorated with fuscous brown ; subbasal line represented by
a slight dark striga from costa; antemedial line very indistinct,
double, rather diffused, oblique, angled outwards below costa and
above inner murgin and inwards just below cell; orbicular and
reniform suffused with fuscous and defined by blackish, the former
small, irregularly rounded, and rarely with a slight dark streak
from its lower extremity to the latter, which is narrow and bar-
shaped; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, the outer
line formed by small rather diffused black lunules, bent outwards
below costa and incurved below vein 4, with some dark suffusion
beyond it in submedian interspace, slight black streak in submedian
fold and minute white points on costa; the postmedial area slightly
tinged with brown; subterminal line absent; e series of small
blackish spots on termen and base of cilia. Hind wing white
tinged with brown, the veins brown; a terminal series of slight
brown points; cilia white with slight brown line at tips; the
underside white irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal spot and
diffused postmedial line exeurved to vein 4, then incurved.

Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 9, Br. Columbia,
Kaslo (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 2, Vietoria, 1 9, Vancouver, Nanaimo ;
U.S.A., Washington, Seattle, Tacoma, California. Hap. 56-64
millim.

Larva. Head shining black. Body blaek, clothed with short
dense even hairs forming rings on the segments, the incision bare;
bright red-brown dorsally, whitish laterally; a single black hair-
pencil on jomts 5,7, and 12. Feet black. Food-plant: Alnus.—
Jel, Gig IDs

*3747,. Acronycta hastulifera.

Phalena hastulifera, Smith & Abbot, Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 183, pl. 92 (1797) ;
Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus, xxi. p. 47, pls. ui. f. 12 & iii. f. 5;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 41.

$. Head and thorax whitish grey with slight dark irroration ;
abdomen white irrorated with brown. Fore wing whitish grey
with slight dark irroration; subbasal line absent or represented at
costa only ; antemedial line incomplete, oblique, double, the inner
line more prominent, represented by a small spot on costa, slight
dentate mark just below cell and faint patch on inner margin at
middle; orbicular defined by black, small or large, round or ellip-
tical ; reniform large, incompletely defined and with dark lunule in
centre; medial shade oblique from costa to reniform, then in-
distinct ; postmedial line single, black, sometimes defined on inner
side by a pale shade, and on outer by a dark shade, bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved
below vein ‘4, crossed by a black streak in submedian fold not
reaching termen; a series of black spots on termen and base of
cilia. Hind wing whitish faintly tinged with yeilow, a terminal

154 NOCIUID.

series of dark Junules; the underside whitish with some dark
irroration, a dark discoidal spot.

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing bluer grey; hind wing tinged
with fuscous brown and with more or less distinct postmedial line
on underside.

Hab, Canava; U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Distr. of Columbia, Georgia, Centr. States, California.
Exp. 42-50 millim. This species is unknown to me.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p- 49, pl. vi. fF 12, 13.

Head shining black. Body dark brown, evenly clothed with short
dense hairs growing from the skin, black intermixed with white
dorsally, red-brown laterally ; no hair-pencils; feet black. Food-
plant: Alder (Alnus).—H. G. D.

3748 . Acronycta dactylina. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 2.)

Acronycta dactylina, Grote, Proe. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvi. p. 239 (1874);
Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 51, pl. i. f.3; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 40.

3. Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with dark iron-brown ;
sides of palpi and frons with black-brown patches; shoulders
with blackish streaks ; tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen whitish
suffused and irrorated with dark iron-brown. Fore wing violaceous
grey thickly irrorated with iron-brown; subbasal line represented
by a diffused oblique brown striga from costa; antemedial line in-
distinct, double, oblique, dentate, the lines rather widely separated ;
orbicular slightly defined by brown, small, round; reniform a
diffused brown lunule with oblique brown shade above it from costa ;
an oblique sinuous rather diffused brown line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin; postmedial line double at costa, then defined
by whitish on inner side, dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4
and with an oblique black striga before it below vein 2; the post-
medial area suffused with irou-brown and with some whitish points
on costa; subterminal line absent ; a terminal series of small black
lunules with brown spots beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing
white, the veins tinged with brown; a terminal series of dark
strie ; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with
brown, a dark discoidal spot.

@. Darker, hind wing wholly suffused and irrorated with brown,
the terminal area rather darker, an indistinct sinuous postmedial
line; cilia white; the underside white irrorated with brown, a
brown discoidal spot and minutely waved postmedial line incurved
below vein 4.

Hab. Canava, Quebec, Ottawa (Gibson), 1g; U.S.A., Maine,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, 1 ¢,1 2 type, Distr.
of Columbia, Minnesota, Colorado. Hivp. 5 56, 2 62 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 52, pl. vii. ff. 18, 19.

As in d. hesperida, but the bands of hair less of a reddish brown,
more purplish.—H, G. D.

ACRONYCTA. 1S)

3749. Acronycta insita. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 3.)

Acronycta insita, Wik. ix. 61 (1856); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 41.
Acronycta denvera, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xiii. p. 189 (1905).

$. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with fuscous brown ;
sides of palpi and frons brown. Fore wing white irrorated with
pale brown, the veins with slight dark streaks; subbasal line
represented by a faint dark mark on costa; antemedial line dcuble,
the two lines rather widely separated especially towards costa,
somewhat angled outwards below costa and inwards in submedian
fold, then oblique and excurved above inner margin; orbicular a
rounded dark annulus on the outer antemedial line; reniform a
small lunule defined by blackish at sides on a diffused brown mark ;
postmedial line black defined by white on inner side, strongly bent
outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, slightly angled in-
wards in discal fold and strongly incurved below vein 4, with
oblique black striz before it above vein 5 and below 2 and black
streak from it to termen in submedian fold; subterminal line
absent ; a terminal series of small black spots with streaks from
them intersecting the cilia, a double spot on each side of sub-
median fold. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area very
shghtly irrorated with brown ; a fine dark terminal line, the under-
side with dark discoidal spot.

©. More thickly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Canava, Ontario, Orillia (Bush), 1 2 type; U.S.A., New
York, 3 3, 1 2, Colorado, Denver, 1 ¢ cotype denvera. Huxp.
02-54 millim.

Larva. Head white, blotched with black. Body yellowish, the
hairs long, soft, fine, growing from the skin, yellow; no pencils.
Food-plant: Poplar.—H. G. D.

3700. Acronycta innotata. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 4.)

Acronycta innotata, Guen. Noet. i. p. 50 (1852); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S.
Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 73, pl. 11. ff. 17, 18; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 38.

Diphtera grefii, Grote, Proc. Hnt. Soc. Phil. 11. p. 68, pl. 3. f. 6 (1863).

Apatela griscor, Dyar, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 29 (190+).

3S. Head and thorax white tinged with pale brown; palpi with
black spots at side of 2nd joint; antenne black except at- base ;
shoulders with black streaks: tegule with slight dark streaks at
middle; abdomen white slightly mixed with fuscous. Fore wing
white slightly tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous; a
black point at base; subbasal line represented by a black point on
costa, the antemedial line by oblique black rather diffused strice
from costa, cell and inner margin; orbicular represented by a
fuscous point, the reniform a diffused fuscous lunule; a slight
medial blackish striga from costa; postmedial line with black
striga from costa, strongly bent outwards and interrupted below
costa, then black defined’ by white on inner side, minutely waved,
slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, angled
outwards at vein 1, with slight black marks before it below vein 2

156 NOCTUID &.

and on inner margin and some dark suffusion beyond it with white
points on costa; subterminal line absent; a series of small black
spots on termen and base of cilia. Hind wing silvery white with
faint discoidal spot, traces of postmedial line and terminal series
of small blackish spots; the underside with black discoidal spot,
indistinet waved postmedial line, and terminal series of small black
spots.

; Q. Slightly browner, the hind wing somewhat more irrorated
with fuscous.

Ab. 1. griseor. Somewhat larger, fore wing more irrorated with
fuseous and the lines more distinetly defined by black.—Br.
Columbia.

Hab, Canava (Norman), 1 go, Ottawa (Gibson, Young, Saunders),
24,592, Ontario, London, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 9, Br.
Columbia, Kaslo; U.S.A., Maine, New Hampshire, Jefferson, New
York, Rochester, Ithaca, Long Island, Evans Center (Grote), 2 g,
39, Trenton Falls (Doubleday), 1 ¢, 19 type, Pennsylvania, Distr.
of Columbia, Washington. Hap. 35-47 millim.

Larva. Beutenmiiller, Ent. News Philad. ii. p. 153 (1891).

Head whitish, the vertices of the lobes black ; body grey-brown;
warts i and ii black; two lateral series of yellow spots between
them; secondary hairs sparse, whitish; ventral surface grey.
Food-plant: ? Hickory.

Ab. griscor.—Head mottled with black below, red on the vertices
of the lobes. Body flattened, with a fringe of hairs along the
subventral edge; brown, the dorsal tubercles dark, the lateral ones
pale; hairs short, sparse, growing from the skin. Food-plant :
Birch.—H. G. D.

*3751. Acronycta othello. (Plate CXXVIL. fig. 5.)
Acronycta othelio, Smith, Ann, N.Y. Ac. Sci. xviii. p. 94 (1908).

Head and thorax whitish grey mixed with fuscous black, the
vertex of head black, the tegule mostly black, the edges of patagia
and vertex of thorax black; tarsi fuscous, ringed with white;
abdomen fuscous grey, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing
with the basal area bluish grey suffused with black, the medial area
below and beyond the cell black, the terminal area grey with the
veins streaked with black; antemedial line double, black, obliquely
excurved and waved; orbicular defined by black, small, round ;
reniform incompletely defined by black, small or moderate, obscured
by the medial shade; postmedial line double, black, the outer line
more distinct, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly
incurved below vein 4, a black streak from it to termen in sub-
median fold; subterminal line absent ; cilia intersected with black.
Hind wing of male white, in female suffused with greyish fuscous ;
the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a small black discoidal spot.

Hab. U.S.A., California, San Diego. Eup. 44 millim. This
species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in

Coll. J. B. Smith.

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3752. Acronycta longa. (Plate CXXVIL. fig. 6.)
Acronycta longa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 54 (1852).
Acronycta xylinoides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 56 (1852).
Acronycta xyliniformés, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 400 Cone Smith & Dyar, Pr.

U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 166, pl. iv. ff. 5, 10, 12, 15; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 45.

Apatela pallidicoma, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 169
(1878); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 45.

Head and thorax grey-white or purplish grey mixed with brown ;
palpi white, the 2nd joint black at sides; vertex of head with
paired black streaks; tegule with dorsal black streak; shoulders
and outer edges of patagia streaked with black; tibize streaked with
black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen pale rufous slightly
irrorated with fuscous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey-
white or purplish grey slightly tinged with reddish brown and more
or less irrorated with black, some white at base of inner margin ;
subbasai line represented by double dark striz from costa; a slight
black streak in submedian fold from base to the antemedial line,
which is double, oblique, waved, angled outwards below costa, very
indistinct except the outer line towards costa; the medial area with
black streak above vein 1; orbicular and reniform defined by black
with white patch between them in cell, the former small, round,
the latter with the black reduced to points on outer side; an
oblique dark striga from costa to reniform; postmedial line black
detined by white on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards
below costa, then strongly dentate, oblique below vein 4, angled
inwards in submedian fold and outwards on vein 1, crossed by a
black streak in submedian fold from well before it to termen
towards which it forks and with some white points beyond it on
costa; traces of a whitish subterminal line, angled inwards in sub-
median fold and with blackish streaks beyond it in the interspaces
intersecting the cilia. Hind wing pure white, in female usually
more or less suffused with brown especially on terminal area, the
apex faintly tinged with brown; the underside with the costal area
slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., 3 5, 2 2, New York, 3 Q type palli-
dicomma, Rhode I., 1 2, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Ilinois,
Carbondale, 1 2, Missouri, 1 6, Florida (Doubleday), 1 2.1 "exas.
Ep. 34-50 millim. Type + vylinoides iu Mus. Paris.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 168, pl. viii. f. 35.

Head shining black or red. Body blackish, shading to red below,
warts large; the hairs in dense tufts, spinose, brown, mixed with
short feathery white ones on wart 1. on joints 5 to 11; hairs of
joint 5 blackish or red. Food-plants: Low bushes.—H. G. D.

3753. Acronycta sperata. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 7.)

Acronycta sperata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 81, pl. ii. f. 1
(1878); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. pr 154, pl. ii. f. 6;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 45.

Acronycta speratina, Sinith, J. N.Y. Ent, Soe. xiii. p. 190 (1905).

158 NOCTUID.Z.

Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown; 2nd Joint of
palpi banded with black; shoulders with blackish stripes; fore
tarsi banded with black; abdomen white irrorated and suffused
with brown. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with brown and
suffused with brown beyond the medial and postmedial lines; sub-
basal line represented by double dark strize from costa; antemedial
line double, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform with brown
centres defined by blackish, the former very small, round, the latter
large ; medial line oblique from costa to reniform, angled outwards
at lower angle of cell and on vein 1, the brown suffusion beyond it
strong; postmedial line black defined by whitish on inner side,
double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, slightly
incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa; a diffused whitish subterminal line slightly
detined by brown on outer side and very slightly excurved below
vein 7 and at middle; a series of small blackish spots on termen
and base of cilia defined by whitish marks on inner side. Hind
wing pure white, the apex slightly tinged with brown; the under-
side with the costal area irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. speratina. Rather larger and paler, fore wing with the
markings more ditfused.—Colorado.

Hab. Canapa, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddlc), 12; U.S.A., Massa-
chusetts, Newton, 2 ¢ type, New York, 3 9, Center (Bailey), 1°,
Distr. of Columbia, Illinois, Missouri, Colorado, Denver. Lup.
34-88 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 155, pl. viii. ff. 31, 32.

Reddish brown, the body shaded with blackish, more especially
dorsally ; warts large with thick clusters of brown spinose hairs.
Food-plants : Low bushes.—H. G. D.

3754. Acronycta euphorbiz.

WNoevua euphorbie, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 67 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii.
p. 174 (1787) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 117. ff. 1-8; Hubn. Eur. Schmett.,
Noct. ff. 12 & 529; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 247, p). 88. £38; Herr.-Schatf.
Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 875, 377; Frr. Neue Beitr. pls. 177, 5388; Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 183.

Noctua obscura, Strom, Dansk Vid. Selsk. Skr. 1733, p. 79.

Noctua euphvasie, Brahm, Ins. Kal. ii. p. 148 (1791); Dup. Lép. Fr. vi.
1s 210), Tolle, tetsb io eh Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 873-4; Frr.
Neue Beitr. pl. 537.

Noctua esule, Wiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 613 (1818).

Noctua cyparisse, Hitbn. Kur. Schmeti., Noct. f. 615 (1818).

Noctua abscondita, Herr.-Schaft. Eur. Schmett., Noct. i. ff. 87-89 (1845),
nec Treit.

Acronycta montivaga, Guen, Noct. 1. p. 57 (1852).

Acronycta myri.@, Guen. Noct. 1. p. 59 (1852).

3. Head and thorax white mixed with black, the head slightly
tinged with ochreous: palpi with the 2nd joint blackish; frons
with blackish bar; tegule slightly tipped with black; tarsi blackish
ringed with white; abdomen whitish mixed with fuscous brown.
Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with black; subbasal line

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represented by slight blackish striz from costa and cell; antemedial
line rather indistinct, double, the lines rather widely separated
towards costa on which are small black spots, oblique, waved,
angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular defined by black and with
dark poinvt in centre, small, round; reniform defined by black, the
black on outer edge reduced to points, tbe centre suffused with
fuscous ; an oblique black striga from costa to reniform and oblique
waved line from lower angle of ccll to inner margin; postmedial
line black defined by whitish lunules on inner side, bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 3 and
angled outwards on vein 1, some whitish suffusion beyond it on
costa; subterminal line represented by a series of slight whitish
marks in the interspaces except at middle with slight dentate
blackish marks on their outer side; a terminal series of blackish
points with slight blackish streaks from them intersecting the cilia.
Hind wing pure white with slight dark irroration on the veins
towards termen on which is a series of slight dark spots; the
underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a
small indistinct discoidal spot.

©. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia white.

Ab. 1. obscura. Larger and darker.—Alps, Norway.

Ab. 2. myrice. Smaller and darker.—Britain mountains, Tar-
bagatai Mts.

Ab. 3. euphrasie. Paler, whitish or yellowish grey.—S. Europe.

Ab. 4. esule. Fore wing suffused with brown.

Hab. Britain, Forres, Rannoch, Leech Coll., England, Leech Coll. ;
France, Sand and Leech Colls. ; Grraany, Zeller, Frey and Leech
Colls.; Ausrrrs; Hungary, Leech Coll.; Swrrzerianp, Zeller and
Frey Colls.; Sprain; Iraty; Stcrzy, Zeller Coll:; Danaatta ;
Barkan Srares; Scanprnavia; Russta; ARMENIA; Asta Minor;
Srperia; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatal Mts. Hvp. 32-40 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 143; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 263, pl. 122. f. 3.

Black, the segmental incisions greenish grey, sometimes mostly
suffused with whitish ; subdorsal series of whitish or pale yellow
trilobate spots; subspiracular line orange-red; 2nd somite with
orange-red band; fascicles of black hair mixed with whitish ; head
black. Food-plants: Myrica, Hvica, Birch, &c. 8-9.

3795. Acronycta abscondita.

Acronycta abscondita, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. 2. p. 5 (1835); Frr. Neue
Beitr, pl. 178; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 878; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 133.

Noctua euphorbie, Herr.-Schaff. Hur. Schmett., Noct. f. 376 (nee Schiff.).

3. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous black ;
palpi with the 2nd joints blackish; tarsi blackish ringed with
white; abdomen whitish suffused with brown, the basal crest black
and white. Fore wing grey-white almost entirely suflused and
irrorated with fuscous brown, the veins with slight dark streaks ;

160 NOCLUID Al.

subbasal line represented by traces of a dark striga from costa:
antemedial line indistinct, double, waved, slightly oblique ; orbicular
defined by blackish, small, round ; reniform defined by blackish on
inner side, faintly defined on outer, small; a faint dark shade from
middle of costa to reniform and indistinct oblique waved line from
lower.angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line very indistinct,
slightly bent outwards below costa, then produced to slight dark
streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white
points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of slight whitish
marks in the interspaces, excurved below vein 7 and incurved below
vein 3; cilia white at tips. Hind wing white, the veins towards
termen slightly tinged with brown; a slight brown terminal line;
the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small
brownish discoidal spot.

@. Hind wing brown, the cilia white.

Hab. Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Lartanp, Leech
Coll.; Russta. xp. 82-36 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 158; Hffm. Raup. p. 76, pl. 22. f. 2.

Differs from A. euphorbice in having a red lateral stripe and no
red band on 2nd somite. Food-plants: Heath and Spurge. 6-7-8.

Sror. IIL. (Acrenycta). Thorax clothed with hair only; abdomen with the
basal crest hairy.
A. Fore wing bluish white rather strongly irrorated with fuscous. cretata.
B. Fore wing yellowish white, slightly or not irrerated with
fUSCOUS , erdnasusareause casa eumedsen smusssaitasdenmeesteciedeten erence leporina.

3756, Acronycta cretata. (Plate CXXVIL. fig. 8.)

Acrenycta cretata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. vui. p. 148 (1897); Smith &
Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 58, pl. xi. ff. 3,4; Dyar, Cat, Lep. N.
Am. p. 100.

Head and thorax white with a few fuscous hairs; palpi and frons
black at sides; antenne blackish; shoulders with black streaks ;
abdomen white dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing white
sparsely irrorated with blackish especially on inner medial area and
beyond the postmedial line; a short sinuous black streak below
base of cell; subbasal line represented by some black scales below
costa, the antemedial line by diffused blackish marks on costa and
below cell; orbicular represented by a very small black spot, the
reniform by a small black lunule with small diffused black mark
above it on costa; postmedial line with black point at costa, then
only defined by the black irroration beyond it, very strongly bent
outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and with
small black spots above and below vein 5, strongly incurved below
vein 4 and minutely dentate, with diffused black patch beyond it
from below vein 2 to above 1 crossed by a slight black streak in
submedian fold; the termen and base of cilia with small black
spots in the interspaces. Hind wing silvery white; a terminal

ACRONYCTA. 161

series of slight brown striz; the underside with black discoidal
spot and traces of curved postmedial line.

Hab. Canaps, Hudson’s Bay (Barnston), 1 3, Mackenzie R.,
Fort Good Hope, 1 9; U.S.A., Colorado, Garfield Co. (Bruce),
1 2 cotype. Hxp. 46 millim.

370/. Acronycta leporina.

Noctua leporina, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 510 ee ; Hsp. Schmett. iv.
pl. 91. ff. 1-5; Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 15-16; Dup. Lép. Fr.
vi. p. 225, pl. 87. f. 3; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust, mk p- 3d;
Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 59, vl. sai, at, Il, Bes Stand.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 181; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 100.

Noctua bradyporina, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 570-1 (1818); Treit.
Eur. Schmett. v. 1, p. 9 (1825) ; Herr.-Schaff. Hur. Schmett., Noct. £.636 ;
Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 36, pl. 26. f. 3.

Apatela vulpina, Gr ote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 8 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 40.

Acronycta bimacula, Maassen, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1871, p. 27.

acronycta semivirga, Tutt, Entom. 1888, p. 52.

Acronycta leporella, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 245.

Acronycta cineracea, Gres, Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 310.

Acronycta sancta, H. Edw. Ent. Am. iii. p. 185 (1888) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 40.

Apatela mesta, Dyar, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 29 (1904).

Head and thorax pure white ; palpi black at sides ; antennz
blackish ; shoulders with black stripes ; ; metathorax tinged with
brown ; tarsi blackish at extremities; abdomen white. dorsally
with fuscous hair mixed. Fore wing pure white; a black mark
at base of costa; subbasal line represented by a black point
on costa; a short sinuous black streak below base of cell expanding
into a spot at base; antemedial line represented by an oblique

niet)
rani

Fig. 19.—Acronycta leporina, 3. }.

black striga from costa and inwardly oblique striga from cell ;
orbicular absent; reniform a small black Junule with sinuous
black bar above it. from costa; postmedial line represented by a
black point on costa, then by a few black scales with more distinct
smal! dentate marks above and below vein 5 and below vein 2,
bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved at discal fold
and below vein 4; subterminal line absent; cilia intersected by
black streaks in the interspaces. Hind wing pure white; the
underside with faint discoidal spot.

VOL. VIII. M

162 NOCTUID®.

Ab. 1. bradyporina, Treit. Head and thorax irrorated with
fuscous ; fore wing strongly irrorated with fuscous, the veins with
slight dark streaks, the postmedial line more distinct, minutely
dentate with series of small black spots on it and more distinct
dentate black marks at discal fold and below vein 2; hind wing
with the veins of terminal half irrorated with black, a terminal
series of black strize with some fuscous beyond them at base of
cilia.

Ab. 2. semivirga. Fore wing with the terminal area suffused
with fuscous.

Ab. 3. leporella. Fore wing white irrorated with fuscous, the
markings indistinct.—Tibet, H. Siberia, Japan.

Ab. 4. masta. Much more thickly irrorated with grey.—Br.
Columbia.

Hab, Canava, Ontario, Br. Columbia, Kaslo; U.S.A., Maine,
New Hampshire, Jefferson, Massachusetts, New York, N. Illinois ;
Brrraty, Leech Coll.; Fxancz, Sand Coll.; Hontanp, Zeller Coll. ;
Denmark; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Austria,
Zeller Coll.; Huneary ; Swirzertanp; Spain, Bilbao; N. Ivaty ;
Fintanp; Russia, St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Sarepta ; ARMENIA ;
W. Turkestan, Issyk Kul; W. Steeria; E. Turxestan, li; Tier,
Kuku Nor, Amdo ; E. Stserta, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake
(Pryer), 1 gd. Exp. 38-48 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 140; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 226, pl. 120.
f. 1; Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. pl. 8. f. 26.

Green or greenish yellow, sometimes with obscure red-brown
dorsal and lateral suffusion ; numerous long white or yellowish hairs
directed forwards on right side and backwards on left; sometimes
with dorsal tufts of black hairs; head sometimes marked with
black. Food-plants: Alder, Birch, Elm, Salix. 7-9.

(American.) Head pale brownish. Body yellow, the hairs long,
soft, white or yellow, growing from theskin. Food-plant: Poplar.
—H. G. D.

Ab. mcsta.—Head white, largely black in front. Body whitish
or yellowish; the hairs long, soft, fine, growing from the skin, yellow
or white, no hair-pencils; a more or less well developed dorsal
black stripe. Food-plant: Poplar.—H. G. D.

Genus EULONCHE. i
ype.
Eulonche, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 81 (18738)............ oblinita.

Proboscis slight, non-functional ; palpi slender, obliquely poryect. extending
to well beyond frons, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair ; frons smooth ; eyes
large, rounded ; antennz laminate ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales
and without crests; tibice fringed with long hair; abdomen with some rough hair
at base and lateral fringes of hair but without crests. Fore wing narrow, the
apex more or less produced and the termen oblique, not crenulate; veins-3
and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from J0 anastomosing
with 8 to from the areole, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle
of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 shortly
stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

EULONCUE. 163

A. Fore wing with terminal series of small black spots.

a. Wore wing with the ground-colour white ...............-+ oblinita.
6. Fore wing with the ground-colour yellowish ............ arioch.
B. Fore wing without terminal series of black spots.
a. Fore wing bluish white irrorated with fuscous ......... lanceolaria,
b, Fore wing black-brown slightly irrorated with white... dsolita.

3758. Eulonche oblinita.

Phalena oblinita, Smith & Abbot, Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 187, pl. 94 (1797) ;
Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 169, pl. iv. ff. 6, 13,14; Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p, 46.

Acronycta salicis, Harr. Ent. Corresp. 1863, p. 314, f. 44.

Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous; palpi with the 2nd
joint black above; antennze blackish; abdomen white slightly
irrorated with brown. Fore wing white irrorated with fuscous, the
area below and beyond lower angle of cell whiter and a whitish fascia
from reniform to termen below apex ; subbasal line represented by
an oblique black striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct,
double filled in with white, strongly angled inwards on the veins
and outwards in the interspaces ; orbicular slightly and incompletely
defined by black, elongate elliptical ; reniform defined by black
points and with brownish centre, a slight diffused oblique dark

Fig. 20.—Eulonche oblinita, G. }.

bar above it from costa; postmedial line indistinct, strongly bent
outwards below costa, then strongly dentate and with slight black
lunules on it, strongly incurved below vein 3, some blackish points
beyond it on costa; traces of a white subterminal line slightly
angled outwards at vein 7 and with minute dark streaks beyond it
in the interspaces ; a terminal series of small black spots. Hind
wing pure white, with series of black points on termen from apex
to vein 2; the underside with small blackish discoidal spot.

Hab. Canava (Norman), 1 2, Nova Scotia (Redman), 19,
Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 9; U.S.A., New York, 3 g,2 @,
Evans Center (Grote), 1 6,1 9, Ohio, 2 ¢, Distr. of Columbia,
Florida, Kansas, 1 ¢, Riley Co. and West to Rocky Mts. ap.
40-50 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 170, pl. viii. ff, 29-30.

Head shining black. Body hlack with a broad yellow substig-
matal band and a broken dotted subdorsal one; warts large, ligut
red; each segment with a more or less distinct transverse red band ;

M 2

164. NOCTUID®,

hairs short, bristly, spinose, reddish. Food-plants: Alder and
other low bushes.— H. G. D.

*3759. Eulonche arioch.

Acronycta arioch, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 5 (1898); Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 104.

Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy ochreous white. Fore
wing creamy ochreous white, irrorated with brown especially on
costal area; four black points in cell; postmedial line represented
by a series of small dentate marks ; a very faint subterminal series
of short dark streaks ; a terminal series of round black points ; cilia
white. Hind wing pure white.

Hab. U.S.A., Louisiana, New Orleans. xp. 54 millim.
This species is unknown to me.

3760. Kulonche lanceolaria. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 9.)

Apatela lanceolaria, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sei. Phil. 1875, p 418; id. Ill.
Essay, 1882, p. 50, pl. 1. f.5; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi.
p- 171; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 46.

Head and thorax bluish white mixed with fuscous brown; palpi
with the 2nd joint dark brown above ; patagia slightly edged with
brown above ; tarsi banded with brown ; abdomen greyish suffused
with red-brown. Fore wing bluish white thickly irrorated with
fuscous brown; a white streak in cell above median nervure ; an
oblique white fascia from end of cell to near termen below apex;
a blackish point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line represented
by a very indistinct whitish band, oblique from vein 4 to sub-
median fold, then erect, crossed by a dark streak in submedian fold
from well before it to termen and another slight dark streak above
vein 4 from beyond lower angle of cell to termen; the interspaces
of terminal area with slight dark streaks; whitish subterminal
lunules between veins 4 and 2; a series of blackish points at base
of cilia, with slight dark streaks from them intersecting the cilia.
Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal area slightly
irrorated with fuscous, a blackish discoidal point.

Hab. Canapa, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 9; U-.S.A.,
Massachusetts, 1 ¢,1 2 type. Exp. ¢ 46, 9 48 millim. |

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U, 8. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 172.

Head black on the face, pale on the sides. Body green, more or
less shaded with black, especially in dorsal and lateral stripes ;
warts large, pale; the hairs in tufts, spimose, black, mixed with a
few long pale ones. Food-plants: Various low bushes.—H. G. D.

3761. Eulonche insolita. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 10.) ~
Acronycta insolita, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sci. i. p. 82 (1873) ; Smith
& Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 173; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 46.

¢. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some brownish

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white ; palpi white at base; sides of frons, basal joint of antenne
in front, some scales on base of shaft and streaks behind their bases
white; pectus white; legs streaked with white; abdomen white
irrorated with black-brown especially towards extremity and on
ventral surface. Fore wing black-brown slightly mixed with
white; faint traces of an antemedial line oblique from costa to
submedian fold; orbicular faintly defined by brown, small, round ;
some faint dark marks on discocellulars; postmedial line very
indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and defined on
inner side by faint whitish lunules, strongly incurved below vein 4,
some white points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of
faint whitish lunules. Hind wing white, the costal and terminal
areas slightly irrorated with brown especially at apex; the
underside with the costal area thickly irrorated with brown, a
brown discoidal spot.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, 1 g type. Hap.
42 millim.

Prof. Smith has gradations indicating that this may be a melanic
variety of H. lanceolaria.

Genus MEROLONCHE. ie
ype.
Merolonche, Grote; Ml. Hssay, 1882; p. 50!.-...-...2+---2---eeeecee anes spinea.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi porrect, hardly reaching beyond the
frontal tuft and clotned with long hair, the 3rd joint short; frons smooth ;
eyes rather small, round; antenne of male bipectinate with short branches,
the apex serrate ; head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales and
without crests; tibie fringed with long hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at
base only. Fore wing triangular, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;
veins 3 and 6 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins
3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent {rom middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with strong black medial diffused line ............... lupint.
B. Fore wing with the medial shade indistinct.
a. Fore wing thickly irrorated with black..........................5 ursina.
b. Fore wing suffused with purplish grey ......................0000 spunea.

3762. Merolonche lupini. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 11.)
Acronycta lupini, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p.79 (1878) ; Smith &
Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 179, pl. iii. £ 2, & pl. x.f.4; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 35.

Head and thorax bluish white mixed with black ; palpi blackish;
patagia with slight black lines near edges; tarsi blackish ringed
with white; abdomen grey-white suffused with fuscous brown,
especially on dorsum. Fore wing bluish white thickly irrorated
with black and tinged with brown except on basal area ; subbasal
line represented by double black strive from costa, antemedial line
double, blackish, rather diffused, irregularly dentate and somewhat

166 NOCLUID.E.

oblique, the lines widely separated ; orbicular and reniform small,
the former defined by black, round, the latter defined by black on
inner side, slightly defined on outer; astrong oblique black bar
from costa to reniform, and obliquely incurved dentate line from
lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled
in with bluish white, the inner line indistinct except at costa, bent
outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 3 and
with blackish mark on its inner edge at submedian fold, some
black strize beyond it from costa; subterminal line formed by indis-
tinct whitish marks in the interspaces with blackish points on their
outer edges, somewhat angled inwards at discal and submedian
folds; a terminal series of black points with blackish streaks from
them intersecting the cilia, which are whitish. Hind wing whitish
suffused with brown, the veins brown; a slight discoidal spot and
traces of diffused postmedial and subterminal lines ; a slight dark
terminal line; the underside whitish tinged and irrorated with
brown, especially on costal and terminal areas, a blackish discoidal
iunule with slight dark bar above it from costa.

Hab, U.S.A., California, Mendocino Co, 2 6,1 type. Hp.
¢ 44, 9 50 millim.

3763. Merolonche ursina. (Plate CXXVIL. fig. 12.)

Merolonche wrsina, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 180, pl. x.
ff. 5, 6 (1899) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 105.

2. Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown and black ;
patagia with black streaks on outer edges and basal half of inner
edges ; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey irrorated
with black and suffused with black-brown. Fore wing grey-white
thickly irrorated with black and suffused with black-brown, espe-
cially on medial area and beyond the postmedial line; subbasal
line represented by two black points on costa; antemedial line very
indistinct, double, waved, curved; orbicular defined by blackish,
rather elongate elliptical and with slight black streak from it to
the reniform, which is suffused with fuscous and indistinctly de-
fined by blackish points ; an indistinct diffused dark bar from costa
to reniform; postmedial line black defined on either side by grey,
bent outwards below costa, then dentate, slightly angled inwards
at discal fold and strongly incurved below vein 4, some whitish
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line formed by lunulate
whitish marks in the interspaces, defined on outer side; by slight
dark points, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, and somewhat
angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of
small black spots; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing
whitish suffused with brown except at termen; a faint discoidal
spot and indistinct diffused subterminal line; a terminal series of
blackish points ; cilia chequered blackish and white; the underside
white tinged with brown and irrorated with dark brown, a blackish
discoidal lunule.

MEROLONCHE. 167

Hab. Canwanva, Br. Columbia, Fraser R. (St. John), 1 2; U.S.A.
Colorado, Durango, 1 2, California, Sierra Nevada. Hap. 38-
42 millim.

3764. Merolonche spinea.

Apatela spinea, Grote, Buff. Bull. Soe. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 78 (1876); Smith
& Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 179, pl. x. ff. 2,3; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 35.

Head and thorax whitish tinged with purplish grey and ochreous
and mixed with red-brown and some black; sides of palpi and
frons red-brown; tegule with slight black dorsal streak; patagia
edged with black; prothorax with some rufous; tarsi fuscous
ringed with white; abdomen greyish suffused with brown and at
base with rufous. Fore wing whitish tinged with violaceous grey
and slightly irrorated with brown, some dark suffusion beyond the
medial and postmedial lines; subbasal line represented by slight

brown bars from costa and cell; antemedial line indistinct, diffused,
interrupted, oblique and waved from costa to middle of cell; orbi-
cular hardly traceable, round, with slight black streak above ;
reniform an indistinct whitish lunule defined on inner side by
diffused brown and with some dark points on outer side; a black-
brown bar from middle of costa and one above reniform ; a diffused
incurved brownish medial line from cell to inner margin crossed
by a short strong blackish fascia in submedial fold ; postmedial
line brown defined by white on inner side, double at costa, strongly
bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, slightly incurved
at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some whitish points
beyond it on costa with dark striz between them; a diffused
whitish subterminal line with slight dentate black marks on its
outer edge below costa and on vein 2, angled inwards at discal
and submedian folds and diffused to tornus; cilia chequered black-
brown and white. Hind wing whitish suffused with black-brown,
leaving a white patch on termen in submedian interspace ; cilia
white ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a blackish dis-
coidal lunule, two diffused dark bars from medial part of costa, and
a diffused oblique line from lower angle of cell to inner margin.

Hab. U.S.A, California, 1G, 22 type. Hap. 3 44, 2 48
millim.

168 NOCTUID A.

Genus STILBINA. mete
Svatleripar, tshanisl, Ibeksys rhe) ye, 243)0) (USBI) sAcenegacndeogsnesnneags 0900 hypenides.

Proboscis aborted ; palpi porrect, short, moderately fringed with hair below,
the 3rd joint minute; frons with long bilobed corneous process with tuft of
hair above it and shorter corneous plate below it excised in front; eyes large,
round ; antennz of male bipectinate with long branches to apex ; build slender ;
thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the prothorax with spreading crest,
the metathorax with decumbent crest; tibiae smoothly scaled, the spurs long ;
abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from
upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle
of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell to one
third.

3765. Stilbina hypenides.

Stilbina hypenides, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 290, pl. 3. f. 12 (1891); id. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 194.

3. Head yellowish white; sides of palpi and frons red-brown ;
thorax ochreous suffused with red-brown; legs red-brown, the
tarsi fuscous with white rings; abdomen ochreous white. Fore
wing whitish suffused with pale ferruginous, the costal area suffused
with brown, the median nervure and base of veins arising from it
slightly streaked with white; a dark mark at base of costa and

pees
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yd

Fig. 22.—Stilbina hypenides, S. 1.

small subbasal black mark above inner margin; a slight brown
streak in basal half of submedian fold defined by whitish below:
antemedial line slight, black, angled outwards below costa and in
cell, then obsolete; orbicular a large elongate elliptical black-
brown patch; reniform a black-brown patch truncate above and
rounded below, where it is broken up by the white on veins at
lower angle of cell; postmedial line represented by two dark points
on costa, then by a whitish line strongly bent outwards below
costa, defined by diffused blackish below and slight dark marks
above, then obsolete, some slight white striz from costa beyond it ;
subterminal line very faint, brownish, excurved below vein 7 and
obsolete below vein 5; a terminal series of slight red-brown striz ;
cilia chequered dark brown and whitish. Hind wing yellowish
white, the terminal area suffused with pale red-brown ; the under-
side white tinged with reddish ochreous.

@. Fore wing tinged with brown instead of ferruginous; the

STILBINA.—HYPEUTHINA. 169

costal area and cell suffused with pale brown; median nervure not
streaked with white; the streak in submedian fold more prominent;
antemedial line double from cell to inner margin, extremely strongly
excurved in submedian interspace, then very strongly angled
inwards on vein | and outwards above inner margin; orbicular and
reniform with slight whitish annuli defined by black; postmedial
line represented by dark points on the veins from custa to vein 3
and bent outwards below costa, below vein 3 incurved, double,
waved; subterminal line rather more distinct and traceable
throughout, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, then oblique.
Hab. Syria; Pauestins,1g,19. Hap. ¢ 36, 9 38 millim.

Genus HYPEUTHINA. Type
Hypeuthina, Led. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1855, p. 199 ...... fulgurita.

Proboscis absent; palpi porrect, extending to just beyond frons and
moderately fringed with hair below, the 3rd joint minute; frons with rounded
prominence with corneous plate with curved outer edge at middle, and large
eorneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded; antennz of male bipectinate
with very short branches; build slender; thorax clothed with hair and scales
mixed and without distinct crests; tibize smoothly sealed, the spurs long ;
abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell;
6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11
from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from
middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell.

A. Fore wing with white streaks in discal and submedian folds

Glaithngel loyy WAGs IOSIOGF scoceoocnoqsosecasso2q0a00s09200n000000005000 Sulgurita.
B. Fore wing without white streaks in discal and submedian
foldsidetnedsbyablackabelowsereeeeeecrtece eee te receeeeeeenee numiada.

3766. Hypeuthina fulgurita.

Hiupeuthina fulgurita, Led. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1855, p. 199, pl. 4.
f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 373.

¢. Head and thorax white, the head tinged with ochreous ;
sides of palpi and frons brown; antennz ochreous; dorsum of

Fig. 23.—Hypeuthina fulgurita, G. }.

thorax with pair of black streaks; pectus and legs brown; abdo-
men ochreous white, the ventral surface brown. Fore wing
ochreous suffused with pale red-brown, the veins with dark streaks ;
a white streak in submedian fold to beyond middle with black
streak below it, diffused below and acutely angled inwards at

170 NOCTUID &.

extremity ; a white streak in discal fold from before middle to
end of cell with black streak below it; slight black streaks beyond
the cell above and below vein 5, some slight white striz from
terminal half of costa; dentate white marks from beyond middle
to termen on each side of veins 6, 4, 3 and a white streak below
vein 3 to below angle of cell, with diffused black marks above and
between them, slightly defined by black on inner side below vein 5
and the streak with slight black streak on its lower edge, the ex-
tremities of veins 7 and 4 also defined by slight dentate white marks ;
a black terminal line interrupted by white streaks intersecting the
cilia. Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal half tinged with
pale red-brown; cilia ochreous white; the underside white, the
costal and terminal areas broadly tinged with pale red-brown.

2. Much whiter and with hardly any brown suffusion; fore
wing with the black streaks slighter, the dentate marks on terminal
area slightly defined by black.

Hab. Syzta, 1 g6,1 2. Hep. 3g 34, 2 36 millim.

*3767. ? Hypeuthina numida.

Hypeuthyna numida, Oberth. Et. Ent. xiii. p. 27, pl. 6. f. 41 (1890); Stand.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 373.

Head and thorax brown; abdomen grey suffused with brown.
Fore wing grey-brown; antemedial line double, brown, rather
diffused, oblique from costa to submedian fold where it is angled
outwards, then inwardly oblique; orbicular and reniform with
brown centres and grey annuli defined by brown, the former round,
the latter constricted at middle ; a brown line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, bent outwards and
obsolescent below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; post-
medial area dark brown except towards costa; subterminal line
only defined by the contrast between the postmedial and terminal
areas, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incuryed; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing grey tinged with brown.

Hab. Auerrta, Magenta; Tunis, Kef. Hwxp. 36 millim. This
species is unknown to me.

Genus PSEUDOLIGIA. Type
Pseudoligia, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 242 (1901) .........--seeeeeeeee similiaria.

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi porrect, extending to just beyond frons
and fringed with hair below, the 3rd joint short; frons smooth; eyes
large, round; antenne of male ciliated; vertex of head with tuft of hair,
thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the pro- and metathorax with
spreading crests; tibiee fringed with rather long hair, the fore tibiz with long
curyed claw at extremity on inner side; abdomen with some rough hair at
base but without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded,
the termen obliquely curved and not crenulate; vein 3 from before angle of
cell; 5 from just above angle, the upper angle produced ; vein 6 from ang!e ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of
discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to about
one third.

PSEUDOLIGIA.—SCOTOCAMPA. 171

3768. Pseudoligia similiaria.
Ligia similiaria, Mén. Mém. Ac. Imp. Sei. St. Pétersb. vi. p. 296, pl. 6.
f. 12 (1849); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 242, & Add. p. 256.
Epimecia argiliacea, Christ. Rom. Mém. iii. p. 81, pl. 4. f. 6 (1887);
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 154.
¢. Head and thorax white mixed with pale reddish brown and
black ; palpi with blackish marks at sides of joints; tibiw at
extremities and tarsi ringed with black; abdomen white tinged
with brown. Fore wing grey-white suffused with reddish and
fuscous brewn and with some dark irroration, the veins with dark
streaks, on terminal area with whitish streaks; subbasal and
antemedial lines represented by oblique dark strie from costa; the
inedial area with black streaks above and below submedian fold
with a whitish mark between them representing the claviform ;
erbicular and reniform absent ; postmedial line represented by an
obscure oblique dark band from cesta towards apex to inner

Fig. 24.-—Pseudoligia similiaria, 3.

ilps

margin, diffused on inner side and dentate on outer, and with
whitish suffusion beyond it from costa to vein 2; subterminal line
faint, whitish, defined on inner side by slight dentate dark marks ;
a terminal series of black striz defined on inner side by whitish
marks ; cilia white mixed with black at base and tips. Hind wing
white, the veins brownish; a diffused brown discoidal lunule ; the
area beyond the cell irrorated with brown and with faint diffused
subterminal band from costa to vein 2; a strong brown terminal
line; the underside white with black discoidal spot and terminal line.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Tedshen Oasis (Hauser), 1 ¢,
Bokhara. wp. 40 millim.

Genus SCOTOCAMPA. Type
Scotocanpa, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 36 ............ cece enee indigesta.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the
frons, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair below, the 3rd short; frons with
vertical ridge; eyes large, round; antenne of male minutely serrate and
with fascicles of long cilia; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales,
the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibize moderately fringed with
hair, the fore tarsi with curved claw-like spines on Ist joint ; abdomen with
some rough hair at base, but, without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the termen obliquely curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;
5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-
mosing with the cell near base only.

172 NOCTUID 23.

3769. Scotocampa indigesta.

Scotocampa indigesta, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 86; id. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 212.

¢. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous; antenne
white ; tarsi ringed with black; abdomen white irrorated with
fuscous. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with fuscous, the veins
slightly streaked with white; a black streak below base of cell ;
faint traces of an oblique waved antemedial line; claviform a white
streak defined by black at extremity and below and with faint black
streak from it to subterminal line; orbicular and reniform absent ;
faint traces of a postmedial line bent outwards below costa and

Fig. 25.—Scotocampa indigesta, 3.

il
oblique below vein 4; subterminal line white, dentate, very indis-
tinct from costa to vein 4, then more prominent, crossed by short
black streaks in the interspaces, oblique below vein 5 and strongly
angled inwards above and below vein 2; cilia fuscous intersected
with white. Hind wing white; a small black discoidal lunule ;
the terminal area irrorated with fuscous forming obscure streaks in
the interspaces ; cilia white. Underside of both wings white with
black discoidal lunules, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
fuscous,

Hab. W. Turxustan, Issyk Kul; HE. Turxestan, Ili, Kungess,
Ig. xp. 33 millim..

Genus LEIOMETOPON. Tepe
Leiometopon, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p.37 ..........6....ceeees simyrides.

Proboscis aborted; palpi porrect, projecting about the length of head and
clothed with long hair, the 3rd joint short; frons with large rounded promi-
nence; eyes large, round ; antennz laminate in both sexes ; thorax clothed with
rough hair and scales, the prothorax without distinct crest, the metathorax
with large crest of rough scales; tibize clothed with rather long hair; abdomen
with some rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wiug with the apex
rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 8 and 5 from near
angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
ar cole: 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obso-
lescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.

3770. Leiometopon simyrides.
Leiometopon simyrides, Staud,. Stett. ent. Zeit. i888, p. 87; id. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 134.
6. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with some
white, the frons and base of tegule white. Fore wing grey thickly
irrorated with reddish brown, the veins with shght brown streaks ;

LEIOMETOPON.—SIMYRA. Wie

a broad white fascia in and below cell from base to the antemedial
line, which is indistinct, diffused, minutely waved, oblique from
costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique and angled inwards
on vein 1, then bent outwards to meet the postmedial line above
inner margin; the end of cell and area beyond it to the postmedial
line whitish ; a small brown discoidal spot; postmedial line brown,
minutely dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4, then strongly
incurved, defined by whitish on outer side and bent inwards to the
antemedial line above inner margin, some whitish beyond it above
and below vein 5 and two small white spots on costa ; subterminal
line represented by obscure somewhat dentate brown marks on its
inner side from vein 6 to inner margin, incurved below vein 3 and
with brownish marks beyond it and above vein 2; a terminal

Fig. 26.—Leiometopon simyrides, $. 1.

series of brown striv ; cilia white with a dark brown line near
base. Hind wing pale reddish brown; cilia whitish; the under-
side with the costal area and termen irrorated with white.

@. Whiter; fore wivg with black streak below the white fascia
in submedian interspace, the white in lower end of cell and thence
obliquely towards apex more prominent, the discal fold in end of cell
defined above and below by brown streaks to the small discoidal spot.

Hab. K. Turxesran, Dscharkent, 1g, Thian-Shén Mts., 1 ©.
Exp. S 36, 2 40 millim.

Genus SIMYRA.

Type.
Simyra, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 81 (1816), non deser. ; Treit.
Solan, 1Bine, ((D)) this jo ATO): (USZAD)).96 »sr0c0000dn0sns0nons00nesar00c albovenosa.
Arsilonche, led. Noct. Kur: p> (O\GS5M)) cise-nesccesaeeecees cece see albovenosa,

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi porrect, extending to beyond frons and
clothed with long hair; frons smooth; eyes rather small, round; antenne of
male typically laminate; thorax clothed with hair only and without crests;
tibiz fringed with long hair; abdomen dorsally clothed with rough hair at
base and with lateral fringes of hair but without crests. Fore wing with
the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved and not
erenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; § from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 from angle of cell or shortly stalked; 5 obsolescent from just
below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with moderate branches dilated at
extremity.

A. Fore wing with the veins defined by slight brown streaks.
a. Fore wing with brown streak on median nervure and vein 4
OHOWEDL 1ST) 110) WEIBTNEogahsooand0s soopspdnoaeDsbooo9N5H8G 3023000070. buettneri,

174 NOCTUID 2%.

6. Fore wing without brown streak on median nervure and
NCIC eee eae AsHenaneeA er ransades Saocc aiaancasoseocbadonboodeceonadenod NET VOSA.
B. Fore wing pure white, the veins not defined by streaks ......... splendida.

*3771. Simyra buettneri.
Arsilonche buetinert, Hering, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1858, p. 442, pl. 3; Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 134.
Nonagria bloomeri, Hein. Schmett. Deutsch. i. p. 408 (1859).

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white slightly irrorated with
brown. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with fuscous; the
veins with dark streaks; diffused reddish fascie along median
nervure and vein 4 from base to termen and above and below
vein 1. hind wing whitish faintly tinged with pink, the veins
with dark streaks,

Hab. N. Germany, Pomerania; 8. Russta, Taganrog. Exp. 30-
32 millim. This species is unknown to me,

3772. Simyra nervosa.
Noctua nervosa, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 85 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. it.
p. 1389 (1787); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 226; Frr. Neue Beitr.

pl. 101; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 339, pl. 120. f. 8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 134.
Noctua oxyptera, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 130. f. 6 (1788).
Simyra argentacea, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 887-8 (1849).
Simyra torosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 62 (1852).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with pale red-brown.
Fore wing white suffused with red-brown and sparsely irrorated
with black scales, the veins white defined by pale brown streaks
especially on terminal area; costal edge pure white. Hind wing
white suffused with pale reddish brown except at termen. Under-
side of fore wing white suffused with red-brown leaving the costa

Fig. 27.—Simyra nervosa, S. }.

and inner and terminal areas white; hind wing suffused with red-
brown leaving the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 white
sparsely irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing white slightly tinged with red-brown ; hind
wing slightly suffused with red-brown along median nervure and
beyond the cell.

Ab. 2. argentacea. Fore wing silvery white without any red-
brown tinge; hind wing slightly suffused with brown in male,
almost pure white in female.—S. Russia, W. & HE. Turkestan.

SIMYRA. NTS

Hab. Germany, Zeller & Leech Colls.; Atsrrra; Huneary, Frey
Coll.; Swrrzertiann, Valais; N. Ivaty; 8. Russta, Sarepta, Zeller
& D’Emmick Colls.; ? Asta Mryor, Pontus; W. Turxrnsran, Tarba-
gatai Mts., Issyk Kul, Ala Tau; W. Srperra, Altai; E. Turkesran,
Ili, Korla; Moneorra, Urga. Hvp. 32-42 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 161 ; Hffm. Raup. p. 73, pl. 21. f. 16.

Dark grey with yellowish hairs, whitish longitudinal lines and
broad macular dorsal stripe. Food-plants: Spurge, Sorrel. 6.

3773. Simyra splendida.

Simyra splendida, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 245; id. Rom, Mém.
vi. p. 383, pl. 6. f. 1; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 134.
Simyra niveonitens, Gres, Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 309.

3$. Head and thorax pure white, the tegule faintly tinged with
brown; branches of antennz fulvous; tarsi tinged with brown;
abdomen white with a few dark scales. Fore wing white irrorated
with a very few brown scales, tle veins slightly tinged with brown,
the termen with ochreous. Hind wing pure white.

Ab. 1. Hind wing suffused with brown leaving the termen and
cilia white.

Hab. W. Turxestan, Tedschen Oasis (Hauser), 1 g ; E. TurK-
EsTAN, Ili; Tisnr, Amdo; KE. Srseria, Ussuri; Corna. vp.
36 millim.

Secr. II. Antenne of male bipectinate with very short branches,

3774. Simyra dentinosa.
Noctua dentinosa, Frr. Neue Beitr. iii. p. 97, pl. 263. ff. 2, 3 (1839); Dup.
Lép. Fr., Suppl. ili. p. 479, pl. 41. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 134.

Symira tendinosa, Herr.-Schaff, Hur. Schmett. ii. p. 179, Noct. ff. 393-4
(1845).

Cucullia leucaspis, F. de Wald. Bull. Mose. 1840, p. 84, pl. 3. f. 2.

Head and thorax white suffused with red-brown leaving the
dorsum of thorax and the patagia whiter ; palpi red-brown except at
base ; patagia with black streaks on outer edges; abdomen white
mixed with pale fuscous and some rufous hair at base. Fore wing
white, the area below the cell suffused with reddish brown to post-
medial line, the veins slightly streaked with brown; antemedial
line brown with dark spot at costa, inwardly oblique, and slightly
excurved at inner margin, a slight brown spot in end of cell ; post-
medial line very indistinct, double, oblique from costa to vein 7,
then dentate, very oblique from vein 4 to submedian fold, then
angled outwards on vein 1 on which there is a whitish dentate
mark before it, some brown suffusion beyond it on costa with
whitish points on it and brown streaks from it to termen below
apex and at vein 5; the interspaces of terminal area with diffused
brown streaks; cilia red-brown at base, white at tips. Hind wing.
white, the base suffused with red-brown; a slight discoidal point

176 NOCTUID.

and traces of a curved diffused postmedial line ; the underside with
the discoidal spot and postmedial line more distinct.

Hab. Butearta; Russta, Sarepta (Christoph), Zeller & Leech
Colls.; ArmEntaA, | ¢, 1 9; Kurpistan, Malatia; Asta Minor,
Pontus, 1 ¢, Bithynia; Patustrine; Prersta; W. Sipura. Hap.
36-40 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 161; Hffm. Raup. p. 73.

Green, the segmental incisions yellow; head black. Food-plant:
Euphorbia, 5-6, gregarious.

Secr. III, Antennz of male laminate,

A. Fore wing with more or less prominent dark streaks below
base of cell and above and below vein 5.
a. Fore wing acutely produced at apex, the irroration and
Seales) Loree ae TRE RON IN Sooascocupnecnaoecodanedaone0sbe00N0000 henrici.
b. Fore wing less produced at apex, the irroration and streaks
darker brown.
a, Fore wing with the veins of terminal area defined by
bier ing lOO WN SAVERS, ono ncoccooeancqcncoonascbunneeneserosoon. colorada.
6!. Fore wing with the veins of terminal area not defined
by brown streaks.
GP, Vabhhnel \initnyee W/lMi®) cacsoaneaaooseqadegns3050000000000000000008 albovenosa.
GH; Jalal Write OCIMREOUS PREY, concoconccoansonsennooncas6aqu00" sepistriata,
B. Fore wing without dark streaks below base of cell and above
and below vein 5.
a. Fore wing nearly uniform rufous, the costal edge white... albicosta,
b. Fore wing with the costal edge not white.

a, Fore wing pale rufous thickly irrorated with rufous... confusa.
6, Fore wing ochreous white sparsely irrorated with
TUTOUS eich acsveescact socsneucneoeus eescacemesheemntcees ese donets CONSPETSA.

3775. Simyra henrici. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 13.)

Leucania henrici, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 10 (1873); Smith
& Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 175, pl. x. f. 7; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 34.

Lewcania evanida; Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sei. i. p. 10 (1873).

Ablepharon fumosum, Morr. Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sci. i. p- 275 (1878).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white faintly tinged with red-brown.
Fore wing white faintly tinged and irrorated with red-brown, the
veins of teminal half faintly defined by shght rufous streaks; a
pale rufous fascia from above median nervure at origin of vein 2 to
near termen above vein 4, a slight fascia in submedian fold from
base to beyond middle and a slight fascia above vein 7. Hind wing
silvery white.

Ab. 1. fumosa. Almost entirely suffused with slate-grey.

Flab. CanaDa, Ottawa (Gibson, Saunders), 2 6, 192; U.S.A.,
Massachusetts, New York, 3¢,19, type and yy pe evanida, Kansas,
California, New Mexico, Albuquerque (Oslar), 2 9, Roswell (Cock-
erell), 1 2 ; Cua, 1 ¢, Grote Coll. Hap. 36-46 walla.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 176.

Larva. Head shining black, marked with white above mouth, a
V-mark over elypeus, 2 band on vertex of each lobe and on sides,

lod

SIMYRA. U7

Body eylindrical, black, dotted with yellow ; a yellow subdorsal line
and a more sharply defined substigmatal one. Warts raised, light
red, bearing tufts of short pale hair. Food-plant: Grass.—H.G. D.

37/6. Simyra colorada. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 14.)

Arsilonche coiorada, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 414 (1900) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 105.

3. Head and thorax pale grey tinged with reddish brown; palpi
fuscous except at base ; antennze fuscous except upper side of shaft ;
abdomen grey tinged with brown at base and fuscous at extremity.
Fore wing grey-white slightly tinged with brown, the costal area
slightly irrorated with brown ; the veins of terminal area defined
by slight brown streaks, the discal fold from middle of cell and the
submedian fold with rather stronger brown streaks; cilia white
slightly tinged with fuscous. Hind wing white faintly tinged with
brown.

Hab, U.S.A., Colorado, Denver, 1 ¢, Glenwood Springs. zp.
34 millim.

3777. Simyra albovenosa.

Noctua pallens, Sepp, Ins. Ned. ii. pt. 3, p. 11, pl. 3. ff. 1-9 (1777), nec
Linn.

Noctua albo-venosa, Goeze, Ent. Beytr. iii. 3, p. 251 (1781); Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 134.

Noctua venosa, Borkh. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 716 (1792); Dup. Lép. Fr.
vii. p. 848, pl. 120. f. 7; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 410; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent.,
Haust. ili. p. 82.

Noctua degener, Sepp, Ins. Ned. iv. corrigenda, nec Schiff.; Hubn. Eur.
Schmett., Noct. f. 380 (1808).

Noctua atomima, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 175 (1809).

Simyra centripuncta, Herr.-Schaff. Neue Schmett. p. 4, ff. 24, 25 (1856),

Arsilonche flavida, Auriv. Ent. Tids. 1880, p. 38.

Arsilonche murina, Auriv. Ent. Tids. 1880, p. 37, pl. i. f. 2.

Arsilonche albida, Auriv. Ent. Tids. 1880, p. 38.

Arsilonche ochracea, Tutt, Kntom. 1888, p. 99.

Arsilonche argentea, Tutt, Entom. 1888, p. 100.

Arsilonche tristis, Bang-Haas, Iris, 1907, p. 70.

Head and thorax white tinged with pale rufous ; abdomen white.
Fore wing white tinged with pale rufous and slightly irrorated

Fig. 28.—Stmyra albovenosa, 3. F-

with brown; traces of a dark streak in basal half of submedian
fold and of a brownish streak above vein 4 from lower angle of cell
VoL. VIII. N

178 NOCTUID&.

to termen ; a terminal series of black points from apex to vein 3.
Hind wing pure white.

Ab. 1. centripuncta. Fore wing with black point at lower angle
of cell._—Dalmatia, Russia.

2. flavida. Fore wing yellowish.

Ab. 3. albida. Fore wing with the ground-colour white.

Ab. 4. murina. Head, thorax, and fore wing deep red-brown,
the veins streaked with white; hind wing with the terminal area
suffused with brown leaving white streaks on the veins.—Dalmatia,
Sweden.

Hab. Britarn Leech Coll.; Francr, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller,
Frey, and Leech Colls.; Ausrria; Huneary ; SWITZEREAND + Dat-
MAITA; SwepEn, | g,1 9; FInnanp ; Russia; E. rete ae Jb.
Lap. 30-42 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 144; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 275, pl. 123.
ify Ok

Blackish or dark grey-brown with pale marblings; subdorsal
and spiracular lines pale ochreous yellow often marked with red,
the tubercles on them yellow or orange; fascicles of pale reddish-
brown and black hairs; head black streaked with ochreous. J vod-
plants: Phragmites, Carex, Typha. 8-9.

*3778. Simyra sepistriata.
Arsilonche sepistriata, Alph. Iris, vit. p. 188 (1895).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen white suffused in parts with
brown. Fore wing white with broad brown streaks in the inter-
spaces. Hind wing uniform ochreous grey.

Hab. Moneouta, ‘Urga. Evp.40 millim, This species is unknown
to me.

3779. Simyra albicosta, n. sp. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 15.)

@. Head and thorax white, the head, tegulz, prothorax, front,
of pectus, and legs suffused with rufous; abdomen white tinged
with red-brown. Fore wing rufous, the costal edge white, the
median nervure and veins of terminal half shghtly streaked with
white ; a white spot at base of costa; cilia white at tips. Hind
wing white faintly tinged with red-brown; cilia white.

Hab. Mapras, Nilgiris, 1 Q type. Hap. 40 millim.

3780. Simyra confusa.

Leucania confusa, W1k. ix. 105 (18: 56) ; Moore, Lep. Sey ili. p. 9, pl. 145.
f.4; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 285.

Head and thorax white tinged with rufous; abdomen white, the
extremity and ventral surface tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale
rufous slightly irrorated with brown, sometimes with two slight
brown striz on discocellulars and one beyond upper angle of cell ;
cilia white faintly tinged with rufous. Hind wing white faintly

SIMYRA.—EOGENA. 179

tinged with ochreous; the underside with the costal area suffused
with pale rufous.

Hab. Cryion (Templeton), 4 3g type, Puttalam (Pole), 1 ©.
Exp. 30-38 millim,

3781. Simyra conspersa. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 16.)

Simyra conspersa, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 340; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p- 286.

Head and thorax ochreous white slightly irrorated with brown ;
abdomen white. Fore wing ochreous white thickly and evenly
irrorated with reddish brown, usually with two slight brown strie
on discocellulars and one beyond upper angle of cell. Hind wing
white ; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous.

Hab. Ponsas, Manpuri, 1 @ type; Sicuim,1 $ ; Beneat, Cal-
eutta, 1 g, 2 2 ; Cunrr. Provincus, Raipur (Bethum), 19. Eup.
30-42 millim,

Genus EOGENA. ;
Type.

Hogena, Guen.. Noct: i. p. 840) (852) voi... ......cececesesesecsesesees contaminet.

Proboscis absent; palpi porrect, extending to just beyond frons, the 2nd
joint frmged with long hair below; frons smooth, with tuft of hair; eyes
large, round; antennz of male laminate; thorax clothed with hair only and
without crests; tibize fringed with long hair; abdomen with some rough hair
at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell;
6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11
from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from
middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 irom upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only,

3782. Eogena contaminei.

Noctua contaminei, Ky. Bull. Mose. 1847, iii. p. 77, pl. 5. £.6; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 134.

Cosmia bombycina, Mén. Mém., Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersb. vi. p. 285, pl. 6.
f. 7 (1848).

Noctua eogene, Frr. Neue Schmnett. vi. p. 53, pl. 514 (1852).

Head and thorax bright pink; antenne fulvous, white at base ;

Fig. 29.—Kogena contaminei, G. }.

pectus white behind; abdomen brownish with some white hair at
base, the lateral and aual tufts and ventral surface pale pink.
nN 2

180 NOCLUID#.

Fore wing bright pink tinged with greyish, the costal area rather
deeper except towards base, the base of inner margin whitish; a
pink antemedial line slightly bent inwards to costa, obsolescent and
slightly sinuous on inner area; orbicular a pink point, the reniform
an ill-defined pink lunule; postmedial line indistinctly double,
slizhtly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved; cilia with a fine pink line through them.
Hind wing pinkish white suffused with brown especially on terminal
area; traces of a curved postmedial line; cilia ochreous white ; the
underside brownish white, the costal area tinged with pink, an
indistinet discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Hind wing pale pink, the terminal area rather darker
and without brown tinge.

Hab. 8. Russta, Sarepta (Christoph), Zeller, Frey, Leech, and
D’'Emmick Colls. Exp. 36-44 roillim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Bur. p. 162 ; Hffm. Raup. p. 74.

Pale ochreous striated and speckled with dark brown, a broad
rufous dorsal stripe. black on front of each somite and interrupted
on posterior part; warts rufous; stigmata white ringed with black;
head rufous. Food-plant : Statice gmelint.

Genus CALOPHASIDIA, nov.

Type, C. lucala.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending to well beyond frons and
thickly scaled, the 3rd joint short; frons with corneous prominence with
raised edges and central vertical ridge; eyes large, round; antennzx of male
bipectinate with moderate branches to near apex; thorax thickly clothed with
hair and hair-hke scales and without crests; fore tibiae with curved claw at
extremity on inner side, the mid and hind tibize moderately fringed with hair ;
abdomen without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the
termen obliquely curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle
of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsoles-
cent from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Antenne of female with short branches; frontal prominence with the
central process short.

3783. Calophasidia lucala.
Megaicdes lucala, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) ix. p. 168 (1902).

$. Palpi and frons black-brown slightly mixed with grey,
vertex of head grey, antennz red-brown ; thorax black-brown, the
outer part of tegule and the patagia except upper edges white ;
pectus white tinged with brown ; the greater part of legs black-
brown, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally
tinged with rufous and with slight dark bands at base. Fore wing
white, the costa black-brown, narrowing to base and expanding
somewhat towards apex, the inner area suffused with brown with
a diffused dark antemedial patch, vein 1, the median nervure and

CALOPHASIDIA. 181

the veins of terminal area with dark streaks; subbasal and ante-
medial lines and the stigmata absent; postmedial line obsolete
except below vein 3 where it is rather strong and very oblique, a
dark patch beyond it from below vein 3 to submedian fold and

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Fig. 30.—Calophasidia lucala, G. }.

another dark patch beyond it on termen; the interspaces of
terminal area with dark streaks, longer above and below vein 5;
cilia white mixed with dark brown, black-brown towards tornus.
Hind wing pure white.

@. Hind wing with the veins tinged with brown, the termen
suffused with brown.

Hab. W. Ausrrarta, Sherlock R. (Clements), 1 $, 1 Q type.
Exp. 3& 38, 9 40 millim.

Secr. II. Antennz of female ciliated; frontal prominence with the central
process long with oblique edge.

A. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines connected by

a diffused dark fascia in submedian fold ...........-..0..c0ec008 radiata.
B. Fore wing with the antemedial line angled outwards to the
postmedial line in submedian fold .................ceeeceeeeeceeees dentifera.

3784. Calophasidia radiata.
Megalodes radiata, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) ix. p. 168 (1902).
3. Head and thorax white; palpi, frons, and antenne tinged

with brown ; tegul irrorated with dark brown; vertex of thorax
streaked with dark brown, the metathorax mostly dark brown ;

Fig. 31.—Calophasidia radiata, §. 4}.

legs tinged with brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white ;
abdomen white dorsally tinged with rufous. Fore wing white
irrorated with brown especially on costal, inner and terminal areas,
the median nervure and veins of terminal area with slight dark
streaks ; antemedial line represented by a dark spot on costa and a
diffused black-brown line from just below middle of median

182 NOCTUID 2.

nervure, oblique to vein 1, then angled outwards above inner
margin on which there is a dark mark before it, a diffused dark
streak in submedian fold from it to postmedial line, which is
obsolete to vein 2, then incurved and slightly angled outwards on
vein 1; some ferruginous suffusion in submedian interspace before
the antemedial and beyond the postmedial line ; stigmata absent ;
traces of a medial shade on inner area: some brownish suffusion
from lower angle of cell to termen; subterminal line represented
by an oblique series of short dark streaks from below vein 6 to
above 2 and a dark mark on outer edge of some ferruginous suffusion
in submedian fold; cilia grey mixed with brown. Hind wing pure
white.

®. Hind wing suffused with brown except basal area.

Hab. W. Avsrratria, Sherlock R. (Clements), 5 3, 4 2 type.
Evp,. 24-30 millim.

3785. Calophasidia dentifera, n. sp. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 17.)
Q. Head and thorax white thickly irrorated with black-brown ;

tarsi with slight pale rings ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown.
Fore wing violaceous white thickly irrorated with dark brown, the
median nervure and veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ;
antemedial line represented by a dark mark on costa and a strong
black-brown line from median nervure angled outwards to post-
medial line in submedian fold, then strongly retraced to vein 1 and
angled outwards above inner margin on which there is a dark mark
before it; postmedial line obsolete to vein 3, then oblique, slightly
incurved and irregular, an irregular dark bar beyond it; the
terminal area with dark streaks above veins 5, 4, 3, the two lower
extending nearly to cell; a slight dark terminal line; cilia mixed
grey and brown. Hind wing white tinged with brown except
towards base; cilia white.
Hab. W. Ausrrauta (Clements), 1 9 type. Exp. 28 millim.

Genus CETOLA.
Type.
Cigale, Wilkes Vo WON (HOD) cpocococvoscvanacansanacecqanconde000GNsa50eD . dentata.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi oblique, moderately scaled and reaching to
just beyond frontal tuft; frons with truncate conical prominence with raised
edges containing a large tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antenne of male bi-
pectinate with short branches to apex, of female typically with shorter
branches ; a ridge of scales between antennx ; thorax clothed with rough hair
and scales, the pro- and metathorax with large spreading crests; tibic
moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments,
the crests on 2nd and 3rd segments large. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the termen and cilia strongly dentate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; IL
from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 rather strongly
developed from well above angle; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.

CETOLA. Seles

Sect. I. Antenne of female shortly pectinated.

A. Fore wing with crimson suffusion on costal area to beyond

LITIG (a eho ea er er aan Re rER RRO ert tRY Sor eictiiocancdascaabcuccauateeee rubricosta.
B. Fore wing with fuscous suffusion on costal area to beyond
TAL CUCL i tsectasra siiaicniuclzeleSiasareteicnaeseeeeee mee mere ence useaa as dentata,

3786. Cetola rubricosta. (Plate CXXXII. fig. 32.)
Cetola rubricosta, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvii. p. 658 (1907).

3. Head rufous; tegule and dorsum of thorax fuscous mixed
with some grey ; patagia ochreous white tinged with rufous ;
pectus and legs rufous ; abdomen ochreous white suffused in parts
with rufous and dorsally with fuscous and grey. Fore wing
ochreous white tinged with pinkish towards base, the costal area
suffused with crimson to beyond middle, extending to middie of
cell and with bluck-brown patch towards apex, a brownish fascia
on inner margin except towards base ; subbasal line indistinct,
dark, very highly dentate, from costa to submedian fold; ante-
medial line very indistinct, double filled in with whitish, highly
dentate ; orbicular tinged with crimson and defined by black except
below, rather elongate elliptical; reniform white faintly tinged
with crimson, defined by black above and by olive-brown suffusion
below, its upper extremity produced and its lower forming a lobe;
the veins beyond the cell with slight olive streaks; postmedial line
indistinct, whitish, bent outwards below costa, oblique below vein 4
and angled inwards in submedian fold, some white points beyond it
on the blackish costal patch; subterminal line represented by a
whitish striga from costa, an oblique olive shade from termen below
apex to discal fold, intersected by a white streak below vein 7 and
with a slight black streak below it, an oblique olive shade from
termen below vein 5 to submedian fold with slight blackish streaks
on it and an olive shade at tornus; cilia white with some olive at
origin of the oblique shade and two brown strie at tornus. Hind
wing semihyaline white with some brownish ochreous on inner area
and a brown mark on costa at apex; the underside with terminal
series of black points from apex to submedian fold.

Hab. Cuyton, N. C. Province (Pole), 1 $ type. Hap. 46 millim.

3787. Cetola dentata.

Cetola dentata, W1k. v. 1016 (1855); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 484,
Ramesa ligniferata, Wik. xxxii. 415 (1865).

6. Head, tegule, and patagia ochreous mixed with some rutous ;
vertex of thorax and abdomen chocolate-brown, the latter ochreous
at extremity; pectus and legs chocolate-brown. Fore wing
ochreous tinged with rufous especially along median nervure and
thence to termen and on inner margin except at base; the costal
area fuscous brown mixed with some grey, becoming chocolate-
brown towards apex ; antemedial line represented by a curved

184 NOCTUID®.

black striga in cell; orbicular with pale annulus defined by black
at sides only, large, round ; reniform whitish suffused with rufous
above and defined by black on inner side and above, its upper
extremity produced and forming a lobe below; the mner margin
with fine chocolate-brown streak from below middle to tornus;
chocolate-brown streaks beyond upper angle of cell above veins 7,
6; postmedial line represented by very faint double oblique streaks

Fig. 32.—Cetola dentata, G. 4.

below veins 8 and 2; some whitish points on postmedial part. of
costa; the veins of terminal area with fine dark streaks; a short
streak above extremity of vein 4; double chocolate-red striw on
termen in submedian interspace ; cilia with a chocolate-red line
through them. Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen slightly
tinged with red; the underside with the costa red-brown towards
apex, a brown discoidal lunule and terminal series of slight
lunules.

@. Fore wing suffused with rufous; hind wing red-brown, the
termen and cilia rufous; the underside with curved postmedial line
and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Punsas, Almorah (Boys), 4 2 type ligniferata, Deyra
Dhun, 2 ¢; Nupavt, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 5 38-42, 2 46-48 millim.

Srcr. II. Antennz of female almost simple.

3788. Cetola radiata, n. sp.

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous and
mixed with deep chocolate-red. Fore wing deep chocolate-red, the

Fig. 83.—Cetola radiata, 2. }.

inner area ochreous tinged with rufous; an ochreous fascia tinged
with rufous from end of cell to termen and another oblique fascia

CETOLA.—-MATOPO. 185

from end of cell to apex, leaving a wedge-shaped chocolate patch
between them from termen below apex intersected by an ochreous
streak below vein 7; a fine black streak on inner margin from
before middle to tornus; some grey suffusion in cell; orbicular and
reniform large, with rufous centres and grey annuli defined by
black except above, the former round, the latter with its upper ex-
tremity produced and its lower part forming a lobe below the cell ;
a blackish streak along vein 4 and short black streaks in the inter-
spaces below costa towards apex; cilia chequered ochreous and
rufous mixed with some blackish. Hind wing dark fuscous brown,
the cilia ochreous mixed with fuscous ; the underside irrorated with
some yellowish white especially on costal area.

Hab. Natau, Durban (Clarke), 1 Q type. Hap. 50 millim.

Genus MATOPO. Type
NilenofaO,, Write, Leo WMTy INL, JEL, (G) ts Os BBC (CHEB) cosccasqanasad2000000000 typica.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching
about to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short, porrect ; frons
with large rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large,
round; antennz of male typically bipectinate with rather long branches, the
apex simple; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with
spreading crests ; tibize moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal
crest. at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle
of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.

Sect. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with rather long branches, the apex
simple, of female with shorter branches.

A. Fore wing with the reniform figure-of-cight shaped and
interrupted Ele TUNICS, “easeondeansedeone| adaapandanabaseacortec . nigrivitiata.
B. Fore wing with the renitorm lunulate.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular extremely elongate and

narrow.
a. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled inwards
fia sulomaeCleM sOlGl. ¢.cocosanneesedbenscesnonbondecensaconecd inangulata.
#1, Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved in sub-
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6, Fore wing with the orbicular elliptical...................46 actinophora.

3789. Matopo nigrivittata. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 18.)
Matopo nigrivitiata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 291 (1902).

Head and tegule grey; palpi, frons, and antenne black-brown ;
thorax mixed fuscous, brown and grey; legs fuscous, the tarsi
ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing grey-
brown; a rufous fascia through the cell to postmedial line, then
narrowing to termen,aboye vein 4, with a diffused black fascia below

186 NOCTUID

it from orbicular ; submedian interspace rufous to near termen, the
veins with slight dark streaks; antemedial line represented by
slight whitish points on the veins; orbicular whitish defined by
black, small, round; reniform whitish defined by black, bisected by
the rufous fascia, the upper part small and triangular, the lower large
and semicircular ; postmedial line obsolete towards costa, then
represented by a series of whitish pints on the veins, oblique below
vein 4; the terminal area with slight white streak above vein 4 ;
cia tuscous. Hind wing whitish tinged with fuscous brown.

Hab, Masuonatand, Salisbury (Marshall, Dobbie), 8 3; 'TRANS-
vaaL (Pead), 1 2. exp. 30 millim.

3790. Matopo inangulata, n. sp. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 19.)

3. Head and thorax pale rufous; sides of palpi and frons
brownish; antenne brown; tegule with brown lines at middle and
tips; tarsi black ringed with whitish; abdomen rufous dorsally
suffused with brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous and
with a brown shade below the cell and from lower angle of cell
obliquely to termen below apex, the veins towards apex with dark
streaks defined on each side by white, also the median nervure and
veins 4, 3, and 1; a black streak below the cell from near base
confluent with the lower edge of the narrow elongate claviform
which is defined by black ; a black streak above inner margin before
the antemedial line, which extends from claviform to inner margin,
incurved, then strongly angled outwards above inner margin ;
orbicular very narrow and elongate, defined by brown and with
brown streak in middle, somewhat expanding at extremity; reni-
form a small lunule defined at sides by blackish and with brown
line on discocellulars ; postmedial line almost obsolete towards
costa, bent outwards below costa and excurved to vein 6, below
vein 6 black defined by rufous and ochreous on outer side, incurved
at discal fold, very oblique from vein 4 to submedian fold, then
slightly angled outwards on vein 1, some slight pale points beyond
it on costa; the terminal area with black streaks above veins 6, 5,
3, extending to postmedial line; a terminal series of black points
produced to short streaks ; cilia. red-brown and blackish intersected
by white at the veins. Hind wing pure white with slight rufous
terininal line; the cilia tinged with rufous towards apex; the
underside with the costal area slightly tinged with rufous.

Hab. Ruopesia, Bulawayo (Marshall),1 ¢ type. Hxp.36 millim.

3791. Matopo typica.
Matopo typica, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 227 (1898).

3. Head and tegule whitish mixed with red-brown; palpi
blackish above; antenne brown, the tegule with black medial
line and brown tips; thorax blackish and brown mixed with some
white; pectus and legs mostly brown, the tarsi black ringed with

MATOPO. 187

white ; abdomen white slightly tinged with brown, the anal tuft
blackish. Fore wing dark blue-grey, the costal area and cell
whitish suffused with rufous to beyond middle, the veins black
defined on each side by white; a black streak in base of submedian
told and an oblique streak above inner margin before the ante-
medial line, which is obsolete to submedian fold, then double filled

Fig. 34.—Matopo typica, S. }.

in with pale rufous and very strongly angled outwards above inner
margin ; claviform very narrow and detined by black, extending to
the postmedial line ; orbicular whitish defined by brown and with
brown streak in middle, very narrow and elongate, expanding at
extremity and touching the reniform, which is a small whitish
lunule tinged with rufous and defined by black ; the white streaks
defining the veins only extending to termen on costal area and at
vein 4; postmedial line represented by a faint pale striga from
costa and below vein 6 by a black line defined by rufous and
whitish on outer side, below vein 4 very strongly incurved to below
end of cell, excurved at vein 1 and bent outwards to inner margin ;
some pale points on costa towards apex; the interspaces of terminal
area with black streaks, above veins 3 and 2 extending to post-
medial line ; cilia black slightly intersected by white at the veins.
Hind wing pure white; the veins of terminal half slightly tinged
with brown; the termen and cilia suffused with fuscous brown
except towards tornus, emitting a diffused streak inwards on
vein 6; the underside with the costal and apical areas slightly
tinged with red-brown.

®. Fore wing with a broad band of brownish ochreous lunulate
markings beyond the postmedial line; hind wing grey-brown.

Hab. Transvaat (Pead), 2 $, 1 2, White R. (Cooke), 1 g;
Basvrotanp, Maseru (Crawshay), 1 ¢ ; Carn Cotony, Annshaw
(Miss F. Barrett), 1 $, Transkei (Miss Ff. Barrett), 192. EHzp.
38-40 millim.

3792. Matopo actinophora, n. sp. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 20.)

¢. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown ; tegule
with dark brown lines at middle and near tips; tarsi red-brown
ringed with white; abdomen white slightly tinged with red-brown.
Fore wing white tinged and in parts suffused with red-brown ; the
veins black defined on each side by white; subbasal line black,
angled outwards in cell and ending at. submedian fold; antemedial

188 NOCTUID A.

line double filled in with ochreous, slightly excurved below costa,
angled outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin angled
outwards almost to postmedial line ; claviform narrow and elongate,
faintly defined by black ; orbicular with brown and fuscous centre
and whitish annulus defined by black, inwardly obliqne elliptical ;
reniform with brown centre and whitish annulus defined by black ;
postmedial line double filled in with whitish, the inner line black,
the outer rufous, inwardly oblique at costa, below costa very strongly
bent outwards and almost obsolete, then excurved to vein 6, then
slightly bent inwards and sinuous, below vein + very oblique
to submedian fold, with a band of rufous suffusion before it from
vein 6 to inner margin with diffused fusecous line on its inner side
below vein 3; some slight pale points on costa towards apex; the
interspaces of terminal area with short black streaks, above vein 6
extending almost to postmedial line; cilia brown intersected with
white at the veins. Hind wing pure white; the. underside with
the costa slightly tinged with rufous.

2. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards base, the cilia
white.

Hab. Br. EH. Arrica, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 5 5, 1 Q type,
Nairobi (Crawshay), 1 9, Kilima-njaro (Hannington), 1 29. Hep.
23-38 millim.

Secr. II. Antenne of male minutely serrate, of female ciliated.

A. Fore wing with broad pale subcostal fascia...............0000+ selecta.
B. Fore wing with the costal half whitish ..........2.... ceeeeees hemileuca,

3793, Matopo selecta.

Xylophasia selecta, Wik. xxxti. 646 (1865).
Culophasia lobifera, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 358; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

1s OW

3. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown; palpi, frons,
and antennee brown; tegule with brown medial line; tarsi with
whitish rings; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused with
brown. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with reddish brown,
the inner medial area greyish, the veins of terminal half with dark
streaks defined on each side by white; subbasal line represented

Fig. 35.—Matopo selecta, G. }.

by a black point on costa; a dark mark above inner margin before
the antemedial line, which is represented by a black point on costa
and line from claviform to inner margin; the claviform very elongate,
ochreous strongly defined by black except the basal part above;

MATOPO. 189

orbicular slightly defined by blackish, somewhat elongate elliptical ;
reniform slightly defined by blackish at sides only and with blackish
line on discocellulars ; postmedial line very strongly bent outwards
below costa, oblique to vein 6, then slightly incurved and below
vein 4 very strongly incurved, some brown suffusion before it at
discal fold and from vein 3 to inner margin, some white points
beyond it on costa; an oblique brown shade from termen below
apex to postmedial line ; a subterminal series of short black streaks
in the interspaces between veins 7 and 2 on brownish marks and a
brown line from vein 2 to inner margin; a series of small black
streaks in the interspaces from termen; cilia brown intersected
with whitish at the veins. Hind wing white; the veins of terminal
half and the terminal area towards apex and below vein 2 tinged
with brown; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
brown. ;

2. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards base, the cilia
white.

Hab. Kayer (Armstrong), 1 9 ; Punsan, 1 2 type, Mean Meer
(Harford), + 2 ; Bombay (Swinhoe), 3 2 type lobifera; Manpras,
Cuddapah (Campbell), 1,29. vp. 32-36 millim.

3794, Matopo hemileuca, n. sp. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 21.)

9. Head and thorax black-brown ; antenne ochreous white ;
abdomen ochreous white, the basal crest brown, the ventral surface
suffused with brown. Fore wing with the costal half ochreous
white tinged with red-brown to just below cell and vein 4, the
inner half fuscous brown to postmedial line, the postmedial area
ochreous white tinged with rutous and the terminal area pale brown
except at apex ; a diffused black streak in basal half of submedian
fold; traces of a dark antemedial line on inner area; orbicular
absent ; reniform ochreous white confluent with the costal area,
its rounded lower part defined by a triangular black mark in cell
on its inner side and by a blackish streak from its outer side to post-
medial line, which is indistinct, oblique, dentate, from vein 6 to
inner margin; a minutely waved subterminal line from vein 7 to
Inner margin, slightly angled inwards in submedian fold. Hind
wing white, the apical area tinged with brown; the underside with
the costal area tinged with brown.

Hab. Srerra Leone (Mitfurd), 1 2 type. Hp. 34 millim.

Sect. III. Antennx of male almost simple and somewhat thickened.

*3795. Matopo neotropicalis.
Matopo neotropicalis, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 163.

&. Head and thorax glossy black, the vertex of head and base
of tegule with some ochreous; front of pectus and fore legs
blackish, mid and hind legs fuscous brown ; abdomen white irrorated

190 NOCTUID.E.
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with fuscous. Fore wing whitish almo:t wholly tinged with pale
rufous, the antemedial area irrorated with a few black scales, the
terminal half of costal area suffused with fuscous ; subbasal and
antemedial lines and orbicular absent ; an indistinctly double medial
line, black towards costa and below vein 2, reddish at middle and
excurved at median nervure, with a faint reddish line beyond it

Fig. 836.—Matopo neotropicalis, 8. }.

from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; reniform represented by
a faint whitish lunule defined by reddish; traces of a minutely
waved whitish postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;
the veins and interspaces of terminal area with dark streaks, the
interspaces between veins 4+ and 2 with double streaks meeting
towards base so as to form elongate V-shaped marks; a terminal
series of black points with streaks beyond them intersecting the
cilia, which are brown and white. Hind wing pure white; the
underside with the costal edge dark brown.

Hab. Braztt, Castro Parana, type T ¢ in Coll. D. Jones. Lap.
34 millim.

Genus DELTA. -
Type.

Delta, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 265 (1891)......... 2c cece eee ee eee ees stolifera.
Lrichorhiza *, Hinpsn. Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M. v. p. 13 (1905) ... petersend.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, reaching tojust beyond frons,
the 2nd joint rather bruadly fringed with hair below, the 3rd short; frons smooth,
with riages of hair at middle and abuve ; eyes large, round; antenne of male
ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the tegule produced to a
dorsal ridge, the thorax with divided ridge-like crest ; tibix tringed with long
hair on outer side; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore
wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly curved
and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just
below iniddle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the reniform expanding below and extending
to well below celi.
a. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on median
NOL VUE: 85 5:inssiner aceosas ode serene sb iumiascmeeineaslaeremene tase goniosema.
b. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on
ynedian uervure.
a. Fore wing with the antemedial line obsolete in sub-
[OVCDIAT TANIETS) OBVCD.. ooaedoscecocnson pgs onodsasqoosbagéoasbonDce intermedia.

* The characters were taken from a specimen with the head of another
species stuck on.

DELTA. 191

6'. Fore wing with the antemedial line strongly angled

ORO Hades abHoneeeenEcassunoseannobesconosesecdgasdanrananao] ramosula,
6?, Hind wing uniform f iscous brown ...............00006- steuarti.
B. Fore wing with the reniform small and not extending to
below the ce'l.
a. Fore wing with the black fascia in submedian interspace
from base to beyond middle.
a’. Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate to termen

HOM OU/S1NOVUG a one c nee eR amNHeM De nBe Ac cinnroseadcnusdsvaanogdes stolifera,
6', Fore wirg with the subterminal line dentate to termen
ADVENT aie ose sit ne cist ots apenas oc eg eee Re a campyla.

b. Fore wing without black fascia in submedian fold from
bare to beyond middle.
a. Hind wing not tinged with rufous.
a2, Kore wing without oblique white subapical marks.
as, Kore wing with the claviform whitish detined by
black and with two brown streaks in centre...... gnorima.
v8, Fore wing with the claviform defined on upper
edge only.
at, Fo:e wing with oblique brown fascix from
termen below apex an@ vein 5 .................. detersina,
b4. Fore wing with triangular brown patch on
termen below apex and quadrate patch beluw
vein 0.
a. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled
inwards to the autemedial line in sub-

mediane fold! ssi cecoucsada:assensas ace seeemeuccce indica.
65, Fore wing with the postmedial line not
angled inwards in submedian fold............ petersent.
b2. Fore wing with oblique white subapical marks ...... ned.
bl, Hind wing yellowish tinged with rufous .................. albiclava.

3796. Delta goniosema, n.sp. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 22.)
Auchnis ramosula, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 474, nec Guen,

Q. Head and thorax grey tinged with rufous ; palpi red-brown at
sides ; brown bars across frons and between antenne ; tegulee with
slight brown line near base and black line near tips; pectus, legs,
aud abdomen red-brown, the last with the dorsal crests blackish
and short lateral black streaks at base. Fore wing grey suffused
and irrorated with red-brown, the costal and inner areas, and area
from end of cell obliquely to apex greyer, the veins with dark
streaks ; a black streak in basal half of submedian fold and a
sight oblique streak above inner margin before middle; orbicular
very elongate and oblique, defined by black streaks above and

‘below; reniform white tinged with rufous, its upper part not
defined, its lower part defined by black, obliquely truncate below
and angled inwards on median nervure, the area round its lower
part and below the pale oblique apical fascia deeper red-brown ;
short obliquely placed black subterminal streaks above veins 6, 5, 4;
the extremities of veins 4,3 defined by dentate whitish marks
extending to termen, with short black streaks in the interspaces
above veins 3, 2; cilia brown mixed with white. Hind wing

192 NOCTUIDAE.
yellowish white suffused with brown especially on terminal area ;
the underside white with some slight dark points on termen.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (7vujillo), 2 @ type, Godman-Salvin Coll.
Exp, 36 millim.

3197. Delta intermedia.

Cloantha intermedia, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 53, pl. v. f. 13 (1864) ;
Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 283; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal p. 183.
Auchinis sikkimensis, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 49, pl. 6. f. 15.

Head ochreous tinged with rufous, brown bars on frons and
between antenne ; tegule with three brown lines defined by white
on basal half, the terminal half ochreous mixed with brown and
with black and red-brown tips; thorax ochreous, the patagia with
black streak near upper edge which is red-brown, the dorsum with
paired black streaks, the metathoracic crest mixed with black ; legs
red-brown, the tibiz and tarsi with black streaks; abdomen
ochreous tinged with rufous, the crests blackish at tips. Fore
wing ochreous suffused with red-brown, the cell and area beyond it

obliquely to apex and a fascia below it to origin of vein 2 ochreous
white ; a black streak in submedian fold from base to middle and
another above inner margin from near base; a slight brown streak
in middle of cell; reniform ochreous white defined by black, faintly
above, with rufous centre with pale bar on it, extending to well
below cell, narrowing above and below, with wedge-shaped rufous
mark before it in lower part of cell, the area round its lower part
deep red-brown with dark streaks on the veins, a black streak
beyond it above vein 4 defined by a whitish streak above ; a wedge-
shaped black mark above extremity of vein 6 and black streak
below it; dentate whitish marks extending to termen defining
veins 5, 4, 3, which are slightly streaked with brown ; small dentate
black marks above extremities of veins 3, 2; a terminal series of
slight brown striz ; cilia ochreous and red-brown. Hind wing
yellowish white, in female tinged with brown, the terminal area
suffused with brown; cilia yellowish white; the underside yellowish
white, the costal area tinged with rufous, the terminal area slightly
with brown at middle, a slight discoidal lunule and postmedial
series of black points on the veins.

Hab. Transvaat(Cholmley), 19; Naat, Victoria Distr. (Gooch),
29; EK. Srserrm, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodaté, 1 9,
Kiushiu, 1 3, Satsuma (Leech), 1 2, Tsuruga (Leech), 1 9,

DELTA. 193

Yokohama (Jonas), 1 2 ; Corea, Gensan (Leech), 1 9 ; Cryer.
Cuina, Ningpo, 1 2, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 9; W. Curtna, Chang
Yang (Pratt), 1 9, Nitou, 1 g, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 g, Ta-
chien-lu (Pratt), 2 $; Kasumir, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 2 ;
PounsaB, Kulu, Sultanpur, 2 ¢, Simla (Harford), 2 9, Dharmsdala
(Hocking),2 3,4 2, Thundiani (Verbury), 1 2; Sixaru, 3 ¢ type
_ stkkimensis ; Mavras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3, 1 Q; Cryton
(Green), 1 9. Exp. 32-34 millim.

3798. Delta ramosula. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 23.)
Cloantha ramosula, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 114, pl. 9. f. 1 (1852) ; Grote, Bull.

Buit. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 83, pl. 2. f.16; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 167.

Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown; frons with
black bars at middle and above; tegule with slight dark lines at
middle and near tips; pectus red-brown; mid tibise with a black
streak, the tarsi brown with pale rings; abdomen ochreous sulfused
with rufous, the dorsal crests blackish at tips. Fore wing grey
suffused with red-brown, the cell and area beyond it obliquely to
apex ochreous white tinged with rufous, the veins with dark
streaks ; a black streak in basal half of submedian fold slightly
defined by whitish above: a short black streak above inner margin
before middle ; faint traces of an antemedial line very strongly
angled outwards in submedian interspace and above inner margin
and inwards on vein 1; orbicular represented by two slight rather
oblique black streaks in cell; reniform yellowish white defined by
black on inner side and below and its centre by rufous, constricted
at middle, expanding below and extending to below angle of cell,
the area round its lower part deep red-brown, a short black streak
from it above vein 4; the pale apical fascia defined by blackish below ;
short subterminal black streaks above veins 6, 5,4; veins 4, 3
defined by dentate whitish marks extending to termen and wedge-
shaped black marks from termen above veins 2, 3; a terminal
series of black strie; cilia dark brown intersected with white
at the veins. Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area
broadly suffused with reddish brown, more uniformly suffused in
female; cilia ochreous white; the underside yellowish white, the
costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a small
discoidal spot and indistinct minutely waved curved postmedial
line.

Hab. Canava (Norman), 19; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, Middle
and Central States, New York, Albany (JV. W. Hull), 23,39.
Exp. 36-40 millim.

3799. Delta steuarti. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 24.)

Actinotia stewarti, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 28 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 167.

@. Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with dark brown ;
dark bars above frons and between antenne ; tegule with slight
VOL, VIII. 0

194 NOCTUID.AR.

brown line near base and black line near tips; metathoracic crest
blackish ; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown
with the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing violaceous grey
strongly suffused and irrorated with dark reddish brown, the base
of cell and area just below it, the terminal part of inner area and
the area from end of cell obliquely to apex rather greyer, the veins
with slight dark streaks; a strong black streak in basal half of
submedian fold; orbicular narrow, elongate, rather oblique with
sheht white annulus strongly defined by black; reniform white
suffused with rufous above, defined by black on inner side and below,
expanding and rounded below, a black streak from it to termen
above vein +; subterminal black streaks above veins 6 and 5, the
latter longer, and short terminal black streaks in the interspaces
above veins 3 and 2. Hind wing deep fuscous brown; the under-
side grey irrorated and suffused with reddish brown, an indistinct
diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Washington Terr., 1 2, California, 2 2 type, Lake
Co. (Walsingham), 492. Hap. 28-38 millim.

*3800. Delta stolifera.
Delta stolifera, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 264, f. 101 (1891).

@. Head and thorax grey-brown with a slight rufous tinge;
abdomen grey-brown, Fore wing grey-brown, the costa tinged
with fuscous, the area just beyond the cell with rufous; the cell
almost entirely occupied by a wedge-shaped black patch; a black
fascia in submedian interspace from base to near termen expanding
at middle and tapering at extremities ; orbicular and reniform small
with blackish centres and ochreous annuli, the former elongate and
very narrow, the latter iunulate; a wedge-shaped blackish patch
between veins 4 and 2 from lower angle of cell to the subterminal
line defined above by a pale curved streak ; subterminal line dentate
to termen throughout, with shght blackish lunules before it on inner
side between veins 6 and 4 and wedge-shaped black marks beyond
it in the interspaces ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
fuscous brown, semihyaline whitish at base; cilia ochreous.

Hab. Mapaeascar, Nossi-Bé. Exp. 40 millim. This species is
unknown to me.

3801. Delta campyla, n. sp. (Plate CXXVIL. fig. 25.)

@. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous; tegule finely
barred with red-brown and whitish, the tips deep rufous; patagia
with black streak near upper edge which is deep rufous, pectus
- whitish at sides ; mid and hind tibie with rufous streaks, the spurs
banded with black ; abdomen reddish ochreous suffused with brown,
the ventral surface rufous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rnfous,
the veins with dark streaks defined on each side by whitish; a
black streak in submedian fold from base to postmedial line defined
by red-brown below; another black streak above inner margin
from near base to beyond middle; a black streak in lower part of

DELTA. 195

cell from before middle to extremity below the orbicular, which is
whitish, very narrow and elongate, pointed at extremity ; reniform
very narrow and rather oblique with pale rufous centre and whitish
annulus, a somewhat arched whitish streak from its lower extremity
to postmedial line, which is very indistinct, with dark points on the
veins towards costa, bent outwards below costa, with a V-shaped
brown mark in discal fold, then represented by an oblique series of
black points on the veins, and with wedge-shaped pale mark beyond
it on each side of veins 4, 3 extending to termen; a triangular
dark brown patch on terminal area from below vein 7 to above
vein 4 and wedge-shaped patches above veins 3 and 2, these patches,
with black points on termen defined on inner side by pale points ;
cilia brown intersected by whitish. Hind wing white; the veins
dark; the costal, inner and terminal areas suffused with brown ;
cilia ochreous white; the underside with the apical area suffused
with ferruginous, the terminal half of costal area sparsely irrorated
with black, a terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Sterrs Luonn (Cator, Bartlett, Austen), 4 9 type. Hap.
40 millim.

*3802. Delta gnorima. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 26.)
Rhizogramma gnorima, Pung. Iris, 1906, p. 220, pl. viit. f. 6.

6. Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale rufous; palpi
with black streak at sides; frons with lateral black bars; tegule
with some black scales at middle and slight blackish tips ; patagia
strongly edged with black; mid and hind femora and tibize with
black streaks ; abdomen pale ochreous tinged with rufous, the crest
at base tipped with brown, sublateral black streaks on median
segments. Fore wing whitish slightly tinged with brown, the cell,
submedian interspace and area beyond the cell suffused with bright
red-brown to postmedial line; the costa irrorated with brown;
the veins with fine black streaks slightly defined by white; subbasal
line represented by a very oblique black striga from costa ; a sinuous
black streak in base of submedian fold; a whitish fascia along base
of median nervure with short black streaks on and above it, then
bent upwards to upper edge of orbicular; antemedial line repre-
sented by a very oblique striga from costa, a very oblique line from
median nervure to claviform and an inwardly oblique line slightly
defined by white on inner side from claviform to vein 1; claviform
narrow, whitish defined by black and with two slight brown streaks
in centre; orbicular very narrow, oblique and elongate, whitish
defined by black, its centre defined by a fine brown line; reniform
a very narrow lunule with its extremities much produced, with
brown centre and whitish annulus defined by black; postmedial
line obsolete except on costal area where it is black defined by
whitish on outer side and strongly bent outwards; a very obliquely
curved dark brown fascia from termen just below apex to lower
angle of cell; a strong dentate dark brown mark from termen
below vein 4 and a very oblique streak below vein 3 from termeu

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to below angle of cell; a fine waved black terminal line; cilia
brown with fine whitish line at base. Hind wing ochreous white
tinged with red-brown, the veins and terminal area except towards
tornus suffused with red-brown; cilia white; the underside white,
the costal and terminal areas faintly tinged with brown, a post-
medial series of dark points on the veins from costa to vein 2.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Aschabad, type t ¢ in Coll. Pingeler.
Exp. 42 millim.

3803. Delta detersina. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 27.)

Rhizogramma detersina, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 369, pl. 4. f. 11 (1896); id.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 183.
$. Head and thorax grey mixed with some brown; palpi with
black mark at extremity of 2nd joint; frons with lateral black bars
above and below; a black bar between antenne; tegule with black
medial line and dark brown tips; patagia with blackish streaks on
edges; tibize and tarsi streaked with black ; abdomen grey mixed
with brown, the crests blackish at tips. Fore wing grey slightly
irrorated with brown, the end of cell and area just beyond and
below it suffused with red-brown, the veins streaked with black ;
a strong black streak in basal half of submedian fold defined by
brown below, confluent with the small, narrow, black-defined
claviform which has a black streak from its upper extremity; orbi-
cular white defined by black, very oblique and elongate, narrowing
towards extremity and confluent with the reniform, a small black
mark in its upper extremity and a black streak in its lower part
extending into the reniform, which is white, its lower part defined
by black, its centre slightly by brown on inner side and its upper
extremity produced; postmedial line whitish defined by black
above towards costa, bent outward below costa, then oblique and
almost obsolete; a black streak from termen below apex and an
oblique series on a brown shade from above vein 6 to below 5;
terminal black streaks on dentate brown marks above veins 3, 2
and black streaks on a brown shade above and below submedian
fold in which there is a black streak extending to inner side of
postmedial line; a terminal seri:s of slight black lunules; cilia
brownish ochreous intersected with white at the veins and with
series of fuscous lunules. Hind wing whitish; the veins dark;
the terminal area broadly suffused with brown to submedian fold ;
cilia ochreous white with a brown line through them ; the underside
white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal lunule and postmedial series of minute black streaks on
the veins.
Hab. W. Turxustan, Ferghana, Tarbagatai, Issyk Kul, 1 ¢;
KE. Turkestan, Kashgar, Ili. Hep. 42 millim.

3804. Delta indica. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 28.)
AXylophasia indica, Wk. xxxii. 647 (1865): Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 236.
Head and thorax greyish tinged with red-brown; palpi brown

DELTA. 197

except at tips; frons and vertex of head with black-brown bars ;
tegule with black lines at middle and near tips; patagia with black
streak near upper edge; mid and hind tibie with black streaks,
the fore tarsi blackish at extremity; abdomen grey tinged with
brown, the crests brownish at tips. Fore wing grey tinged with
brown, the veins streaked with black; a short black streak below
base of costa with another beyond it in cell and a very oblique
striga from median nervure to submedian fold in which there is a
black streak from base to middle, forming a dentate mark at
extremity enclosing a whitish mark representing the claviform ;
antemedial line represented by an oblique striga from costa and a
line from extremity of claviform angled outwards in submedian fold
and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1, a short dark streak
beyond the claviform ; orbicular defined by blackish, elongate, acute
at extremity and touching the reniform, which is a narrow pale
lunule defined by blackish; postmedial line almost obsolete and
whitish from costa to vein 2, strongly bent outwards below costa
and excurved to vein 4, below vein 2 represented by a slight brown
line defined by whitish on outer side, angled inwards in submedian
fold to the antemedial line and outwards on vein 1; an arched
black streak from lower extremity of reniform to near termen and
a short streak above middle of vein 3; the terminal area with
triangular brown patch from below apex to vein 4 extending to
postmedial line, and rather wedge-shaped patch between vein 3 and
submedian fold; the interspaces of terminal area with black streaks
extending on the brown patches to postmedial line, the streak above
vein 38 rather downcurved; cilia brown intersected with whitish
at the veins. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins,
inner and terminal areas suffused with brown; cilia white; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated
with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and postmedial series of shor
dark streaks on the veins.

Hab. Punsas, 2 3 type, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 4 2, Simla
(Swinhoe), 1 $, 1 2, Kasauli, 1 g, Dalhousie, 1 ¢, Thundiani
(Yerbury). 1 9, Kangra (Dudgeon), 1 6, Dharmsala (Hocking),
63,29, Manpuri,1 $. Hap. 46-50 millim.

3805. Delta peterseni.

Rhizogramma peterseni, Christ. Rom. Mém. iii. p. 76, pl. iv. f. 38 (1887) ;
Hinpsn. Cat. Lep. Phal. B.M. v. p. 14; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 183.

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; tegule brown at tips ;
abdomen grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey irrorated
with reddish brown; subbasal line represented by brown stric
from costa and median nervure; a black streak with slight brown
suffusion below it below the cell from base to the antemedial line,
which is indistinct and angled outwards in submedian fold and
above inner margin; claviform defined by a slight brown line above ;
orbicular and reniform small, defined by brown, the former oblique
elliptical; postmedial line unusually near termen, very minutely

198 NOCTUID_T.

waved, double, slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5,
then inwardly oblique; subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7,
retracted to postmedial line at vein 5, dentate to termen at veins 4,
3, then retracted to postmedial line at submedian fold, the area
beyond it brown except at apex and inner margin; a lunulate
terminal black line; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing
white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; the under-
side with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with
brown, a postmedial series of points on the veins.

Hab, N. Persta, 1g ; W. Torxestan, Turcomania, 1¢, Issvk
Kul, 1 9; W. Siperia, Altai, 1¢; EK. Turwestan, Kuidja, 1 o.
Kep. 38 millim.

3806. Delta nea.

Heterocampa nea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 408, pl. 90. f. 22
(1898).

3. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown ; palpi
red-brown except at tips; tegule with rufous line near tips;
pectus and legs with some rufous hair; abdomen ochreous suffused
with rufous, the anal tuft large. Fore wing ochreous irrorated
with brown and suffused with brown on costal and inner areas ; a
black streak below basal half of cell; subbasal line represented by
a very eblique dark striga from costa; antemedial line obsolcte
from costa to submedian fold, then extremely strongly dentate
outwards above and below vein | and inwards on vein 1; claviform
and orbicular absent; reniform a rather small lunule defined by
brown; slight dark streaks beyond the cell on veins 7 and 5; post-
medial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and
produced to black points on the veins, very oblique from vein 4 to
below 2, some white points beyond it on costa; a brown subter-
minal line between veins 8 and 7, strongly bent inwards and
defined by whitish above, an oblique triangular brown patch from
termen below apex to below vein 5, defined by whitish above, and
a wedge-shaped brown mark on extremity of vein 2. Hind wing
ochreous white; the veins brown; the terminal area suffused with
red-brown becoming fuscous towards inner edge; the underside
with small dark discoidal spot and postmedial series of minute dark
streaks on the veins. :

Hab, Panama, Chiriqui; Fr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni (Schaus),
1 3g; Bonivia, Yungas-la-Paz. wp. 44 millim.

*3807. Delta albiclava. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 29.)
Delta albiclava, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 802 (1908).

3. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; palpi brown;
frons with black bar above ; pectus and legs greyish ochreous suf-
fused with red-brown ; abdomen greyish ochreous irrorated with
brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous, the veins of

DELTA.-—ANDROPOLIA. 199

terminal area streaked with black; subbasal and antemedial
lines absent; a black streak in submedian fold to the claviform,
which is very narrow and elongate, white defined by black; orbi-
cular defined by black, very narrow and oblique; reniform a faint
slight oblique ochreous lunule defined by black on inner side, some
dark suffusion between them extending to costa; postmedial line
slight, black, dentate, oblique to vein 6, below vein 4 oblique to
extremity of claviform, then erect; an oblique diffused ochreous
shade from apex to reniform ; subterminal line absent ; the extre-
mity of vein 4 with yellow streak below and vein 3 defined on each
side by a dentate yellow mark; a fine black terminal line. Hind
wing yellowish white tinged with rufous, the veins of terminal half
streaked with brown; the underside with the costal and terminal
areas slightly irrorated with black, a slight discoidal spot and
indistinct curved minutely dentate postmedial line.

Hab. Purv, Huancabamba, type + 3S in Coll. Druce. up.
36 millim.

Genus ANDROPOLIA.

Andropolia, Grote, Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 82 (1895),
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Type.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd short, porrect ; frons
smooth with ridges of hair above and between antenne; eyes large, round ;
thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the pro- and metathorax with
spreading crests; tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with rough
hair at base and more or less developed dorsal series of crests. Fore wing
with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with &
to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sect. I, Antennx of male bipectinate with long branches to near apex.

A. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines distinct... diversilineata.
B. Fore wing with the ante- and postinedial lines almost
ONSOLELE RA searaccsae naan aes cease eas wdeaeiecineed qamemouiemeuwacits ilepida.

3808. Andropolia diversilineata.

Hadena diversilineata, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Sury. Terr. iii. p. 119
(1877); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 165.
Polia illepida, Grote, Can, Ent. xi. p. 95 (1879), 2 (nec C).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with fuscous; frons with
blackish lateral bars; tegule with slight blackish medial line and
tips; tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing grey-white
thickly irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by a striga
from costa and a curved streak from cell to base at vein 1; ante-
medial line defined by whitish on inner side, oblique, slightly
angled outwards below costa and more strongly above inner

200 NOCTUID ©.

margin ; claviform narrow, slightly defined by black ; orbicular and
reniform rather small, defined by black, the former whitish, oblique
elliptical, the latter with fuscous centre and whitish annulus; a
diffused medial line oblique from costa to below angle of cell, then
inwardly oblique; postmedial line black defined by white on outer
side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique

Fig. 88.—Andropolia diversilineata, 3. 3.

below vein 4, crossed by a black streak in submedian interspace ;
subterminal line formed by a series of somewhat dentate black
marks almost obsolete towards costa, the area beyond it darker,
strongly indented by the grey area on veins 7, 6, +, 3; a terminal
series of small black lunules; cilia fuscous with a fine white line
at base. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area slightly
tinged with fuscous, more strongly in female; the underside with
the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot and
sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 2 2 type dlepida 9, Manitou, Durango
(Oslar), 1 3,3 2, Nevada, N. Mexico. Hp. 40-44 millim.

3809. Andropolia illepida. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 30.)

Polia illepida, Grote, Can. Ent, xi. p. 95 (1879), ¢ (nec 2); Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 165.

Polia resoluta, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 70, pl. 5. f. 5 (1894) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 120.

do. Head and thorax grey tinged with reddish brown; frons with
blackish lateral bars ; tegulee with slight dark medial line; patagia
with dark line near upper edge; tarsi brown with pale rings ;
abdomen whitish suffused and irrorated with ochreous brown.
Fore wing pale grey suffused and irrorated with pale red-brown ;
the base of inner margin whitish; subbasal line indistinctly double,
angled outwards at middle and ending at vein 1; antemedial line
almost obsolete with pale and black striga from costa and slight
streaks on subcostal nervure and vein 1; the veins of terminal half
with fine black streaks; claviform small, elongate, defined by brown;
orbicular and reniform small defined by brown, the former round,
the latter defined by rufous; traces of an oblique medial line from
costa to median nervure ; postmedial line almost obsolete, pale with
black point at costa, bent outwards below costa and oblique below

ANDROPOLIA. 201

vein 4, crossed by a black streak from subterminal line above sub-
median fold; subterminal line blackish, somewhat dentate, almost
obsolete towards costa, angled inwards to postmedial line in discal
and submedian folds, dentate nearly to termen at veins 4, 3, 1 and
running inwards as a streak above inner margin to antemedial line ;
a terminal series of slight black lunules; a fine white line at base
of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area slightly
tinged with brown; a postmedial series of minute dark streaks on
fe. veins; a ienmnbnall series of dark striae; the ruses with the
costal area slightly irrorated wlth brown.
Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 S$ type. Huxp. 42 satiny

Sect. IL. Antenne of male serrate.

A. Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey.
a. Fore wing with ihe terminal area concolorous ......... pulverulenta.
6. Fore wing with the terminal area darker...............++8 contacta,
B. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-white.
a. Fore wing with the claviform distinctly defined by
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6. Fore wing with the claviform obsolete.
a', Kore wing with the orbicular small, defined by black

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b'. Fore wing with the orbicular large, defined by
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3810. Andropolia pulverulenta. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 31.)

Polia pulverulenta, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xviii. p. 106 (1891); id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 166.

6. Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with black; frons with
blackish bar; tegule with slight medial line; tarsi blackish ringed
with white; abdomen grey largely mixed with fuscous. Fore wing
blue-grey thickly irrorated with black; subbasal line slight, angled
inwards in cell, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line
strong, waved, somewhat oblique; claviform narrow, defined by
black; orbicular and reniform prominently defined by black, the
former round, the latter large; a fairly distinct medial line, oblique
from costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique and
irregularly waved ; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then
dentate, oblique below vein +; subterminal line represented by a
series of diffused dentate black marks except towards costa, angled
outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3; a terminal series of small black
lunules. Hind wing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous, a diffused
discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and somewhat lunulate
terminal line more distinct on underside.

Hab. Canapa, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 1g; U.S.A.,
Colorado. xp. 50 millim.

202 NOCTUID 2.

3811. Andropolia contacta.

Acronycta contacta, W1k. ix. 58 (1856); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 166.

Acronycta aspera, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 132 (1874).

Polia diffusilis, Harv. Can. Ent. x. p. 56 (1878).

Polia sansar, Streck. Lep. Rhop. Het., Suppl. i. p. 8 (1898); Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 120.

Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown and fuscous ;
frons with blackish bar; tegulz with slight blackish medial line ;
patagia with blackish streak near upper edge; abdomen grey
suffused with brown. Fore wing blue-grey tinged with brown and
irrorated with black, the terminal area darker, the veins with dark
streaks; subbasal line dentate, from costa to submedian fold ;

Fig. 39.—Andropolia contacta, §. }.

antemedial line blackish slightly defined by white on inner side,
oblique, angled outwards below costa and above inner margin and
inwards on vein 1; claviform narrow, rather indistinctly defined by
black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former rather
oblique elliptical; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to
lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line bent
* outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and
dentate, the area beyond it rather greyer to the subterminal line
which is represented by a series of dentate blackish marks, the grey
area forming strong teeth on veins 7, 6, 4,3; the terminal area
suffused with fuscous; a terminal series of small black lunules.
Hind wing grey suffused and irrorated with brown, the veins and a
fine terminal line darker; cilia whitish with a brown line at base;
the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and
sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Canava, Hudson’s Bay, St. Martin’s Falls (Barnston), 1 6,
2 2 type; U.S.A., New York, Adirondack Mts., Lewis Co. (W. W.
Hill), 1 3 type diffusilis, Washington. Hap. 50-54 millim.

3812. Andropolia pallifera. (Plate CX XVII. fig. 32.)

Polia pallifera, Grote, Can. Ent. ix. p. 88 (1877); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 166.

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; tegule with slight

ANDROPOLIA. 203

dark medial line, patagia with some black scales near upper edge ;
tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing
grey-white largely suffused and irrorated with reddish brown ;
subbasal line defined by whitish on outer side, waved, from costa
to vein 1, a slight black streak in submedian fold from it to the
antemedial line, which is double, waved, somewhat cblique ; clavi-
form large, defined by black and filled in with brown; orbicular
and reniform large, defined by black, the former round, the latter
somewhat quadrate; an indistinct curved, dentate medial line ;
postmedial line indistinctly double, the inner line black, bent out-
wards below costa, then dentate, below vein 4 incurved to lower
edge of reniform, some brown suffusion between it and medial
line, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line very
indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by slight dentate brown
marks and with some brown beyond it at middle, slightly angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; traces of some black
lunules on termen; cilia brown intersected with grey. Hind wing
grey suffused with ochreous brown, more fuscous on terminal area,
a sinuous postmedial line and indistinct diflused grey subterminal
band; a slight dark terminal line; cilia ochreous brown at base,
whitish at tips; the underside with slight discoidal lunule, sinuous
postmedial line with minute dark finale on the veins, and traces
of subterminal line.
Hab, U.8.A., Illinois, 1 9 type. Hap. 48 millim.

*3813. Andropolia dispar. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 1.)

Polia dispar, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii, p. 478 (1900); Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 120.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly tinged with ochreous ;
tegule with slight dark line near tips; patagia with diffused dark
lines near edges. Fore wing whitish slightly tinged with ochreous
and with fuscous irroration obscuring the markings; subbasal line
represented by shght dark marks on costa; antemedial line repre-
sented by a few dark scales and hardly traceable, strongly angled
outwards in the interspaces, in submedian fold almost reaching
postmedial line, the tooth in cell forming a small black mark before
orbicular, which is small, round, slightly defined by black scales ;
reniform large with faint ochreous annulus defined by fuscous, the
lower part tinged with fuscous; medial shade diffused fuscous,
oblique from costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique; post-
medial line indistinct and incomplete, strongly dentate outwards
on the veins and inwards in the interspaces, more distinct in sub-
median interspace; subterminal line only defined by dentate dark
marks on its inner side; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia
whitish with a dark line through them. Hind wing white, in
female with the veins fuscous, the terminal area irrorated with
fuscous towards tornus and a dark terminal line; the underside
white with small discoidal spot.

204 NOCTUID2a.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs. Hap. 3 42, 2
45 millim. This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing
from type in U.S. Nat. Mus.

*3814. Andropolia ochracea. (Plate CXXVIIT. fig. 25.)

Polia ochracea, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 474 (1900); Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 120.

6. Head and thorax greyish tinged with ochreous and irrorated
with fuscous; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing grey-white
tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous, the costal area and
cell tinged with blackish before the antemedial line, the medial
area more thickly irrorated ; subbasal line represented by double
black strize from costa and cell filled in with whitish; antemedial
line single, oblique, excurved below cell and angled outwards above
inner margin; orbicular and reniform large, the former defined by
ochreous at sides and open above and below, the latter defined by
ochreous at sides; medial shade diffused, waved, interrupted ; post-
medial line single, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved
below vein 4 and connected with antemedial line by a dark streak
in submedian fold, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-
terminal line represented by a series of ochreous lunules defined on
inner side by dentate dark marks; a fine interrupted black terminal
line. Hind wing whitish slightly tinged with fuscous; a dark
discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line and diffused subterminal
band; a lunulate blackish terminal line; the underside tinged with
yellowish, a dark discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., lowa. Hvp. 43 milim. ‘This species is unknown
to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Sucr. III. Antenne of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing without distinct black streak in base of submedian
fold.
a. Fore wing not suffused with ferruginous or purplish red.
a. Fore wing with the ground-colour white ...............+6 olorind.
}!, Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey.

@, Fore wing with the terminal area concolorous ......... aedon.
62. Fore wing with the terminal area darker ............... extincta.
d. Fore wing suffused with ferruginous or purplish red ......... theodore:
B. Fore wing with prominent black streak in base of submedian
fold.
a. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines distinct...... maxima.
d. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines almost
Ca) oo) IS FEN or ceasHosocedocuddovonsbanacseepanpoobodde sein cancacedkodanece acera.

3815. Andropolia olorina. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 29.)

Hadena olorina, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 84 (1876); Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 165.

¢. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with black; frons

ANDROPOLIA. 205

with black bar; tegulae with slight black medial line; patagia
with blackish line near upper edge; tarsi banded with blackish ;
abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing white irrorated
with black; the veins faintly streaked with black; subbasal line
dentate, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line oblique, dentate ;
hardly a trace of the claviform; orbicular and reniform defined by
black, open on outer side, the former elongate elliptical, the latter
large ; a medial line oblique from costa to lower angie of cell, then
inwardly oblique and somewhat dentate; postmedial line bent out-
wards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4; subterminal
line black, dentate outwards on veins 7, 6, 4,3 and inwards to
postmedial line in discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of
small black lunules; cilia with series of black points. Hind wing
white slightly irrorated with brown, the inner area tinged with
brown; some brown points on termen; the underside with discoidal
point and faint postmedial line with minute dark streaks on the
veins.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, California, 1 3 type. Hxp. 48 millim.

3816. Andropolia aedon. (Plate CX XVIII. fig. 5.)

Polia aedon, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 154 (1880); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 165.

3. Head and thorax clothed with white and black scales slightly
mixed with rufous; frons with black bar: tegule with slight
medial black line; patagia with black streak; abdomen whitish
tinged with rufous especially on dorsum. Fore wing white irrorated
with dark brown and tinged with rufous in places, the veins
slightly streaked with black; subbasal line represented by oblique
black striz from costa and cell with some rufous suffusion beyond
it above vein 1; antemedial line oblique from costa to submedian
fold where if is angled outwards, angled inwards on vein 1, then
strongly outwards above inner margin; orbicular and reniform
prominently defined by black, the former rather elongate elliptical,
the latter with some rufous in centre; a rufous medial line oblique
from costa to beyond lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique
and minutely dentate; postmedial line black, bent outwards below
costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond
it on costa; subterminal line black, dentate outwards on veins 7, 6,
4, 3 and bidentate inwards almost to postmedial line in discal and
submedian folds, some rufous suffusion beyond it; a prominent
terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous white
tinged with brown especially on terminal area; cilia white; the
underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown,
a. discoidal lunule and postmedial line with minute black streaks on
the veins showing through to upperside.

Hab. U.S.A., Washington, 1 ¢ type, Colorado, Nevada. Hwp.
50 millim.

DOS NOCTUID D.

*3817. Andropolia extincta. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 8.)

Polia extincta, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 471 (1900); Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 120.

@. Head and thorax blue-grey with dark irroration; patagia
with dark lines near edges; abdomen grey slightly tinged with
fuscous. Fore wing bluish grey with dark irroration, the terminal
area darker; subbasal line represented by dark striz from costa
and cell; antemedial line rather strong, black defined by whitish
scales on inner side, oblique, waved ; claviform defined by black,
acute at extremity; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the
former elliptical, the latter large; medial shade oblique and blackish
from costa to reniform, indistinct and incurved below the cell;
postmedial line slightly defined by whitish on outer side, bent out-
wards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then
oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
represented by a series of strongly dentate pale marks slightly
defined by black on outer side and with black streak from it to
postmedial line below vein 2; a terminal series of small black
lunules. Hind wing greyish suffused and irrorated with fuscous ;
a large discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line; a terminal
series of slight black lunules ; cilia white; the underside grey with
dark irroration, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., New Hampshire, Twin Mountain. vp. 47 millim.
This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type
in U.S. Nat. Mus.; the male may prove to have serrate antenne.

3818. Andropolia theodori.

Apatela theodori, Grote, Can. Ent. x. p. 237 (1878) ; id. Ill. Essay, p. 59,
pl. ii. f. 17; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 165.

Polia epichysis, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 219 (i880); id. Ill. Essay, p. 55,
OL, wi, a, Meh

3. Head and thorax grey-white tinged with pale and dark
brown and yellow; frons with black bars at middle and above ;

Fig. 40.—Andropolia theodori, 3. }.

tegulze with black medial line and dark tips; pro- and metathoracic
crests tipped with ferruginous; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged
with rufous. Fore wing white largely suffused with ferruginous
and slightly irrorated with black; the veins streaked with black ;

ANDROPOLIA. 207

subbasal line represented by oblique black striae from costa and
cell; antemedial line oblique, dentate; claviform, orbicular, and
reniform slightly defined by red-brown, the second round, the latter
large; a medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then
inwardly oblique and somewhat dentate; postmedial line bent out-
wards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4; subterminal
line black, dentate outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 38 and bidentate in-
wards to postmedial line in discal and submedian folds, some
rufous suffusion beyond it; a terminal series of black points; cilia
chequered brown and white. Hind wing white, the veins, inner area
and termen faintly tinged with brown; the underside with slight
discoidal lunule and postmedial line with minute dark streaks on it.

©. Fore wing more suffused with rufous especially on outer half
of medial area; hind wing with the inner and terminal areas tinged
with pink.

Ab. 1. Much browner; abdomen deep rufous; hind wing
uniformly suffused with rufous.— Vancouver.

Ab. 2. epichysis. Much greyer; fore wing largely suffused with
purplish red ; hind wing tinged with purplish red.—California.

Hab. Canava, Vancouver (J. J. Walker), 12; U.S.A., Colorado,
1 @ type, Glenwood Springs, 1 3, California, Sierra Nevada, 1 9,
Sbasta Co., Soda Springs, 1 Q type epichysis, New Mexico. Harp.
48-54 millim.

*3819. Andropolia maxima. (Plate CXXVIIL. fig. 32.)
Polia maxima, Dyar, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xii. p. 40 (1904).

6. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; patagia with
blackish line near upper edge; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing
ochreous tinged with rufous; subbasal line represented by an
oblique whitish striga from costa: a black streak in basal part of
submedian fold and another above inner margin; antemedial line
defined by whitish on inner side, waved, angled outwards below
costa and above inner margin; claviform large, defined by black,
acute at extremity and with black streak from it to postmedial line ;
orbicular and reniform with ochreous centres and slight whitish
annuli defined by black, the former very oblique elliptical, the
latter large and slightly angled inwards on median nervure; a faint
dark medial shade; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer
side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to
vein 4, then oblique, the area beyond it with a violaceous tinge and
some white points on costa; subterminal line pale, defined on inner
side at middle by dentate dark marks and with diffused dark marks
beyond it, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6 and dentate at
veins 4, 3, 2; the veins of terminal area streaked with black; a
terminal series of black striae. Hind wing brownish ochreous, the
veins fuscous; a slight postmedial line and diffused fuscous sub-
terminal shade.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Eureka, Eap.61 millim. This species is
unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus.

208 NOCTUIDAE.

*3820. Andropolia acera. (Plate CXXVIIL. fig. 4.)

Polia acera, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 472 (1900); Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 120.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale purplish grey; frons with brown
bar; tegule whitish af base and with black medial line; patagia
with faint dark subterminal line. Fore wing pale purplish grey,
the medial area tinged with rutous, the veins irrorated with black
scales; a sinuous black streak below basal half of ccll; a black
streak above inner margin from near base to middle; antemedial
line obsolete or hardly traceable, double, strongly angled outwards
in submedian fold and above inner margin; claviform defined by
black, acute at extremity and connected by a slight brown streak
with the postmedial line; orbicular and reniform large, defined by
brown and black scales, open above, the former oblique elliptical
nearly or quite connected with the latter; traces of a brown medial
shade in cell and from claviform to inner margin ; postmedial line
almost obsolete or indistinct, double beyond the cell, then dentate ;
subterminal line absent or represented by brown streaks in the
interspaces of terminal area, more distinctly marked at middle and
above tornus; cilia reddish grey. Hind wing greyish tinged with
ochreous, paler at base; cilia whitish; the underside whitish tinged
with fuscous and with slight dark irroration.

Hab. U.S.A., Washington, Pullman, Seattle. Hap. g 42, 2
52 millim. This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing
from type in Coll. J. B. Smith.

Genus LITHOM@A.

Type.
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Hyppa, Dup. Cat. Méth. p. 161 (1844) ...... eee teeter eee rectilined.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching
about to middle of frons and fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd short;
frons smooth, with ridges of hair above and between antennex; eyes large,
round; antennze of male with short branches dilated at extremity, the apex
ciliated ; thorax quadrately clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro-
and metathorax with spreading crests; tibia moderately fringed with hair;
abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crests on 3rd and 4th segments very
large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and
hardly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 trom cell. Hind wing
with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 4 obsolescent from below middle of disce-
cellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked : 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the whole mediai area tinged with red-
DRO WAR yo. urcislalde ieeeamco meee ne citonse clone lelema cers oisuallaaesumetreeae rectilined.
B. Fore wing with the medial area not tinged with red-
brown towards costa.
a. Fore wing with the antemedial line entire.
a. Antenne of male with short branches, metathoracic
GREG TOL WUIKOMS oc. cgooccscgnccuccosossoous0pevouosoocoBoCoor xylinoides,

LITHOMG@A. 209

bt. Antenne of male with longer branches, metathoracic
GRAN TUVIOWIS. Gaconooonaqaacsanasaocomoacunagsacasnaseborecud brunneicrista.
bh, Fore wing with the antemedial line represented by a
striga from costa and long teeth in submedian fold
and above inner Margin .......0.....ec cece eee eee eee renee indistincta.

3821. Lithomea rectilinea.

Noctua rectilinea, Esp. Schmett. iv. p. 379, pl. 127. f. 1 (1788); Hiibn.
Eur, Schmett., Noct. f. 248; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 281, pl. 114. f. 6;
Frr. Beitr. pl. 4. f. 1; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 179; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 121; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182.

Head and thorax white tinged with rufous; frons with black
bar ; tegule with strong black medial line; patagia chocolate-red
with black line near upper edge which is pure white; metathorax
chocolate-red ; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen red-
brown, pale at base, the medial crests blackish. Fore wing white
irrorated with red-brown, the medial area red-brown with some
white irroration, especially beyond the cell and on inner area,
the terminal area red-brown, the veins with slight dark streaks ;
subbasal line represented by slight brown strie from costa and
cell ; the inner basal area suffused with red-brown with a diffused
black fascia in base of submedian fold and a streak above inner
margin before the antemedial line, which is black defined by white
on inner side, oblique and slightly sinuous from costa to submedian
fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner
margin, a strong black fascia in submedian fold from it to post-
medial line; claviform very narrow, defined by black and obscured

Fig. 41.—Lithomea rectilinea, S. ft.

by the black fascia; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black,
the former elongate elliptical with its outer edge indented, the
latter irrorated with white; a slight dark medial shade from costa ;
postmedial line blackish defined by white on outer side and with
white patch beyond it in submedian interspace, bent outwards
below costa, slightly angled inwards in discal fold, oblique to
vein 2, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa;
subterminal line represented by white strie on dentate black marks
from costa to vein 4 and angled outwards at vein 7, then by a
white line angled outwards to termen on veins 4, 3, with a dentate
black mark between them, then oblique and angled inwards in
VOL, VIII. P

210 NOCTUID.B,

submedian fold; a terminal series of blackish lunules; cilia red-
brown with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing ochreous white
suffused with red-brown especially on terminal half; cilia white
with a dark line through them from apex to vein 2; the underside
white, the costal area irrorated with brown, the terminal area
suffused with red-brown, a dark discoidal lunule and diffused
sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Briratn, Scotland, Leech Coll., England, Leech Coll. ;
France; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.: Avsrnria ;
Huneary ; Swirzertanp; N. Irary; Rvussta, Livonia, Zeller Coll.,
St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Urals; W.Srperta, Altai; EK. Srperia,
Amur; Anaska. Hap. 40-46 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 129; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 35, pl. 189. f. 1.

Pale and dark brown mixed, laterally tinged with purple; dorsal
line pale, interrupted, dark-edged ; subdorsal series of pale oblique
streaks, dark-edged behind; spiracular line pale towards ex-
tremities; 11th somite with two ochreous dots; head dark brown.
Food-plants: Saliw and Rubus. 7-3.

3822. Lithomea xylinoides. (Plate CX XVIII. fig. 6.)

Hadena xylinoides, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 106, pl. 8. f. 11 (1852) ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 155; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182.

Xylina contraria, Wik. xi, 627 (1857).

Hadena ancocisconensis, Morr. Can, Ent. vil. p. 198 (1875).

Head and thorax white mixed with brown; palpi blackish at
sides; frons with black bar; tegule with strong black medial line ;
patagia red-brown edged with black and fringed with white hair
above; tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown with
the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing bluish white irrorated with
fuscous and more or less tinged with brown, the medial area
suffused with rufous from the cell and vein 3 to submedian fold,
the terminal area slightly tinged with brown towards apex and
tornus, the veins with slight dark streaks; subbasal line repre-
sented by a black striga from costa, defined by white on outer side ;
a sinuous black streak in base of submedian fold and a streak above
inner margin before the antemedial line, which is black defined by
white on inner side, shghtly angled outwards below costa and in
cell, strongly in submedian fold and above inner margin and
inwards on vein 1; a black streak in submedian fold from the
ante- to the postmedial lines; orbicular and reniform large defined
by black, the former elongate elliptical, rather acute at extremity ;
a slight medial fuscous shade from costa to median neryure; post-
medial line double filled in with white, indistinct on costal half
and with prominent white mark in submedian interspace, bent
outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique and
slightly sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa; black
streaks in the interspaces of terminal area between vein 7 and
submedian fold interrupted by slight white lunules between veins
5 and 3 representing part of the white subterminal line, which is

LITHOM@A. Dil

angled outwards to termen on veins 4, 3, then incuryed ; a terminal
series of slight black lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white,
with a fine dark line near base. Hind wing whitish tinged with
reddish brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous; cilia white
with a brown line near base from apex to vein 2; the underside
white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown and the
latter tinged with grey, a dark discoidal lunule, diffused curved
postmedial line, and fine black terminal line.

Hab. Canava (Norman), 1 $, Ottawa (Fletcher), 2 ¢, 3 9,
London (Saunders), 1 3, Orillia (Bush), 1 9, Alberta, Calgary
(Wolley-Dod), 3 $, 6 6; U.S.A., Eastern and Central States to
Virginia, New Hampshire, New York, Trenton Falls (Doubleday),
23,36, type and type contraria, Sharon, 2 ¢, 3 2, Evans
Center (Grote),2 9. Hep. 38-46 millim.

Larva. Head shining brown. Dorsum yellow-brown, sides
darker, cross-barred in darker brown; substigmatal band broad,
pale, edged with brown, with a white line on joints 2-3, and on
foot of 13; feet brown. Food-plants: Various.—H. G. D.

3823. Lithomea brunneicrista. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 28.)

Hyppa brunneicrista, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxiv. p. 31 (1902); Dyar, Cat,
Lep. N. Am. p. 121.

Head and thorax grey ; palpi dark at sides; vertex of head with
the hair tipped with vinous red; tegule with prominent medial
black line; patagia red-brown edged with black and grey above;
metathoraci¢c crest tipped with rufous; abdomen grey and fuscous
brown mixed. Fore wing grey irrorated and suffused with dark
brown, the inner area darkest, the medial area with some rufous
suffusion above submedian fold ; a black streak, edged with white
above, below base of cell, some rufous scales below its extremity ;
subbasal line represented by a black point below costa; antemedial
line black, partly defined by white on inner side, minutely dentate
below costa, very strongly angled outwards in submedian fold and
above inner margin and inwards on vein 1, a black streak in sub-
median fold from it to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform
rather large, grey defined by black, the former elongate elliptical,
the latter rather produced at extremities ; postmedial line unusually
near termen, obsolescent and greyish from costa to vein 5, then black
defined by whitish on outer side, slightly bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and sinuous, the area
beyond it greyer, becoming whitish below vein 3 and tinged with
rufous in submedian fold; subterminal line represented by slight
black streaks in the interspaces towards costa, then defined by the
difference between the grey and fuscous terminal area, angled
outwards to termen on veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small
black lunules; cilia blackish with whitish line at base. Hind wing
fuscous brown, becoming whitish towards base; cilia whitish with
fuscous tips ; tle underside grey irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal
spot showing through to upperside, and curved postmedial line.

212 NOCTUID 2X.

Antennee of male with the branches rather long.
Hab, Canapa, Alberta, Calgary (Woll-y-Dod), 1 3, Br. Columbia,
Fraser R, (St. John), 1 9. Eup. 42-46 millim.

3824. Lithomea indistincta. (Plate CXXVIILI. fig. 30.)

Hyppa indistincta, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 63, pl. iv. f. 4
(1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 121.

@. Head and thorax bluish white mixed with dark brown ;
palpi with black patches at sides of 2nd joint; frons with black
bar; tegule with strong black medial line; patagia with the outer
half black-brown, the upper half white mixed with brown; tarsi
blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with brown,
the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing bluish white with slight
dark irroration, the veins with slight dark streaks, the inner area
suffused with brown and blackish to the postmedial line ; subbasal
line represented by slight dark striz from costa and cell; a strong
diffused black streak just below submedian fold from base to the
postmedial line, with some bluish white irroration below its
extremity; a black streak with slight white streak below it above
inner margin before the antemedial line, which is represented by a
slight dark striga from costa, then obsolete to submedian fold,
where it is very strongly angled outwards, then very strongly
angled inwards on vein | and outwards above inner margin to the
postmedial line; orbicular and reniform faintly defined by fuscous,
the former elongate elliptical, the latter with slight dark centre ;
a slight dark medial shade from costa; postmedial line indistinct
from costa to vein 5, then black defined by white on outer side,
slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique
and slightly sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa; the
terminal area with black streaks in the interspaces above veins 4, 3,
the lower streak extending to the postmedial line, the upper to just
before it; a triangular dark shade from termen below apex; sub-
terminal line obsolete except from below vein 3 to tornus where it
is white, incurved and with a dark shade beyond it; a terminal
series of small black lunules; cilia whitish and fuscous with a dark
line through them. Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscous brown,
the terminal area rather darker; cilia grey-white with a fuscous
line through them; the underside greyish suffused with brown and
the costal area with bluish white, the terminal area rather darker,
a dark discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Canava, Br. Columbia, Upper Ashnold (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 9 ;
U.S.A., Oregon, Mt. Hood. Hap. 42 millim.

Larva. Head shining brown. Body dark brown, cross-barred in
darker brown, cutting obliquely a faint subdorsal line; substigmatal
band broad, pale, edged with brown, with a white line on joints
2-3 and on foot of 13; feet brown. Food-plants: Varioas.—H.G. D,

hb
—

PULCHERIA.

Genus PULCHERIA. Type
Pulcheria, Alph. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 170 .......-ccccseeeeseeees catomelas.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely uptarned, the 2nd joint reaching
to about vertex of head and moderately scaled in front, the 3rd short, porrect ;
frons smooth ; eyes large, round; antenngz of male bipectinate with moderate
branches, the apex simple; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the
prothorax with sharp triangular crest; the metathorax without crest; tibiz
fringed with long hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments and
literal tufts of hair on terminal segments. Fore wing with the apex rect-
angular, the termen crenulate, oblique towards tornus; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to
form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;
5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anas-
tomusing with the cell near base only.

3825. Pulcheria catomelas.

Pulcheria catomelas, Alph. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 170; id. Rom. Mém.
v. p. 173, pl. 7. ff. 10, @, 6; Staud. Cat Lep. pal. p. 212.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with some
brown, the last dorsally tinged with fuscous leaving faint pale
segmental lines. Fore wing whitish tinged with brown and
irrorated with fuscous, the veins with slight dark streaks; subbasal
line indistinctly double, angled outwards in and below cell and
ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinctly double and
somewhat dentate, oblique from costa to middle of cell, then

Fig. 42.—Pulcheria catomelas, §. }.

inwardly oblique; orbicular with faint whitish annulus, its centre
tinged with fuscous, oblique elliptical; reniform slightly defined by
fuscous and with fuscous line in centre, an indistinct medial shade,
oblique from costa to median nervure; postmedial line indistinct,
double, minutely waved, excurved from costa to vein 6, then
oblique; subterminil line represented by a slight dark mark on
costa, an oblique shade from vein 7 to 5 and slight marks in the
interspaces from below vein 4 to imner margin; a fine waved
terminal blackish line. Hind wing black-brown, the base grey;
cilia white shghtly tinged with brown at base. Underside of fore
wing suffused with black-brown leaving the costal and terminal
areas grey; hind wing black-brown, the base grey with irregularly
diffused outer edges, the costa and inner margin grey.
Hab. EK. Turxestan, Kashgar, 2 $. H#vp. 38-42 millim,

214 NOCTUIDE.

Genus FOTA.
Type.
Fota, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 174 (USSD) ere eee beeeaeeaaaemeencnice armata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending about the length of head
and fringed with long scales below, the 3rd joint moderate; frons with large
rounded corneous prominence with raised edges and long pointed central
process hidden in long hair, a large corneous plate below it; eyes large,
round; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales,
the pro- and metathorax with slight spreading crests ; tibize smoothly scaled,
the fore tibia with small curved claw on inner side; abdomen without crests.
Fore wing long and narrow, the margins subparallel, the apex rounded, the
termen obliquely curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell: 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
J1 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 typically from cell; 5 obsolescent
from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell to
middle.

Srcr. I. Hind wing of female with veins 3, 4 stalked.

3826. Fota minorata.

Fota minorata, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 181 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct. N.
Am. p. 183.
Iscadia aperta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 474 (part.), nee W1k.

Head and tegule ochreous white, palpi, sides of frons and
antenne mixed with brown; thorax dark grey mixed with fuscous
and whitish; pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous white. Fore
wing purplish grey suffused and irrorated with fuscous especially
on costal area; an indistinct curved subbasal line with paler grey
before it and beyond it at costa, an elongate pale grey mark defined

Fig. 43.—Fota minorata, 2. }.

by blackish beyond it in cell; antemedial line indistinetly double,
slightly angled outwards below costa, excurved to submedian fold,
then incurved; orbicular and reniform pale grey defined by black,
their centres tinged with brown, the former round, the latter
elliptical and with curved dark line in centre; postmedial line
very indistinct, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely
waved and below vein 4 strongly bent inwards ; the interspaces of
terminal area with slight black streaks. Hind wing yellowish
white.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona (Hulst), 1 9; Mexico, Sonora (Morrison),
1 6, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hap. 28-30 millim.

FOTA.—OXYONEMIS. 215

Srcr. II. Hind wing of female with veins 3, 4 from cell.

3827. Fota armata.

Fota armata, Grote, Cat. Ent. xiv. pp. 175, 181 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 183.

2. Head whitish mixed with brown; neck with some ochreous
hair; thorax purplish grey mixed with fuscous and brown ;
pectus and legs white; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing
purplish grey suffused and irrorated with fusvous; subbasal line
represented by two faint oblique strize from costa; antemedial line
indistinct, double, minutely waved to submedian fold, then bent
inwards, a diffused black streak in submedian fold from it to post-
medial line; orbicular and reniform whitish defined by black and

Fig. 44.—Fota armata, Q. }.

their centres slightly by fuscous, the former round, the latter
elliptical, a diffused black fascia before and between them ; post-
medial line indistinct, strongly bent outwards below costa, minutely
dentate to vein 2, then bent inwards, an indistinct whitish sub-
terminal line, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle, and
crossed by slight black streaks below veins 8, 7, 6;.a terminal
series of slight blackish points. Hind wing white, the veins and
terminal area suffused with ochreous; the underside white, the
costal area slightly irrorated with brown towards apex.
Hab. U.S.A,, Arizona, Nogales, 1 @. zp. 32 millim.

Genus OXYCNEMIS. is
Oxycnemis, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 182 (1882) 0.0.0.0... eee eee eeee advena.

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi obliquely upturned, slender, hardly reaching ©
the middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front; frons smooth ;
eyes large, round; antennx of male serrate and fasciculate ; thorax clothed
with rough hair and scales mixed, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax
with large crest formed of large curled scales; tibia moderately fringed with
hair, the fore tibia very short, broadening into a large curved claw on inner
side at extremity; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex
rounded, the termen eventy curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole; 11 trom celi. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;
5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

216 NOCTUIDE.

A. Metathoracic crest with metallic scales.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform conjoined
by a white streak in upper part of cell .................. Susimacula.
b. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform not con-
joined.
a. Kore wing with the antemedial line nearly straight.
a2, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform indis-

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62, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform strongly
defined ibyblackeey iestaccesncentes ace resent ence baboquavaria.
b', Fore wing with the antemedial line sinuous ......... advend.

B. Metathoracie crest without metallic scales.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform not con-
fluent.

a, Fore wing with the orbicular round..................... subsimplea.
>'. Fore wing with the orbicular narrow and elongate. acuna.

b. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform confluent.
a\, Fore wing with the stigmata defined by black ...... gracillined.
b', Fore wing with the stigmata not defined by black... adusta.

3828. Oxycnemis fusimacula. (Plate CX XVIII. fig. 2.
Oxycnemis fusimacua, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 50 (1902); Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 184.

@. Heed and thorax black and white mixed; metathoracic
crest small, black with a few metaliic scales; tarsi blackish
slightly ringed with white; abdomen white faintly tinged with
brown. Fore wing white irrorated with black, somewhat more
thickly on medial and terminal areas; subbasal line black, from
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black, oblique and
sinuous to submedian fold, where it is acutely angled outwards,
then incurved and bent outwards above inner margin; claviform
white slightly irrorated with fuscous and defined by black, acute at
extremity and extending almost to postmedial line; orbicular and
reniform with white annuli defined by black, the former elongate
and rather pointed at extremities, the latter angled inwards below
subcostal nervure to the former, its upper extremity produced and
acute, with two oblique white streaks from it to costa defining the
black veins and crossing the black postmedial line which is bent
outwards below costa, then oblique, slightly excurved at median
nervules and angled outwards on vein 1; an oblique dark shade
from costa near apex to outer side of reniform; subterminal line
very indistinct, whitish and diffused, somewhat excurved at middle ;
the terminal area with fine black streaks on the veins; cilia
chequered blackish and white. Hind wing white, the terminal
area tinged with brown from apex to submedian fold; a fine dark
terminal line except towards tornus; cilia white slightly mixed
with brown; the underside with the costal area and termen to
vein 3 irrorated with brown.

Hab, U.S.A., Arizona, Yuma Co., 2 9 cotype. xp. 26 millim.

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OXYCNEMIS.

*3829. Oxycnemis gustis.
Oxycnemis gustis, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxxili. p. 138 (1907).

3. Head and thorax blackish with some white scales and hair
mixed, the metathoracic crest with a metallic gloss ; abdomen
white tinged with brown. Fore wing bright blue-grey, the cell
filled in with white and the basal area irrorated with white; sub-
basal line blackish, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line
rather diffused, blackish, somewhat oblique and shghtly angled
outwards at middle; claviform indistinctly defined by black, large
and broad; orbicular indistinctly defined by grey, round; reniform
grey, indistinctly defined, its outer part obscured by an oblique
dark shade from costa just before apex ; postmedial line rather
slight, blackish, bent outwards below costa and incurved below
vein 4, some white suffusion beyond it on inner area; subterminal
line indicated by slight white shading with some dark irroration
beyond it; a fine black terminal line; cilia intersected with
fuscous. Hind wing white, tie costal area aud termen irrorated
with fuscous; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
fuscous, a slight postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., 8. Arizona. vp. 21 millim. This species is
unknown to me.

3830. Oxycnemis baboquavaria. (Plate CX XVIII. fig. 3.)
Oxycnemis baboquavaria, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxxili. p. 137 (1907).

S. Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown, the meta-
thoracic crest formed of metallic black scales; abdomen ochreous
white with faint diffused brownish band. Fore wing purplish
grey thickly irrorated with black-brown and with some brown
suftfusion on medial area in and below cell; subbasal line black,
slightly angled outwards in cell, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line black, erect, very slightly incurved below sub-
median fold; claviform large, detined by black, pointed at inner
extremity ; orbicular and reniform white irrorated with black-
brown and defined by black, the former rather elongate elliptical,
the latter produced at upper extremity, some white suffusion
between them in cell; postmedial line black, very strongly angled
outwards below costa to towards apex and almost obsolete, then
oblique, angled outwards at veins 4, 3 and excurved from sub-
median fold to inner margin, some white points beyond it on
costa ; an oblique blackish fascia from apex to outer edge of post-
medial line at vein 6; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked
with black ; a fine black terminal line. Hind wing white irrorated
with brown, the veins streaked with brown on terminal area; a fine
terminal brown line; the underside white, the costal area irrorated
with brown, the veins streaked with brownish on terminal avea, a
brownish postmedial line excurved below costa, then oblique.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Baboquavaria Mts. (Poling), 2 3 cotype.

Ewp. 24 millim.

218 NOCTULD®.

3831. Oxycnemis advena.

Oxycnemis advena, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 182 (1832); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 267.

Head and thorax fuscous brown irrorated with grey-white, the
metathoracic crest black with metallic silvery scales; tarsi blackish
ringed with white; abdomen greyish suffused with brown. Fore
wing purplish grey irrorated and in parts suffused with black-
brown; subbasal line strong, black, curved, from costa to vein 1;
antemedial line strong, black, oblique, sinuous; claviform defined
by black and with slight pale annulus, elongate and pointed at
extremities; orbicular and reniform whitish irrorated with brown
and defined by black, the former round; postmedial line strong,
black, slightly defined by whitish on outer side, strongly bent

Fig. 45.—Oayenemis advena, S. +.

outwards and almost obsolete below costa, then oblique, slightly
angled outwards at veins 4,3, then incurved and bent outwards
below submedian fold; an oblique black shade from costa near
apex to just beyond postmedial line at vein 6: faint traces of
a minutely waved subterminai line; a fine black terminal line.
Hind wing whitish suffused with brown especially on terminal
area; a fine dark terminal line; cilia white slightly mixed with
brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown, especially on
costal and terminal areas, a brownish discoidal spot and rather
diffused curved postmedial line from costa to submedian fold.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts. (Osler), 2 6,1 92.
Evp. & 26, Q 32 millim.

3832. Oxycnemis subsimplex. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 7.)
Oxycnemis subsimplex, Dyar, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xii. p. 42 (1904).

o. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with grey; tegule ochreous
except at tips; pectus whitish; abdomen ochreous, ventrally
white irrorated with brown, Fore wing fuscous mixed with
grey-white, the veins with slight dark streaks; snbbasal line
black defined by grey on outer side, curved, from costa to base at
submedian fold; antemedial line black defined by grey on inner
side, erect, slightly waved; clavifurm defined by black, large and
extendirg to cell; orbicular and reniform with whitish annuli
defined by black, the former round, the latter with whitish lunule

OXYCNEMIS. 219

in centre; postmedial line black defined on each side by grey,
touching upper extremity of reniform, then bent outwards,
incurved and minutely dentate below vein 4, some whitish points
beyond it on costa and an oblique grey shade from before apex to
the angle of postmedial line; subterminal line whitish, defined on
inner side by minute dark streaks, minutely dentate; a terminal
series of minute black lunules; cilia fuscous with fine white
lines at base and middle. Hind wing white, the veins brownish ;
a discoidal point and curved postmedial series of points on the
veins ; a fine brown terminal line from apex to submedian fold ;
the underside with the costa irrorated with brown.
Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, 1 g. Hep. 28 millim.

*3833. Oxycnemis acuna. (Plate CX XVIII. fig. 9.)
Oxycnemis acuna, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxix. p. 67 (1907).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; abdomen whitish
tinged with brown. Fore wing grey irrorated with brown;
subbasal and antemedial lines absent; claviform and orbicular
brownish white defined by black, very narrow and elongate, the
latter extending to beyond the former; reniform grey defined by a
few black scales, especially at sides, and with brownish centre, an
oblique white shade from its upper extremity to near apex ; post-
medial line absent; subterminal line pale, irregular, interrupted,
defined on inner side by blackish markings, more distinct towards
apex and tornus; a fine black terminal line; cilia mixed with
tuscous and with slight pale lines at base and middle. Hind wing
white tinged with brown; a faint discoidal point; a fine brown
terminal line; cilia white; the underside with the costal area
tinged with yellowish, a yellow-brown terminal line.

Hab, U.S.A., Texas, San Antonio. Hap. 18 millim. This
species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in

Coll. W. Barnes.

3834, Oxyenemis gracillinea. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 10.)

Oncocnemis gracillinea, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 231 1881); Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Aim. p. 162.
Oxycnemis yuma, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxxili. p. 158 (1907).

- Head and thorax white mixed with some black-brown ; abdomen
white tinged with brown except at base. Fore wing white
tinged with brown and irrorated with black-brown; clavitorm
extremely narrow and elongate from close to base tio postmedial
line, with brown streak in middle and white annulus defined by
black ; antemedial line hardly traceable, somewhat oblique below
the claviform; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and
white annuli defined by black, the former a very narrow and
elongate streak confluent with the latter, which is small; post-
medial line obsolete except from reniform to inner margin, where
it 1s very indistinct, below vein J. bent inwards as a slight

220 NOCTULD as.

streak above inner margin to before middle; a slight oblique
white shade from costa near apex to the reniform, the veins on it
with fine black streaks; subterminal line slight, white, dentate,
somewhat angled outwards at veins 7 and 4, crossed by an
oblique dark shade from apex to discal fold and defined on inner
side by diffused brown below vein 4; a black termina! line
slightly defined by white on inner side; cilia with fine white
line near tips. Hind wing white tinged with brown; a dark
terminal line; cilia white with a slight brownish line through
them; the underside white irrorated with brown, a brownish
discoidal lunule and curved maculate postmedial line with minute
dark streaks on the veins.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Walters Station, 1 ¢ cotype yuma,
Arizona (Poling), 1S, Yuma Co., 19, Prescott (Aunze), 19.

Exp. 22 millim.

#3835. Oxycnemis adusta.
Oxyenemis adustus, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxxiil. p. 139 (1907).

¢. Head and thorax ochreous suffused with dull grey, frons
chocolate-brown, vertex of head and thorax irrorated with black,
the metathoracic crest darker; abdomen whitish tinged with
brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused with dull ash grey; subbasal
and antemedial lines absent; claviform very elongate, extending
trom base to near postmedial line but very indistinct and represented
by scattered white scales only; orbicular and reniform indistinctly
defined by white, the former elongate and confluent with middle
of latter; postmedial line fuscous defined by whitish on outer side,
acutely angled outwards beyond the cell, then oblique ; subterminal
line very irregular and interrupted, whitish defined on inner side
by dark shades and streaks in the interspaces, more prominent at
discal and submedian folds, a diffused white streak from its inner
side at costa to the reniform; a black terminal line; cilia greyish
with a yellowish line through them. Hind wing whitish tinged
with fuscous especially towards termen; cilia white; the underside
whitish.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, San Antonio. Hap. 17 millim, This
species is unknown to me.

Genus FALA.
Type
Fula, Grote, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 425 ....... .... ptycophora.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint hardly
reaching the middle of trons and tringed with long hair in front, the 3rd short;
frons with large round corneous prominence with raised edges and flattened
vertical process in centre rounded in front, and curved corneous plate below it ;
eyes large, rourd ; antenne of male somewhat laminate and minutely ciliated ;
thorax clothed with rough hair, the pro- and metathorax with spreading
crests; tibize moderately {ringed with hair, the fore tibia with long curved
claw on inner side at extremity; abdomen with sume rough hair at base but

FALA.—LBEUCOCNEMIS, 221

without crests. Fore wing with the costa slightly excised beyond middle, the
apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 stalked ;
8 auastomosing with the cell near base only.

3836. Fala ptychophora.

Fala ptychopnora, Grote, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 426; id. Ill.
Essay, p. 64, pl. 3. f. 86; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 264.

o. Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown, the bead
and tegule tinged with ochreous, the tegule and thoracic crests
tipped with blackish; abdomen pale ochreous, the ventral surface
whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with
ochreous, especially in discal and submedian folds and on terminal
area, and with some dark brown irroration especially from cell to
postmedial line, between veins 5 and 2; subbasal line represented

Fig. 46.—Fala ptychophora, 3. }.

by a slight dark striga from costa; antemedial line blackish,
oblique from costa to median nervure, then dentate; orbicular and
renitorm white defined by blackish, the former round, the latter
narrow, oblique, slightly angled inwards on median nervure;
postmedial line indistinct, double, dentate, excurved from costa to
vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa and the
area between it and subterminal line filled in by white lunules
from vein 5 to inner margin; subterminal line black defined on
outer side by an oblique white bar from costa, then dentate; a
termina] series of black striz interrupted by white points at
extremity of veins and base of cilia which are blackish. Hind
wing ochreous irrorated with brown; traces of a discoidal lunule
and curved postmedial line; cilia fuscous with a whitish line at
base; the underside ochreous sparsely irrorated with brown, a large
diffused dark discoidal lunule.
Hab. U.S.A., California, 1 ¢ type. Exp. 34 millim.

Genus LEUCOCNEMIS, nov.

Type, L. perfundis:
Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint hardly reaching to
middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd minute; frons smooth;

antennz of male minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with
scales and without crests; fore tibix with curved claw at extremity on inner

222 NOCTUID &,

side; mid and hind tibie slightly fringed with hair above; build slender;
abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 38 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6
from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from
middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform present.

a. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines distinct... sect2is.
b. Fore wing with the ante- and postinedial lines almost
CV OR Ola NG) TRaseo au seadandauodas aueneoedsaanansoqaconpbdosogoGonoces00da perfundis,
B. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform absent ......... wivalts,

#3837. ? Leucocnemis sectilis. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 11.)

Oxycnemis sectilis, Smith, Trans, Am. Ent. Soc. xxi, p. 86, pl. vi. f. 3
(1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 184.

Head chocolate-brown; thorax grey-white, the tegule with
some brown scales; abdomen white. Fore wing grey-white, the
markings defined by chocolate-brown scales; antemedial line
single, excurved; claviform large, white defined by brown; orbicular
and reniform whitish defined by brown, the former elliptical, the
latter broad; a faint dark medial shade; postmedial line single,
angled outwards beyond the reniform, then incurved to its lower
extremity ; subterminal line only defined by a dark shade on its
inner side, more distinct towards costa, slightly angled outwards at
vein 7; a terminal series of dark striz. Hind wing pure white.

The fore tibia is said to have “a short inner as well as a longer
outer claw.”

Hab. U.S.A., Texas. Hzp. 22 millim. This species is unknown
to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus.

3838. Leucocnemis perfundis.

Oxycnemis perfundis, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxi. p. 87, pl, vi. f. 6
(1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p, 184.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous
white slightly irrorated with brown, rather more thickly on

Fig. 47.—Leucocnemis perfundis, $. }.

terminal area; no trace of subbasal or antemedial lines; orbicular
and reniform very small and indistinct, white with brownish
centres, undefined, the former round; traces of a postmedial line

LEUCOCNEMIS.—STOMAFRONTTIA, 223

with somewhat darker points on the veins, slightly bent outwards
below costa, then minutely dentate, very oblique below vein 4;
no trace of subterminal line; cilia brown and white. Hind wing
ochreous white slightly tinged with brown especially on terminal
area; cilia white with a faint brown line through them; the
underside white.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Colorado, Denver, 3 3, 19. Hep. 26 '

millim.

*3839. ? Leucocnemis nivalis. (Plate CX XVIII. fig. 12.)

Oxyenemis nivalis, Smith, Trans, Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 87, pl. vi. f. 5
(1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 184.

Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the head tinged with
ochreous in front; the vertex of thorax slightly tinged with grey.
Fore wing white, the disk faintly tinged with grey and without
markings, except a very faint trace of a medial shade. Hind wing
pure white. Underside of fore wing fuscous with the margins
white.

The fore tibia is said to be “short and broad, not as much
abbreviated asin L. perfundis, and there is a small inner claw which
is not present in the former species.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas. Hap. 26 millim. This species is unknown
to me; figured from a drawing from type in Coll. Brooklyn Soe.
Arts and Sciences.

Genus STOMAFRONTIA. Type
Stomafrontia, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 436 (1905) ... albifasciata.

Proboscis absent; palpi porrect, very short and not reaching as far as frons,
moderately fringed with scales below; frons with large round corneous
prominence with raised edges, the upper edge produced to a beak-like process,
a corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antenne of female serrate;
thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales and without crests; tibis
smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the
apex produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved and not crenulate;
vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6 from below
upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
long; veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of disco-
cellulars; 6, 7 strongly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle, then
approximated to it to extremity.

3840. Stomafrontia albifasciata.
Stomafrontia albifusciata, Hmpsn. Ann, 8. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 437 (1905).

Q@. Head and thorax white mixed with rnfous; palpi except at
base, frons and antenne brown; pectus and legs suffused with
brown; abdomen ochreous, white at base. Fore wing white, the
costal area irrorated with golden brown, the inner half from cell to
inner margin suffused with golden brown leaving a pure white
fascia in lower part of cell and thence to near termen; an oblique

294 NOCTRUID A.

golden brown fascia diffused on inner side from costa hefore apex to
upper angle of cell defined by white on outer side indented by the
slight dark streaks on the veins of terminal half, the terminal area

Vig. 48.— Stomfrontia albifasciata, 2. 4.

irrorated with golden brown. Hind wing pure white. Underside
of fere wing suffused with golden brown; hind wing white, the
costal area tinged with golden brown.

Hab. Narvat, Mooi R., 2 9 type; Cape Conony, Brak Kloof
(G. White), 1 Q.. Eep. 38 millim.

Genus CEPHALOSPARGETA. Type
Cephalospargeia, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 119 (1890)...... elongata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to just beyond frons which has a
large rounded prominence with raised edges; eyes large, round ; antenna of
male laminate ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without erests; tibize
moderately fringed with hair, the spurs long; abdomen without crests. Fore
wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and
not crenulate; vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6 from upper
angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ;
5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 stalked; 8 approximated to
the cell to middle.

*3841. Cephalospargeta elongata.

Cephalospargeta elongata, Méschl, Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 120 (1890);
Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 378.

gd. Ifead and thorax ochreous white ; palpi greyish yellow, the
head and tegule with brown scales mixed; abdomen greyish yellow,
the ventral surface white. Fore wing ochreous white mixed with

Fig. 49.—Cephalospargeta elongata, S. 4.

grey; two indistinct sinuous dark antemedial lines; a brown
discoidal point ; an indistinct double postmedial line excurved to
vein 4 and angied inwards in submedian fold ; an indistinct curved
subterminal series of brown points ; a terminal series of black points,

CEPHALOSPARGETA .—PROTHRINAX. 225

‘Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with ochreous narrow-
ing to tornus,
2. Fore wing with diffused dark scales beyond the ante- and
postmedial lines.
Hab. Porto Rico, type t g 2 in Mus. Berlin. Exp. g 22,
© 24 millim.

Genus PROTHRINAX, nov.

Type, P. luteomedia.

Proboscis small, aborted; palpi perrect, very short, not reaching as far as the
frontal prominence and mederately fringed with hair below; frons with long
bifid plate at middle excised in front and with long triangular plate below it ;
eyes large, round; antenns: of male minutely ciliated; therax clothed almost
entirely with scales, the metathorax with decumbent crest; the patagia slightly
turned up at extremity; tibia moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen without
crests, Kore wing with the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and
not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9
from 10 anastomosing with 8to form the arecle; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with veins 3, 4 frem angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

3842. Prothrinax iuteomedia.
Alepiina luteomedia, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Sec. xxxiii. p. 186 (1907).

¢. Head and thorax black mixed with brown and grey ; tegula
mostly grey ; pectus and legs tinged with brown, the tarsi blackish ;
abdomen ochreous suffused with blackish. Fore wing grey-white
irrorated with black-brown, a pale ochreous fascia irrorated with
rufous from base of costa through submedian interspaces to sub-
terminal line and thence ebliquely to termen from below apex to
vein 3; antemedial line very indistinct, double, curved, traversing
a patch of blackish suffusion towards costa and almost obsolete in
submedian interspace ; claviform elongate, faintly defined by rufous ;

Fig. 50.—Prothrinax luteomedia, J. +.

orbicular small, round, white defined by black and with brownish
centre ; reniform grey-white indistinctly defined, its lower extremity
angled inwards to orbicular and open towards base, some white
suffusion beyond it vbliquely to costa near apex and the veins on it
with slight dark streaks; postmedial line obsolete towards costa,
slight and very obliquely incurved from vein 4 to inner margin;
subterminal line white defined on inner side by red-brown, arising
from termen above vein 3, oblique and slightly waved to vein 2,
erect to vein 1, then bent inwards to postmedial line; an oblique
VOL. VIII. 2

226 NOCTUID ZH.

black streak from apex and terminal series of black points; cilia
intersected by blackish streaks. Hind wing white, the veins
tinged with brown; traces of a discoidal point and postmedial and
subterminal lines; a terminal series of black points ; the underside
irrorated with a few black scales, a small discoidal spot, postmedial
series of minute streaks on the veins, and terminal series of smail
lunules.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Phoenix (Kunzé), 1 3, Yavapai Co.,
Baboquavaria Mts. wp. 26 millim.

Genus COPIBRYOPHILA. rea
Copibryophila, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 416 (1900) ...... angelica.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, slender, the 2nd joint
moderately scaled, the 3rd rather long ; frons with large rounded prominence
with shovel-shaped plate at extremity and trifid corneous plate below it; eyes
large, round; antenne of female minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost
entirely with seales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with large
rounded erest ; tibiz smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing
with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3
and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle
of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle;
8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

*3843. Copibryophila angelica.

Copibryophila angelica, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus, xxii, p. 416 (1900);
Dyar, Oat. Lep. N. Am. p. 107.

©. Head and thorax grey suffused with brown and mixed with
some fuscous; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen whitish
dorsally faintly tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish tinged and
irrorated with brown, the medial area suffused with brown to end
of cell; subbasal line represented by a dark striga from costa with
some whitish on its outer edge; antemedial line black defined by
white on inner side, oblique, waved; claviform dark, defined by

Fie. 51.—Copibryophila angelica, Q. 4.

black at extremity; orbicular and reniform whitish defined by
black at sides only, the former round, the latter quadrate, a blackish
patch between them ; postmedial line black, bent outwards and
almost obsolete below costa, angled inwards in discal fold, below
vein 4 bent inwards and almost obsolete to below angle of cell, then
erect and defined by whitish on outer side, some whitish points with —

COPIBRYOPHILA.—PRODICELLA. 2G
fuscous between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish
defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side, angled inwards below
costa, outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3 and incurved at discal fold and
below vein 3; the termen strongly suffused with brown on apical
half and with terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish,
uniformly tinged with brown, the cilia white.

Hab. U.S.A., California, cotype fT 2 in Coll. J.B. Smith. Avp
24 millim.

Genus PRODICELLA, noy.

Type, P. darena.

Proboscis fully developed ;_ palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching
about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd
moderate; frons with large rounded prominence with corneous shovel-shaped
plate at middle and triangular plate below it; eyes large, round; antennz of
male almost simple; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax without
crest, the metathorax with rounded decumbent crest; tibia slightly fringed
with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the
termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing-with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 obsolescent from middle
of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to one-
third length.

3844. Prodicella darena.

Thalpochares darena, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 496, pl. 95. f. 21
(1898).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous white; tarsi
banded with brown; abdomen white slightly tinged with brown.
Fore wing ochreous whitish suffused with red-brown; the medial
area, except beyond the reniform, and the terminal area darker red-
brown ; some dark red-brown on base of costa with a pale striga on
it representing the subbasal line; antemedial line black-brown
with pale suffusion before it, almost straight and erect; orbicular
and reniform small, with slight whitish annuli incompletely defined

Fig. 52.—Prodicella darena, $. }.

by dark brown, the former round, a dark streak before and between
them in discal fold ; postmedial line dark brown defined by whitish
on outer side, obsolescent except beyond the cell and below vein 2,
bent outwards below costa, then very minutely waved, below vein 4
bent inwards to below end of cell, then erect, same pale points
beyond it on costa; an indistinct pale subterminal line with dark
brown patch before it on costal area, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle ; a terminal series of blackish striz. Hind wing white, the

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228 NOCTUID

terminal area tinged with rufous; the underside with the costal
and terminal areas tinged with yellowish and slightly irrorated with
rufous, a slight red-brown postmedial mark on costal area.

Hab. Mexico, Presidio (Forrer), 3 3,1 2 type, Godman-Salvin
Coll. vp. 20 millim.

Genus HSCARIA.
Escaria, Grote, Papilio, ii. p. 186 (1882)

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi obliquely porrect, short, the 2nd joint
moderately fringed with hair; frons with long corneous heart-shaped process
with raised edges and corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antenne
of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests;
tibie slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with
8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins J, 4 from angle
of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of diseocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Type.
shen sala einen eeiueeincantentae ne eeeaee clauda.

3845. Escaria clauda.

Bee claude, Grote, Papilio, il. p. 186 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p- par

Head and thorax reddish ochreous mixed with black; tarsi
blackish with pale rings; abdomen reddish ochreous. Fore wing
ochreous irrorated with rufous and some blackish; subbasal line
blackish, excurved below costa and eell, angled inwards in cell and
ending at vein 1; antemedial line with double black spots at costa,
then blackish defined on inner side by ochreous, waved, angled
inwards on vein 1; claviform a small blackish mark; orbicular

Fig. 03.—LHscaria clauda, G. 2

2°

small, round, ochreous defined by some black scales; reniform an
ochreous bar defined by some black scales; postmedial line blackish
slightly defined on outer side by ochreous, bent outwards below
costa, then ineurved, slightly excurved at median nervules, then
incurved and somewhat dentate, some slight pale points beyond it
on costa ; subterminal line pale defined on inner side by rufous,
oblique towards costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a
fine black terminal line; cilia fuscous mixed with some ochreous
and with a slight dark line at middle. Hind wing ochreous tinged
with brown especially on terminal area; a slight diseoidal spot,

ESCARIA.—ALEPTINA. 229

indistinct sinuous postmedial line; a dark terminal line; cilia pale;

the underside ochreous, the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.
Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Phoenix,1 ¢,19. Exp. 26 millim.

Genus ALEPTINA.
Alepuina yore Cane Hints xxxivaips) 105)(1902)mueeneerneeeee staan tere ecee anca.

Proboscis aborted and rather slight; palpi obliquely porrect, slenderly
scaled and extending to extremity of the large flattened corneous plate at
middle ef frons, a corneous plate below the frons excised in front ; eyes large,
round; antennz: of male somewhat laminate and almost simple; thorax
clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibie slightly fringed
with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the
termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole;
11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked; 5 obsolescent from
well below iiddle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing
' with the cell to towards middle.

3846. Aleptina inca.

Aleptina inca, Dyar, Can. Ent. xxxiv. p. 105 (1902); id. Cat. Lep. N. Am.
p. 107.

Head and thorax black mixed with white, the frons above and
back of head mostly white; pectus white; tarsi black ringed with
white; abdomen brownish ochreous, the ventral surface whitish
irrorated with brown. Fore wing bluish grey irrorated with black
and white, the basal area whitish except before costal half of

Fig. 54.—Aleptina inca, 3g.

roles

antemedial line, which is double, black, angled outwards below costa
and cell; claviform slight, narrow, elongate, defined below by
black and white; orbicular with brown centre and white annulus
defined by black, large, round; reniform grey with faint white
annulus, undefined, an oblique white shade from costa before sub-
terminal line to upper part of reniform, the veins on it with dark
streaks ; postmedial line very indistinct, dark, strongly bent out-
wards below costa, then double, oblique, sinuous ; subterminal tine
very indistinct, whitish, crossed by an oblique blackish shade from
apex to its inner side at vein 4, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle, then incurved and the white more prominent; the termen
whitish with a series of black points; cilia with a blackish patch

230 NOCLUID A,

at tornus. Hind wing white, the veins and apical area tinged
with brown, the terminal area tinged with brown in female; the
underside with the apical area slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Arizona, Yuma Co., 15,19. Hap. 24
millim.

Genus PRORACHIA, nov.

Type, P. daria.

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi porrect, hardly reaching as far as the large
rounded frontal prominence with transverse corneous ridge and corneous plate
below it; eyes large, round; antennze of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with decum-
bent crest; tibiz smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell to about one-third length.

3847. Prorachia daria.

Thalpochares daria, Druce, Biol. Centr-Am., Het. ii. p. 497, pl. 95. f.. 29
(1898); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 211.

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; legs dark brown,
the tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen rufous. Fore wing
grey suffused with red-brown ; subbasal line represented by slight
double derk striz from costa; antemedial line shght, blackish,
defined on inner side by whitish, minutely waved from costa to
median neryure, then angled outwards in submedian fold and

. 5).—Prorachia daria, g. 1}.

inwards on vein 1; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform with
whitish annulus defined by black except above, its centre grey
irrorated with brown and defined by brown, constricted at middle
and expanding above; an indistinct oblique brown medial line ;
postmedial line double filled in with grey, the inner line blackish,
the outer indistinct except at costa, strongly bent outwards below
costa, very slightly incurved at discal fold, oblique and sinuous
below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal
line indistinct, grey defined by brown suffusion on inner side,
excurved below 7 and at middle; aterminal series of slight black
points. Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown, the veins and
terminal area darker; cilia whitish tinged with brown, a slight
brown line near base ; the underside whitish tinged with rufous, the

PRORACHIA.—HADENELLA. 231

costal area irrorated with rufous, a slight waved postmedial line
from costa to vein 5 and faint diffused terminal band.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the reniform more prominently white.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with black patches before and beyond the
reniform.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts., 1 9, Prescott (Kunzé),
i, Lok Mexico, Jalapa (Er upllo), 7 3, 1 2 type, Presidio (forrer),
1 g, Godman- Salvin Coll. Hap. 24 millim.

Genus HADENELLA. mye
Hadenella, Grote, Papilio, 1. p. 123 (1883) sees eseeeeeteeee eee: pergentilis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, slender, short, roughly
scaled ; frons with large corneous prominence with raised edges, long truncate
central process hollowed out in front and corneous plate below it; eyes large,
rounded; antennz of male ciliated; head and thorax clothed chiefly with
scales, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibia moderately fringed with
hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing long and narrow,
the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved; veins 3 and. 5 from near angle
of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 trom 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 trom angle of cell; 5
obsvlescent from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with pinkish-white fascia below the ecll from
PISO WO SuloWwemmaI ING —cocoscseovocdosonecasencceacanobaudoononr rectiradiata.
B. Fore wing without pinkish-white fascia below the cell...... pergentilis.

3848. Hadenella rectiradiata. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 31.)
Tarache rectiradiata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 391 (1902).

®. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with some pinkish
and dark brown; tegule with blackish lines near base and tips;
patagia edged with black; vertex of thorax with blackish streak ;
pectus and legs brownish white, the tarsi blackish ringed with
white; abdomen brownish ochreous, the ventral surface white.
Fore wing purplish grey with sight dark irroration, the veins
streaked with black; an oblique black streak above inner margin
before middle; a pinkish-white fascia below the cell and vein 3
from base to subterminal line, and a short fascia beyond the cell
above and below vein 5; subbasal and antemedial lines absent;
orbicular and reniform small and close together, whitish defined by
black and with some brown in centres, the former round; post-
medial line represented by a slight striga across vein 1; sub-
terminal line slight, whitish, minutely waved, incurved below vein 3,
with a whitish patch beyond it at apex and two small spots above
tornus; a series of slight whitish lunules on termen; cilia chequered
yellowish-white and black. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown,,
the terminal area suffused with brown; cilia whitish; the under-.
side ochreous white slightly irrorated with brown, a dark: discoidal
point and terminal lunulate line. ‘ie

Hab. Becuvanarany, N’gami(Lugard),1 @ ty pe. Hep. 32 millim,

232 NOCLUID.

3849. Hadenella pergentilis.

Hadenella pergentilis, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 123 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 164.

6. Head and thorax white mixed with brown and fuscous
scales; frons with lateral black bars; antenne ringed black and
white; abdomen ochreous irrorated with black. Fore wing
whitish irrorated with fuscous and tinged with ochreous except
towards costa, the veins with slight dark streaks; subbasal line
represented by an oblique black striga from costa; antemedial
line defined by whitish on inner side, dentate, strongly angled
outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin; claviform
very large, extending almost to postmedial line, defined by brown
above and fuscous below; orbicular small with white annulus
defined by fuscous; reniform with fuscous centre and slight whitish

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Fig. 56.— Hadenetla pergentilis, S. 4.

annulus defined by black, an oblique fuscous shade from costa to
reniform; postmedial tine indistinct, bent outwards below costa,
then dentate, oblique below vein 4; subterminal line white defined
by rufous on inner side and by an oblique blackish wedge-shaped
patch from costa, somewhat angled outwards at veins 7 and 4 and
incurved at submedian fold; the terminal area darker except at
apex; cilia white with black line near base and blackish tips.
Hind wing whitish tinged with ochreous brown, the veins darker ;
a fine black terminal line; cilia white with a fuscous line near
base ; the underside sparsely irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot
und indistinct curved postinedial line with minute dark streaks on
the veins.

Hab. U.S.A., Washington, Wyoming, Colorado, Glenwocd Springs,
23. Exp. 32 millim.

Genus FOTELLA. Type
> Mguchia, (CHRO, Chia Wot, Tin, Jo WSL (MSE) socaooccgsacdoocannunoucoacoe riotalis:

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint slender, reaching
to middle of frons and fringed with scales in front, the 3rd short; frons
with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded ;
antenne of female ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with scales only, a ridge
of scales between antennx; prothorax without crest, metathorax with large
spreading crest ; tibiz slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest
at base only; build slender; wings ample. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the termen evenly curved; veins 3 and 0 from near angle of cell; 6 from
nee: angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just
below middie of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.

FOTELLA. 233

A. Fore wing with the orbicular distinct, the ante- and post-

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_ B. Fore wing with the orbicular, ante- and postmedial lines
absent ....0.. Logged 000 sano DS edadengsDENOGODSODOCSDOSODDAxEDHC CoORAGObARE notalis.

3850. Fotella cylindrica.

Hadena cylindrica, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 214 (1880); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 146.

@. Head and thorax white mixed with red-brown and black ;
tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown,
the basal crest black at tip. Fore wing grey-white tinged with
brown and irrorated with fuscous, the veins with fine black streaks ;
subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-
medial line double at costa, then very indistinct, waved; claviform
elongate, defined by black; orbicular and reniform whitish defined
by black, the former with its centre slightly irrorated with fuscous,
oblique elliptical, the latter strongly tinged with fuscous; traces of

Fig. 57.—Folella cylindrica, Q. }.

a medial line oblique from costa to below cell; postmedial line very
indistinct, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely
dentate, oblique below vein 4; subterminal line whitish slightly
defined on inner side by red-brown and with a darker patch before
it on costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at
middle; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing pale
ochreous; a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line; a
fine dark terminal line; cilia white with a slight brown line near
base; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule,
postmedial line, and terminal series of striz.
Hab. U.S.A., Nevada, 1 Q type. Hap. 30 millim.

*3851. Fotella notalis. (Plate CXXVIIL fig. 13.)

Fotella notalis, Grote, Can, Ent. xiv. p. 181 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 195.

@. Head and thorax olive-fuscous mixed with greyish; abdomen
pale greyish ochreous. Fore wing olive-fuscous with a narrow
pale terminal band; lines. absent; reniform slight, white, con-
stricted at middle. Hind wing whitish tinged with fuscous
especially on terminal area ; cilia white.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Evp. 34 millim. This species is un-
known to me; figured from a drawing from type in Coll. Brooklyn
Soc. Arts and Sciences.

234 NOCTUIDZ.

Genus CATABENA.

Type.
Contalognia, \w/iWs, seoxil, GBI (CURED) cocansecoosconosdcaonspsocHacanescedoc lineolata.
Turbula, Wik. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 26 (1869).............2.0.2000 lineolata.

Adipsophanes, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 181 (1873)... lineolata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 5rd short, porrect ; frons smooth ;
eyes large, round; antennx of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely
with scales, the tegule produced to a slight dorsal ridge and hood behind, the
pro- and metathorax with slight spreading crests; tibiz fringed with long
hair on outer side at base; build slender; abdomen with dorsal crest at base
only. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely
curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from
upper angle; 9 froin 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 from middle of discocellulars,
almost obsolete; 6, 7 very shortly stalked; 8 anastomusing with the cell near
base only.

A. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.
a. Fore wing with the reniform represented by a minute
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b. Fore wing with the reniform absent.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular represented by a slight

wilniiberstredkacle fue dalbyalolacksnmepeeenseeeereeeecscceesceer ie lineolata.
61, Hore wing with the orbicular absent ..................20. 00 vitrind,
B. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell............... terens.

3852. Catabena esula.
AXylina esula, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 297, pl. 28. f. 1 (1889).

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey-white; frons black ;
tegule with strong black lines at base and middle and slight
fuscous line near tips; fore tibia and mid tibie towards base
black on outer side; abdomen grey suffused with brown, the

Fig. 58.—Catabena esula, G. 3.

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing brown mixed with grey-white,
the veins and discal fold slightly streaked with black; a slight
black streak below basal half of celi; antemcdial line dentate with
a long tooth below costa, then almost obsolete; orbicular repre-
sented by a minute elongate white spot on the discal blackish
streak; reniform a minute whitish spot; postmedial line defined
by whitish on outer side towards costa, strongly bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, almost obsolete, oblique below vein 4;
the interspaces of terminal area with slight dark streaks; a fine
waved black terminal line; cilia brown mixed with grey. Hind-

CATABENA. 235

wing white, the veins of terminal area streaked with brown; a
fine brown terminal line somewhat diffused at apex; cilia brown
at apex, then white with a slight brown line near base to vein 2 ;
the underside with the costa except towards base and apical part
of termen irrorated with brown.

Hab. Mexico, Tabasco (H. H. Smith), 1 3 type, Jalapa (Trujillo),
2 $, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Grunapa (H. A. Smith), 29. Exp.
34 millim.

3853. Catabena lineolata. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 14.)

Catahena lineolata, Wik. xxxii. 631 (1865); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
Jo MBEE

Turbula petrea, Wik. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 26 (1859).

Adipsophanes miscellus, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 181 (1873).

3. Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown; frons
black-brown ; tegule with black-brown band at base expanding
into a triangular patch at middle, a slight medial line and stronger
line near tips; abdomen white faintly tinged with brown. Fore
wing white, the veins and discal fold streaked with black, the
lower part of cell and the interspaces beyond the cell with diffused
reddish-brown streaks; a very oblique black striga from base of
costa, a black streak in submedian fold to below middle of cell and
an oblique streak above inner margin near base; antemedial line
represented by a very oblique black streak from costa to subcostal
nervure; orbicular very narrow and elongate, white defined by
black; reniform absent; traces of a waved rufous medial line;
postmedial line strongly bent outwards below costa and slightly
detined by white on outer side, then obsolescent with black points
on the veins, very oblique below vein 4 and bent outwards at
vein 1; subterminal line hardly traceable, white, dentate; a
terminal series of shght dark lunules; cilia white mixed with
brown. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins of terminal area
streaked with brown; a slight brown terminal line; the underside
with the costal area irrorated with brown, a postmedial series of
minute brown streaks on the veins.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York (Packard),
1 g,1 92, Evans Center, 1 3, 2 Q type miscellus, Congs Springs,
1 ¢, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Josephine Co., Kouge R. ( Walsingham),
13,2, California, Sonora Co., Petaluna (Walsingham), 1 3,
3 ¢, Sta. Barbara (d@’ Urban), 1 g,2 2; hab. ign., 2 $ type and
type petrea. Hxp. 28-34 millim.

Larva. Head small, mottled with brown, leaving three green
lines on each lobe. Body cylindrical, slender, the feet of joints 7
and 8 small; green, mottled with brown; dorsal, subdorsal and
substigmatal lines, rather broad, whitish, obscure. Food-plant :
Solidago.—H. G. D.

236 NOCLUIDZ.

3854. Catabena vitrina. (Plate OXXVIII. fig. 15.) °

Laphygma vitrina, Wik. xi. 718 (1857).
Callieryes divisa, Herr.-Schaff. Zool.-min. Corresp.-blatt. Regensb. 1868,
. 147.
Hiioptanes terminellus, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 132 (1883); Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 194.
Homohadena candida, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 478 (1900); Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 124.

§. Head and thorax white faintly tinged with rufous; frons
with strong black bar above; tegule with two faint brown lines
and slight black-brown dorsal streak; upper edge of patagia and
metathorax with some black scales; mid tibiz with black streak
at base, the tarsi ringed with black; abdomen white slightly
tinged with brown on dorsum, the anal tuft with ochreous. Fore
wing white faintly mottled with yeilow-brown and with slight
dark irroration, the median nervure and extremity of subcostal
neryure streaked with black, the terminal area suffused with
brown; subbasal line represented by a very oblique black striga
from costa, the antemedial line by an oblique striga from costa and
two points on vein 1; orbicular and reniform absent; traces of a
diffused waved oblique line from lower angle of cell to inner
margin; postmedial line slight, blackish and bent outwards below
costa, then represented by two black streaks beyond the cell and
helow vein 4 by an incurved series of black points; traces of a
white subterminal line excurved at middle and bent outwards to
tornus; the terminal area with series of black streaks in the
interspaces, above and below vein 5 extending to weil before
subterminal line: cilia fuscous intersected with white at base,
brown at tips. Hind wing hyaline white; the termen suffused
with fuscous at apex, the extremities of veins streaked with fuscous
and a narrow terminal line from apex to vein 2; cilia white,
fuscous at apex.

2. Fore wing with strong black streak along median nervure
and vein + from base to subterminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing more uniform bluish grey-white without brown
suffusion on terminal area, the male with hardly a trace of black
streak on median nervure, the female with slight black streak.—
Bahamas, Cuba.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Kerrville, 2 ¢,3 9, San Antonio, 2 9,
Arizona, Huachuca Mts., 1 9; Banamas, Abaco (Bonhote), 1 9;
Cupa, Santiago (Schaus), 25, 2 9; Haiti (Z'weedie), 3 ¢ type;
Grenapa (7. H. Smith), 1 $. Hep. 24—26 millim.

3855. Catabena terens. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 16.)
Laphygma terens, W1k. xi. 720 (1857).

Fore wing grey-white mixed with brown; palpi with brown
marks at sides of 2nd and 3rd joints ; frons with black bar above;
tegule with black line near base and white line near tips; fore

CATABENA,—CHIRIPHA.} 237

tibia on inner side and mid tibie on outer side at base streaked
with black, the tarsi ringed with blackish; abdomen white dorsally
suffused with fuscous brown leaving slight white segmental lines,
the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing grey-white irrorated and in
parts suffused with fuscous brown, the veins with slight dark
streaks; subbasal line represented by a very oblique black striga
from costa ; an oblique black streak above inner margin before tho
antemedial line, which is represented by an oblique series of short
black streaks in the interspaces, with a somewhat whiter patch
beyond it from costa to median neryure; orbicular absent; reni-
form a faint whitish patch; postmedial line blackish and strongly
bent outwards below costa, then almost obsolete, dentate and
produced to black points on the veins, oblique below vein 4 and
with a black spot beyond it in submedian interspace; subterminal
line represented by a minute black streak below apex, brownish
spots below veins 7 and 6, with a short black streak below the
latter and short black streaks above and below vein 2; cilia
chequered blackish and white at base, with slight brown medial
line and white tips. Hind wing hyaline white with fuscous patch
at apex and slight streaks on the extremities of veins; cilia white,
fuscous at apex; the underside with the costal area slightly
irrorated with brown towards the apical black patch.

Hab. Vunezuria (Dyson), 1 9 type; Braz, Organ Mts., Tijuca
(Wagner), 1 &, Petropolis (Doer), 2 $, Rio Janeiro, 1 6;
Paraguay, Sapucay (foster), 1 9; Perv, Arequipa. Hap. 26-
30 millim.

Genus CHIRIPHA. rane
CHirdpalias, Nin Wise 58, OO) CUSHS) . soooascacboavobanopaocna0s0dudbooedsoudoae involuta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd short, upturned ;
frons smooth, with ridge of hair above ; eyes large, rounded ; antennz of male
bipectinate with short branches, the apex serrate ; head and thorax clothed with
hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibice
moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore
wing with the apex rather produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved
and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper
angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below
middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.

3856. Chiripha involuta.
Chiripha involuta, Wik. ix. 201 (1856); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 230.

' Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with some brown ; palpi
brown except 2nd joint in front; sides of frons black; tibie
streaked with brown, the tarsi brown with slight pale rings;
abdomen ochreous white suffused and irrorated with brown. Fore
wing yellow-brown ; the veins brown defined on each side by
white streaks; a white fascia below costa from base to apex, the

938 NOCTUID®.

costa brown with slight black streaks in the interspaces ; a blackish
fascia below basal half of median nervure and another above inner
margin from near base to middle; a slight subbasal white streak
below costa, a large triangular mark below cell and an oblique
striga above inner margin; an oblique antemedial white striga
from vein | to inner margin, on which there is a white streak ;
orbicular and reniform defined by yellowish white, the former
very small, oblique wedge-shaped, the latter produced at upper
extremity; a downeurved white streak from median neryure just
beyond the triangular mark bent upwards to vein 2 beyond middle ;
some blackish streaks in the interspaces beyond the cell; a white

Fig. 59.—Chiripha involuta, 3. }.

streak from lower angle of cell curved upwards to vein 5, then
downwards to termen at vein 4; some blackish subterminal wedge-
shaped marks in the interspaces; a white terminal band with
oblique white streaks before it below veins 7, 4, and 3, the
last longer and ending above the bent up streak in submedian
interspace; a fine dark terminal line; cilia brown with yellowish
white line at base. Hind wing whitish, the marginal areas broadly
suffased with brown, the veins brown; a dark discoidal spot and
diffused postmedial line; cilia white, brown at tips; the underside
yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas tinged and irrorated
with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule, diffused postmedial line,
and fine black terminal line.

Hab. Ponsas, Kulu (Hocking), 1 2, Kasauli, 1 9. Ep. 52
milliim. Typet ¢ in Mus. Oxon.

Genus CALOGRAMMA. Type
Calogramma, Guen, Noct. 1. p. IIGYoN Gs i5}2) aedeeceosaganandsadanoncvode festiva.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of frons and broadly scaled, the 5rd short; frons smooth; eyes large,
round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales,
the prothorax without distinct crest, the metathorax with double crest; tibize
broadly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments.
Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly
erenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from well below middle of disco-
cellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

CALOGRAMMA. 239

3857. Calogramma festiva.

Noctua festiva, Donov. Ins. New Holland, pl. 36 (1805); Moore, Lep. Ceyl.
ili. p. 21, pl. 146. f.6; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 249.

Polia picta, Guér. Voy. de Coquille, ii. p. 285, pl. 19. f. 7 (1880) ; Boisd.
Voy. de l’Astrolabe, Lép. p. 241 (1832).

Head and thorax pale orange-yellow largely suffused with crimson ;
palpi crimson except at extremities of the joints; frons with crimson
bar ; tegule with crimson medial line; patagia with oblique black
streak at base of upper edge, oblique medial crimson bar and
crimson tips; pectus and tibie mostly crimson, the tarsi yellowish
white ; abdomen yellowish white, the basal crest tinged with orange.
Fore wing yellowish white, a large truncate triangular crimson
patch extending on costa from middle to near apex and down to
median nervure and vein 4, with a crimson band from it to inner
margin on inner side of postmedial line ; slight crimson streaks on
base of costa, median nervure, and vein 1; subbasal line repre-
sented by a black spot on costa and striga from cell; a double very

Fig. 60.—Calogramma festiva, 3. 1.

oblique black line from subcostal nervure at antemedial line to
vein | at the subbasal striga; crimson streaks on costa and sub-
costal nervure, two black spots below costa, an oblique streak below
submedian fold and angled mark above inner margin before the
antemedial line, which is double, black, angled outwards below
costa, then minutely waved, excurved at submedian fold and above
inner margin; claviform narrow and elongate, defined by black; a
black streak above median nervure to the orbicular, which is
oblique defined by black at sides and with slight brown line in
middle, two slight black streaks below it defining base of vein 1 ;
reniform large defined by black, interrupted by pale streaks at lower
angle of cell, its centre with crimson patch partly defined by black,
its upper extremity produced to a long acute point and its outer
edge angled inwards at middle, some black before it in upper part
of cell and diffused black streaks from it to postmedial line in the
interspaces ; postmedial line double filled in with pale yellow,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique, minutely waved,
ineurved at discal and submedian folds and excurved at middle,
some white points beyond it on costa and two slight black marks
below costa on edge of the crimson patch; subterminal line repre-
sented by black points above veins 6 and 5 and above and below

240 NOCTUID ©.

submedian fold and larger spots above veins 4, 3, 2, with crimson
streaks between them on veins 4, 3 from the postmedial line.
Hind wing pure white, the costal and inner areas tinged with
yellow, a slight yellow terminal line; the underside with the
terminal half of costa suffused with crimson.

Hab. ? Punsas, 1 3; Carron (Templeton), 1 $,1 9; Nicopars

(Rogers), 1 2, Little Nicobar, 1 ¢; Sryearorn (Ridley), 1 ¢,3 9;
Puitiprines, Luzon, Mindanao; Troprranp Ts., Kiriwini (Meek),
23; New Careponia,1 ¢; N.S. Warns, Sydney (Mathew, Raynor),
73,79. Hap. 42-52 millim.

Larva. Semper, Schmett. Philippines, p. 516, pl. Q. ff. 4, 5.

Brown irrorated with black and white, the 4th somite with black
band; dorsal and subdorsal lines whitish; stigmata with white
spots defined by black above; a broad yellow substigmatal fascia ;
head and ventral surface red-brown. Food-plants: Liliacee. 10-4.

Genus PRODENIA. Type
Prodenia, Guen. Noct. i. p. 159 (1852) ....ccccccessessessetsseseeeseees androgea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of frons and broadly scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large,
round ; antenne of male ciliated; thorax smoothly clothed almost entirely
with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with divided crest ;
tibie moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal
segments. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 typically from near angle of cell; 6 from
upper angle or from areole; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obso-
lescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anatomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Fore wing of male with veins 2 and 3 almost from a point near
lower angle of cell, vein 5 from just below middle of discocellulars.

3858. Prodenia rubrifusa, n. sp.

¢. Head and thorax bright rufous; palpi yellowish in front and
at tips and with blackish marks at sides of Ist and 2nd joints ;
fore and mid tibie with some black points, the tarsi with black
bands ; abdomen ochreous suffused with rufous. Fore wing bright
rufous slightly irrorated with black, some yellowish on basal area,
on costal area beyond antemedial line, and on postmedial inner area ;
subbasal line represented by a faint diffused oblique yellowish line
from costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique and double,
then by a slight black line angled outwards on vein 1; some
fuscous suffusion from below costa to vein 1 before the antemedial
line, which is indistinct, yellowish, angled outwards below costa,
excurved in submedian interspace and retracted to inner margin ;
orbicular represented by a quadrate yellowish patch defined by
black on outer side and with oblique diffused yellowish fascia
from its lower extremity on and above vein 2 to postmedial line ;
reniform obsolete, its produced upper extremity traceable and

PRODENIA. ‘ 241

slightly defined by black, a short black streak on vein 5 from the
black edge of orbicular, then curved round and becoming the oblique
waved medial line; postmedial line indistinct, blackish, below
vein 3 defined by whitish on inner side, bent outwards below costa,
then oblique, incurved at discal and submedian folds and bent out-
wards to inner margin, some slight pale points beyond it on costa ;
an indistinct diffused oblique greyish fascia from apex to middle of

yy
Fie. 61.—Prodenia rubrifusa, dg. 1}.

postmedial line; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at
vein 7, excurved at middle and slightly angled inwards in sub-
median fold; traces of a series of yellowish strie just before
termen ; a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia rufous with
fine yellow line at base and vlackish tips. Hind wing semihyaline
white, the apex tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal line
from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal area suffused

b)
with fiery red, a series of black points on termen from apex to

vein 3.

Hab. Jamatca, Runaway Bay (Walsingham), 1 3g type. Hap.
46 millim.

Sor. IT. Fore wing of male with the neuration normal.

A. Fore wing with the upper extremity of reniform pro-
duced to a very long narrow point defined on lower side

byganvobliqueiwmiteimiarkageeeseeteseceeeeeseeeeeeeestcse se dolichos,
B. Fore wing with the upper extremity of reniform produced
oF shorter, broader, and less oblique point defined by
white.
a. Fore wing with curved white streak above medial part
Ofsimme rn mare lisececnanenc decree neous meee eees saectcsts pulchella.
6. Fore wing without curved white streak above medial
part of inner margin.
a, Kore wing with the white streak on vein 2 continued
to subterminal line ....... Hae eRe ae Ne N mieweie er iseiers ardrogea,

6'. Fore wing with the white sireak on vein 2 ending at
postmedial line.
a Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards
from submedian fold to inner margin ............... litura.
6°. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards
from vein 1 to inner margin.
a®, Fore wing with more or less distinct diffused
oblique violaceous white fascia from apex more
» prominent in maie.
VOL, VIII, °

242 NOCIUID.E.

a'. Fore wing very long and narrow, the whole
medial area suffused with ochreous in male,
the female with some ochreous on middle of
HhaVnYe yy saath Peahob oadoncaddeasigonao$ Sdonontedcneadeaseube lati fascia.
64, Fore wing shorter and broader, the medial
area suffused with ochreous in male, in female
without ochreous.
a’, Fore wing largely suffused with fuscous, the
violaceous white fascia from apex promi-
MEtIb MANIA ees cea taa ate setlesidecite cette ornithogalli.
b®°, Fore wing paler brown, the violaceous
white fascia from apex slight ............... prefica.
°, Fore wing without violaceous white fascia from
EDGES oonaccdoqadaonon9s cossoocdacncus000D000sEcO000s00N6008 maria.

3859. Prodenia dolichos.

Noctua dolichos, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 3. 2, p. 95 (1794).

Phalena commeline, Smith & Abbot, Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 189, pl. 95 (1797) ;
ae Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p, 268; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 169.

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous; palpi with red-
brown bar near extremity of 2nd joint; frons with red-brown bar
above; vertex of head mostly red-brown ; tegule with black-brown
band at base and medial line and red-brown band near tips; patagia
edged with red-brown and with black line near upper edge ; tibize
and the 1st joint of mid tarsi streaked with red-brown; abdomen
ochreous suffused with rufous. Fore wing red-brown, the basal
half of costal area whitish irrorated with red-brown, an ochreous

Fig. 62.—Prodenia dolichos, 3. 3

fascia on inner margin from before antemedial line, where it narrows
to a point, to termen where it expands to submedian fold; an
oblique whitish and blackish striga from base of costa; subbasal
line represented by an oblique whitish striga from costa defined on
each side by blackish strie; an oblique whitish streak from sub-
costal nervure at antemedial line to vein 1, double below submedian
fold; antemedial line rather indistinct, double filled in with whitish,
minutely waved, bent inwards to inner margin; claviform slightly
defined by black, elongate and extending to the medial line ; orbi-
cular ochreous white defined by black except below, with brown
line in centre and ochreous bar on outer edge, oblique and with
oblique ochreous bar from its lower extremity above and below

PRODENIA. DAS

vein 2 to medial line ; the extremity of median nervure and bases
of veins 3, 4 to postmedial line streaked with ochreous ; reniform
slightly defined by black and by ochreous on inner side, its upper
extremity very strongly produced, defined by ochreous below and
with slight ochreous streaks on it on veins 7,6; a slight medial
line from vein 5 beyond lower angle of cell, angled inwards to the
claviform in submedian fold and outwards on vein 1; postmedial
line double filled in with yellowish, strongly bent outwards below
costa, then oblique, sinuous; a broad oblique pale patch from apex
to middle of postmedial line, whitish on apical area, rufous on post-
medial area; a slightly curved whitish subterminal line from the
pale patch to submedian fold, where it is angled inwards, with black
streaks before it in the interspaces, short above, longer below, and
with a series of yellowish and black strie beyond it; a terminal
series of small black lunules ; cilia yellowish mixed with brown,
intersected with whitish and with a dark line through them. Hind
wing hyaline white, the veins brownish towards termen, the apex
tinged with brown; a brown ‘terminal line from apex to vein 2;
the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a terminal
series of small black lunules from apex to vein 2.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, Distr. of Columbia, 2 4, Illinois,
Georgia, 1 ¢, 2 9, Texas; Mexico, Jalapa(Hoege, Trujillo), 1 6,
2 2, Presidio (Forrer), 1 3, Coatepec (Brooks), 1 3, Yucatan
(Gaumer), 1 2, San Blas (Walker), 1 9; Guaremata, Pantaleon
(Champion), 1 3, Cerro Zunil (Champzon), 1 3g , Coatepeque (Cham-
pion), 1 g, Vera Paz (Champion), 1 g ; Nicaragua, Chontales,
(Janson), 1 §; Br. Honpuras, Cayo (Blancaneau), 1 9; Costa
Rica, Candalaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 6,2 2; Panama, Chiriqui
(Champion, fbbé), 2 2, Bugaba (Champion), 1 3, 1 9, Godman-
Salvin Coll., Cana Mines (Tylecote), 1 9 ; Jamaica, Moneague
(Walsingham), 1 3, Runaway Bay (Walsingham), 1 3, Castleton
(Kaye), 1 $3 Sx. Luera (Cowie), 1 $,2 2; Sr. Vincent (7. H.
Smith), 1 2; Grenava (H. H. Smith), 2 2; Cusa; Harrr (Tweedie),
1 2; Barzsapos (Frampton), 1 $, 1 93; Braziz, Amazons, Pard,
1S, Sao Paulo (Jones), 2 9; Argentina, Goya (Perrins), 1 S,
(Thomas), 2 $. Hxp 42-52 millim.

Larva. Head reddish, black in front, the V-mark over clypeus
contrasted. Body robust, joints 5 and 12 enlarged; brown, finely
longitudinally strigose ; subdorsal line yeliowish white, with a row
of black wedge-shaped marks above it; lateral area pale on its
upper half, dark below, a black spot on joint 5; substigmatal band
obsolete.—H. G. D.

3860. Prodenia pulchella. (Plate CX XVIII. fig. 17.)

Laphygma pulchella, Herr.-Schaff. Zool.-min. Corresp.-blatt. Regensb.

1868, p. 116.
Prodenia exquisita, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 41, pl. f. 23 (1884).

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous; palpi with some
black on 2nd and 3rd joints behind; frons with dark bar above ;
RZ

ZA4 NOCLUIDE.

tegulee with dark medial line; patagia with black streak near
upper edge; fore and mid tibize with slight black streaks ; abdomen
ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous mixed with
ochreous and in parts irrorated with black and suffused with fuscous,
the basal half of costal area and the inner margin beyond ante-
medial line more ochreous; subbasal line represented by a very
oblique ochreous striga from costa defined on each side by slight
black strive; a downcurved ochreous fascia with brown ee in
middle from subcostal nervure at antemedial line to vein 1 near
base; some silvery grey above vein 1 before the antemedial line,
which is indistinctly double filled in with ochreous, oblique from
costa to submedian fold, then obsolescent and strongly retracted to
inner margin; a curved whitish streak on medial area above inner
margin; orbicular narrow, oblique, with red-brown centre and
whitish annulus defined at sides by black, with a yellowish bar
on its outer edge and oblique whitish fascia on and above vein 2
from its lower extremity to postmedial line; the extremity of
median nervure and bases of veins: 4, 3 streaked with whitish ;
reniform defined by a whitish and black bar on inner side, its
upper extremity produced to a long oblique point defined by
yellowish white and by black on outer side ; postmedial line double
filled in with yellowish, indistinct and bent outwards below costa,
then oblique sinuous, incurved below vein 6 and at submedian
fold; a diffused oblique violaceous whitish fascia from apex to
below vein 6; subterminal line whitish, from the pale fascia to
submedian fold where it is angled inwards, shghtly excurved at
middle with some dark brown suffusion before it and black streaks
in the interspaces, short above, longer below; a fine whitish line
before termen on which there is a series of black points; cilia
red-brown intersected with whitish and with a fine pale line at
base. Hind wing hyaline white, a dark terminal line from apex
to vein 2; cilia tipped with brown towards apex; the underside
with the costa slightly irrorated with brown except towards base,
a terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Honvturas (Dyson), 1 33; Jamaica (Gosse), 1 g§ ; Cusa,
Santiago (Schaus),38 6,292. Hep. 32-38 millim.

3861. Prodenia androgea.

Noctua androgea, Cram, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 42, pl. 510. f. D (1782); Druce,
Biol. Centr.-Am.,, Het. i. p. 269.
Noctua marmorea, Sepp, Ins. Surinam, p. 109, pl. 51 (1848).

@. Head and tegule red-brown; palpi ochreous with brown
patches on the joints; lower part of frons ochreous; an ochreous
bar between antenne and another on vertex of head; tegnlze with
black and ochreous medial line and ochreous tips; thorax ochreous
mixed with rufous, the tegule with blackish scales near edges;
fore tarsi whitish, the mid and hind tarsi ringed with white;
abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing reddish brown
suffused witb fuscous and irrorated with black, with a large oblique

PRODENTA. 245

blue-white patch from apex to postmedial line, towards which it is
somewhat diffused and tinged with violaceous, its upper edge angled
above vein 6, the median nervure with pale yellow streak forking
on bases of veins 3, 4; an oblique white striga from base of costa ;
subbasal line pale yellow, acutely angled outwards below costa,
ending at subcostal nervure and with short yellow streaks beyond
it on costal and subcostal nervures; a double very oblique yellow
line across submedian interspace before the antemedial line, the
inner line extending across cell; antemedial line double filled in
with yellowish, excurved below costa and in submedian interspace
where it is defined by yellowish on inner side, bent inwards to
inner margin; clayiform slightly defined by blackish, narrow and
acute at extremity ; orbicular a very oblique yellow bar with two
fine brown lines on it, an oblique white streak from its lower edge
to subterminal line at submedian fold and some yellowish above
base of vein 2; a narrow yellowish and blackish bar across the
cell before the reniform which is faintly defined by yellowish and
black, its upper extremity produced to a point and with distinct
yellowish mark on its outer edge; some ochreous and black irro-
ration above orbicular and reniform; postmedial! line indistinct,
double, filled in with yellowish below vein 2, strongly bent outwards
below costa, then oblique, waved, incurved below vein 2, some white
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line yellowish, almost obsolete
on the white patch, then slightly excurved and with black streaks
before it in the interspaces, long above and below vein 3, angled
inwards in submedian fold and defined by black on inner side, a
series of yellow and black striz beyond it except on the white
patch; a terminal series of small black .unules slightly defined by
yellowish on inner side; cilia red-brown intersected with yellowish
and with fine yellowish line at base. Hind wing semihyaline
white, the costa and termen towards apex slightly tinged with
brown ; a dark point on termen below apex and a fine terminal
line from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costa irrorated
with brown except towards base, a terminal series of black points
from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion), 1 3, Godman-Salvin Coll. ;
Sr. Lucta (Cowie), 1 2; Trap (Aaye), 1 9; Guianas, Cayenne,
Surinam; Brazit, Espiritu Santo (Higgins), 1 2. Hep. 52-54
millim.

3862. Prodenia litura.

Noctua litura, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 601 (1775).

Noctua histrionica, Fabr. Syst, Ent. p. 612 (1775).

Noctwa elata, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 220 (1781).

Hadena littoralis, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Mad. p. 91, pl. 13. f. 8 (1833) ;
Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 19, pl. 146. ff. 1a, 6; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 247; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 184.

Hadena retina, Frr. Neue Beitr. v. p. 161, pl. 478. ff. 2-3 (1846) ; Herr.-
Schaff. Hur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 144-5.

Prodenia tasmanica, Guen. Noct. i. p. 163 (1852).

Prodenia ciligera, Guen. Noct. i. p. 164 (1852).

Prodenia testaceoides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 165 (1852).

246 NOCTUID®.

Prodenia subterminalis, W\k. ix. p. 196 (1856).

Prodenia glaucistriga, Wik. ix. 197 (1856).

Prodenia declinata, Wk. xi. 723 (1857).

Mamestra albisparsa, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 186 (1862).

Prodenia evanescens, Butl. Mem. Nat, Ac. Sci. Wash., Rep. Eclipse Exp.
p. 94 (1884).

3. Head and thorax whitish mostly suffused with rufous; palpi
with blackish marks at sides of joints; frons with brown bar above ;
tegule with some brown at base, slight medial line and brown
tips; mid tibie streaked with black; abdomen ochreous tinged
with rufous. Fore wing ochreous mostly suffused with brown, the
medial area below the cell ochreous tinged with rufous, the terminal
area rufous, the median nervure and bases of veins 2, 3, 4 streaked
with white ; subbasal line double and filled in with white towards
costa, acutely angled outwards below costa and ending at vein 1;
an oblique whitish line from subcostal nervure before antemedial
line to vein 1, double below the cell; some silvery grey suffusion
before antemedial line, which is double filled in with whitish,
acutely angled outwards below costa, excurved below cell and
retracted to inner margin ; claviform elongate, slightly defined by
black scales ; orbicular narrow, oblique, white defined at sides by
blackish and with faint rufous centre, a whitish bar on its outer
edge and some whitish below it above base of vein 2; reniform
whitish slightly defined by black and with some brown in centre,
its upper extremity produced to a long acute point; traces of an
oblique irregular medial line from lower extremity of reniform to
inner margin; postmedial Jine double filled in with whitish, strongly
bent outwards below costa, then oblique, minutely waved and
slightly incurved at discal and submedian folds, some white points
beyond it on costa; an oblique diffused violaceous grey fascia from
apex to postmedial line, then defining its outer edge; a white
subterminal line from the fascia to submedian fold, excurved at
middle; a fine white line before termen slightly defined by black
on outer side; a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia
brown intersected with white and with fine white line at base
followed by a brown line. Hind wing white, the apex slightly
tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal line from apex to vein 2;
the underside with the costa slightly irrorated with brown except
towards base, a terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2.

@. Fore wing with the violaceous grey fascia from apex less
strongly contrasting; the inner medial area not ochreous.

Ab. 1. evanescens. An albinistic form, very much paler ; fore wing
with all the markings obsolescent.—Caroline Is. and Marquesas.

Hab. Turkey, Frey Coll.; Cretp; Syria (Lederer), 1 3,3 9,
Zeller Coll.; Mapzerra ( Wollaston, Meek), 4 3, 2 2; Canarizs,2 3,
Leech Coll.; Ascension I. (Conry), 1 2; Sr. Herena ( Wollaston),
26,3 9; 2 days from S. Trinivap (Murray), 1 9; Goup Coast
(Hales), 1 S$, 1 9, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 §, 1 9; Nigeria, Old
Calabar (Sampson), 1 ¢, Sapele (Sampson), 2 9, Onitsha, 1 9;
Congo (Curror), 1 $; Eeyrr, Aboukir (Graves), 1 9; Sovupan,

PRODENIA, 247

White Nile (Dunn), 1 9; Br. E. Arrica, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton),
16, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 5, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 9, Taveta
(Rogers), 1 9; Ueanna, Ruwenzori (Legge § Wollaston), 1 9;
Masnonatanp, Salisbury (Warshall), 1 9; Navat, Malvern (Mar-
shall), 1 9, Maritzburg, 1 ¢, Durban (Gooch, Leigh), 1 3, 4 9;
Roprievez (Gulliver), 2 2; Maurrrius (Beke), | 5; Persian Gur,
Fao (Cumming), 13; Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 2; Cxnrr.
Cuina, Ichang (Pratt), 1 ¢, 1 2, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 9;
Formosa (Dickson, Hobson, Seebohm), 2 6, 22; Punsas, Kulu,
Sultanpur (Gi. Young), 1 ¢, Kasauli (Swinhoe), 2 3, 2 9, Dharm-
sala (Hocking), 3 6, 3 9, Allahabad, lL ¢, Manpuri, 1 ¢ (Hear-
say), 1 2 type subterminalis, 1 S$ type glaucistriga; Nupat
(Hodgson), 1 3; Siku, 1 9; Bomsay, 1 ¢, Bandra (Jayaker),
1 S$, Ratnagiri (Jayaker), 1 9, Canara (Ward), 2 6; Manras,
Nilgiris (Hampson), 3 ¢ , Coimbatore ( Walhouse), 1 ¢; TRAvANcoRE,
Permad (Mrs. Imray), 2 $; Cynon (Templeton), 1 9; Burma,
Moulmein (Clerk), 1 $, 1 Q type destinata, Mandalay (Bingham),
1 $,1 9; Stnearore (Ridley), 5 §, 2 9; Borneo, Sarawak, type
albisparsa in Mus. Oxon., Mt. Marapok,1 2; Java (Horsfield),6 3,
3 9 type ciligera; Curtstmas I. (Andrewes), 2 9 ; Cocos Knznine I.
( Wood-Jones), 1 $, 1 2; New Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 3g,
1 2; QueErnstanp, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 2 3, Brisbane (Turner),
1 g; N.S. Warzs (Daniel, Raynor), 1 g, 1 2; Fist (Mathew),
1 $,1 9; Girserr Is. (Woodford), 2 9; Caroxine Is. (Holden),
4 O type evanescens ; MarsHart Is. (Mathew), 2 3, 3 9; Navicators
Is. 1 $; Tanrrt (Mathew), 1 $; Socizry Is. (J. J. Walker), 3 9;
Maraunsas (J. J. Walker), 4 $; Sanpwica Is. (Perkins), 1°.
Exp. 30-44 millim.

Larva. Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. pl. 146. f. 1d.

Pale violet-brown with subdorsal series of narrow yellow spots
with black lunules above them; lateral series of purplish black
spots with white dot in centre; a sublateral white line. Food-
plant: Lantana.

3863. Prodenia latifascia. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 18.)

Prodenia lutifascia, Wik. ix. 195 (1856).

Prodenia variolosa, W\k. xi. 722 (1857); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. -
p. 269.

Predenia cosmioides, Wk. xv. 1678 (1858).

Prodenia commeline, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. 1. p. 268 (part.), nec
Smith & Abbot.

36. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with rufous; palpi with
blackish marks at sides of 2nd and 3rd joints; tegule with slight
brown medial line and some rufous at tips; tibize with some black
points, the tarsi banded with black; zbdomen ochreous suffused
with rufous. Fore wing ochreous suffused. with rufous, the basal
area with some whitish suffusion, the antemedial area with some
greyish fuscous suffusion, the area beyond postmedial line bluish
white with red-brown patch on costa before subterminal line and

248 NOCLUIDE.

slight brown suffusion at middle; subbasal line represented by
double dark striz from costa; an indistinct oblique pale line from
subcostal nervure at antemedial line to vein 1; antemedial line
indistinctly double filled in with whitish, minutely waved, oblique
below submedian fold; claviform hardly traceable; orbicular
represented by a quadrate whitish patch with oblique pale rufous
bar on it at middle and fine oblique line near outer edge ; reniform
defined by a whitish and blackish bar on inner edge, otherwise
faintly defined by rufous, its upper extremity strongly produced to
a point, filled in with pale yeliow; an indistinct oblique waved
brown line from vein 5 beyond the cell to inner margin; post-
medial line double filled in with whitish, strongly bent out-
wards and obsolescent below costa, then oblique, minutely waved
and incurved at discal fold, some white points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line indistinct, white, from veins 7 to 2, slightly
excurved at middle; a brown point on costa just before apex; a
terminal series of small triangular brown spots and fine waved black
terminal line; cilia red-brown intersected with pale yellow and
with fine yellowish line at base. Hind wing semihyaline white;
a terminal brown line from apex to vein 2; the underside with the
costa slightly irrorated with black except at base, a terminal series
of black points from apex to vein 2.

@. Fore wing with the medial area brown, tinged with ochreous
at inner margin only, the median nervure and veins arising from it
streaked with white, the orbicular and reniform much more dis-
tinctly defined, the postmedial area rather darker and the terminal
area rufous except at apex and tornus.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 5 ¢, 2 9, Cordova (Rumeli),
1 So, Presidio (Forrér), 1, 1 2, Mexico City (Hvege), 1 3,
Coatepec (Brooks), 1 3, Durango (Becker), 1 3,1 9; GuaruMara
(Rodriguez), 1 9, Vera Paz (Champion), 2 3; Cosra Rica, Cande-
laria Mts. (Underwood), 1 3, Irazu (Rogers), 19; Panama, Bugaba
(Champion), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamaica (Aaye), 1 d;
Cusa, Santiago (Schaus), 1 3, Matanzas (Schaus), 1 ¢; Hartt
(Tweedie), 3 3 type variolosa ; Sr. Lucta (Cowie), 1 9; Br. Guiana,
Demerara (Jenman), 1 g; Braz, Amazons, Para, 1 ¢; Paracuay,
Sapucay (Poster), 4S, 22; Areunrina (Thomas), 1 5, Goya
(Perrins), 8 3,1 2, Riojo (Giacomellt), 1 3. Hap. 40-50 millim.

3864. Prodenia ornithogalli. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 19.)

Prodenia ornithogalli, Guen. Noct. i. p. 168 (1852), 9; Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 169.

Prodenia eudiopta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 164 (1852), $; Smith, Cat. Noct. N.
Am. p. 170.

Prodenia flavimedia, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 274 (1874).

Prodenia lineatella, Harv. Bull, Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 275 (1874).

Prodenia conmeline, Riley, 3rd Rept. Ins. Mo. p. 1138, f. 486 (1871);
Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 268 (part.), nec Smith & Abbot.

3. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with rufous; palpi
with brown patch at side cf 2nd joint, the 3rd joint black at base;

PRODENTA. 249

tegule with rufous medial line and rufous tips; patagia with
oblique rufous medial bar and rufous tips; tibize with shght
blackish marks; abdomen ochreous white suffused with rufous.
Fore wing brown mixed with some ochreous and with slight dark
irroration, the medial area below the cell ochreous tinged with
rufous, the median nervure and veins rising from it streaked with
white on medial area; subbasal line represented by an oblique
white striga from costa defined at sides by black striz and an
oblique white line defined at sides by black from subcostal nervure
before antemedial line to vein 1; some leaden grey suffusion before
the antemedial line, which is double filled in with whitish, oblique
‘waved to median nervure, then excurved and retracted to inner
margin; claviform moderate, incompletely defined by black ;
orbicular oblique, white defined at sides with black, with pale
rufous line in centre and whitish bar on outer edge, slightly angled
inwards on median nervure; reniform with brown centre and
whitish annulus defined by black, indistinctly below, its upper
extremity moderately produced to a point; an oblique waved line
from vein 5 beyond the cell to inner margin, angled outwards on
vein 1; postmedial line double, filled in with whitish at costa and
towards inner margin, strongly bent outwards below costa, incurved
at discal fold, then oblique, waved and bent outwards to inner
margin, some white points beyond it on costa; a broad diffused
oblique blue-white fascia from apex to middle of postmedial line
and large patch at tornus; subterminal line white, oblique towards
costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, a series
of short biack streaks before it, longer at middle; a curved
yellowish-white line before termen defined by black strise on outer
side; a terminal series of small black lunules with some bluish-
white suffusion before them; cilia red-brown intersected with
white and with fine white line at base. Hind wing semihyaline
white, the veins tinged with brown on terminal half; the termen
brown from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costa slightly
irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points from apex
to vein 2.

Ab. 1. flavimedia. Fore wing with the inner medial area more
prominently ochreous.

. Fore wing without ochreous on inner half of medial area, the
median nervure and veins arising from it more distinctly streaked
with white, the orbicular more distinctly defined, the bluish-white
fascia from apex narrower and less prominent, less bluish white at
tornus. ;

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York (Packard, Riley), 3 3,
5 @, Long I. (Hulst), 1 d, Pennsylvania, 1 ¢, New Jersey, Lake-
hurst, 1 ¢, Distr.. of Columbia, Kansas (Snow), 1 2, Nebraska,
Missouri, Texas, Dallas (Boll), 2 5, 4 2, types flavimedia and
lineatella, Round Mt., 1 3, California; Muxico, Jalapa (7'rwjillo),
29; Cosra Rica, Candalaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 ¢, Godman-
Salvin Coll. Hap. 40-46 millim.

250 NOCIUID2.

Larva. Head reddish, biack in front, the V-mark over clypeus
contrasted. Body robust, joints 5 and 12 enlarged; brown, reddish
on the dorsal line and below the spiracles, finely longitudinally
strigose ; subdorsal line pale yellow with a row of black wedge-
shaped marks above it; lateral area behind joint 5 as pale as sub-
dorsal line, below dark; a brown spot on joint 5; substigmatal
band obsolete.—H. G. D.

3865. Prodenia prefica. (Plate CX XVIII. fig. 20.)

Prodenia prefica, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 44 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct. N.
Am. p. 170.

Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with pale red-brown ;
palpi with brown patches at sides of Ist and 2nd joints; patagia
with some dark scales near upper edge; tibize with some dark
brown points; tarsi banded with blackish; abdomen ochreous
white tinged with reddish brown. Fore wing ochreous white
suffused in parts with brown and grey and irrorated with black,
the veins with slight pale streaks; subbasal line represented by
slight double black striz from costa filled in with whitish; an
oblique irregular whitish line from subcostal nervure before the
antemedial line to vein 1; antemedial line indistinctly double
filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa, then oblique,
waved, retracted to inner margin; the medial area with the median
nervure and veins arising from it streaked with white; orbicular
oblique, white defined at sides by black, with brown line in middle
and without bar on its outer edge, some whitish below it above
base of vein 1; reniform incompletely defined by blackish with
biack and white bar on inner edge and whitish mark on outer, its
upper extremity produced to an indistinctly defined point; an
indistinct oblique waved black line from vein 5 beyond the cell to
inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, strongly
bent outwards below costa, then oblique, sinuous, incurved at discal
and submedian folds and bent outwards to inner margin, some
white points beyond it on costa and slight oblique diffused violaceous
white fascia from apex; subterminal line white, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards in submedian fold, a series
of short black streaks before it in the interspaces, a fine curved
white line beyond it bent inwards to costa; a terminal series of
small black lunules; cilia brown intersected with white and with
white line at base. Hind wing white tinged with brown, especially
on the veins and terminal area; a slight discoidal lunule; a
terminal series of brown striz except towards tornus; cilia white ;
the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a blackish
discoidal lunule and terminal series of black points from apex to
vein 2.

Hab, U.S.A., California, Mendocino, 2 ¢,1 2 type, Sauzalito,
1. Lwp. 40-46 millim.

PRODENIA.—SPODOPTERA. 251

3866. Prodenia marima. (Plate CX XVIII. fig. 21.)
Prodenia maritima, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 150 (1904).

o. Head and thorax olive and reddish brown mixed with
ochreous white; palpi with some fuscous on 2nd joint behind and
near extremity ; tegule with dark lines near base, at middle and
near tips; patagia with some black scales near edges; tibizw
and tarsi with blackish marks; abdomen ochreous white tinged
with brown, the crests and anal tuft rufous. Fore wing brown
mixed with greyish and whitish and slightly irrorated with blackish,
the veins with slight pale streaks, the medial area with the median
nervure and veins rising from if prominently streaked with white ;
subbasal line represented by an oblique whitish striga from costa
defined on each side by slight black striz, an oblique whitish line
defined by blackish on inner side from subcostal nervure before
antemedial line to vein 1 and a black line angled outwards above
inner margin; antemedial line double filled in with whitish,
excurved from costa to median nervure and in submedian inter-
space, then retracted to the subbasal line at inner margin ;
claviform elongate, defined by black; orbicular oblique, narrow,
yellowish white defined by black, with olive-brown line in centre,
whitish bar on outer edge and some whitish below it above base of
vein 2; reniform with ochreous-white annulus defined by black,
its upper extremity produced to a rather long point; an oblique
waved line from beyond lower angle of cell to inner margin; _post-
medial line double filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards
below costa, then oblique, waved, incurved at discal and submedian
folds and bent outwards to inner margin, some white points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line white, angled outwards above vein 7
and excurved at middle, with black streaks before it in the inter-
spaces rather longer at middle, a fine white line beyond it excurved
below costa and slightly defined by black on outer side; a fine
waved black terminal line; cilia fuscous and whitish intersected
with white and with fine white line at base followed by a dark line.
Hind wing semihyaline white; the underside with the costal area
tinged with ochreous and slightly irrorated with brown towards apex.

Hab. Braziu, Castro Parana (D. Jones), 1 3. Eavp. 34 millim.

Genus SPODOPTERA.

Type.
Spodoptera, Guen. Noct. 1. p. 153 (1852) ......... 22... cence ese c eee mauritia.
Eulaphygma, Burl. Trans, Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 668 ............... abyssinia.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint moderately scaled
and reaching about to middle of frons, the 3rd short ; fronssmooth; eyes large,
round ; antennez of male typically ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with scales,
the prothorax without distinct crest, the metathorax with spreading crest ;
fore tibiz broadly fringed with hair on outer side, the mid and hind tibize
moderately fringed ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3
and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing

Oe NOCLUIDZ.

with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from
angle of cell; & obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7
trom upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with short branches, the apex serrate.

A. Fore wing prominently variegated with black ............ umbraculata.
B. Fore wing not variegated with black .................:00000 pecten.

3867. Spodoptera umbraculata. (Plate CX XVIII. fig. 22.)

_ EHumichtis umbraculata, Wik. xv. 1717 (1858).
Agrotis enunciatus, Lucas, Pr. R. Soc. Queensl. vili. p. 85 (1892).
Hadena andrias, Meyr. Trans, Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 27.

3. Head dark brown; palpi with blackish patch on 2nd joint ;
tegulee brown at base with black medial band and grey tips; thorax
brown and grey; abdomen grey. Fore wing grey-white suffused
in parts with reddish brown and variegated with black; subbasal
line blackish, waved, from costa to submedian fold; a diffusea
brown line, angled outwards below costa and in cell and more
strongly inwards on vein 1 before the antemedial line, which is
oblique, waved, double, the outer line stronger, filled in with grey ;
claviform obsolete; orbicular and reniform small, slightly defined
by blackish, the former ochreous, produced at lower extremity, the
latter with black centre and ochreous annulus; postmedial line
somewhat dentate, defined by whitish on outer side, double at
costa, bent outwards below costa, angled inwards in discal fold,
incurved below vein 4; subterminal line whitish, slightly angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with small somewhat
dentate brown marks on its inner side and large patches at costa
and middle, the area beyond it brown; a terminal series of small
black lunules; cilia dark brown intersected with white. Hind
wing white, the veins brownish; the terminal area suffused with
fuscous broadly at apex, narrowing to a point above tornus; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a terminal
series of blackish points.

Q. Fore wing more uniform greyish without the patches of
dark suffusion.

Hab. Qurunstanp, Brisbane (Lucas), type tT ¢ andrias in Coll.
Meyrick (Turner), 2 3,1 2, Goodna (Turner), 1 9, Moreton Bay
(Diggles), 1 3 type. Hxp. 34-40 millim.

3868. Spodoptera pecten.

Spodoptera pecten, Guen. Noct. i. p. 155 (1852); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 195 (part.).

Spodoptera erica, Butl. P.Z. 8. 1880, p. 675.

Spelotis waiformis, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 226.

Caradrina pectinata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 264 (1894).

3. Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous and slightly
mixed with fuscous; palpi with black spot on Ist joint and the

SPODOPLERA. DSS

2nd joint black at sides except at tips; frons with slght lateral
black bars; antenne blackish ; tegule with medial blackish line ;
pectus and legs whitish, the tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen
whitish slightly tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous suffused
with rufous and slightly irrorated with black ; antemedial line very
indistinct, double filled in with whitish, oblique, waved; orbicular
defined by black at sides, oblique quadrate, conjoined at lower
extremity to the reniform, which has a blackish centre and pale
annulus with black mark between its upper part and orbicular and
slightly defined by fuscous on outer side; traces of an oblique line
from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line very
indistinct, double, filled in with whitish at costa and below vein 2,
bent outwards below costa, then dentate, angled inwards at discal
fold and incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on
costa; subterminal line whitish slightly defined by fuscous on inner
side, more prominently at middle and with black streaks before it

Fig. 63.—Spodoptera pecten, §. +.

in the interspaces between veins 7 and 2, angled outwards at vein 7,
excurved and minutely waved at middle and angled inwards in
submedian fold; the terminal area tinged with fuscous; a ter-
minal series of double rather triangular black spots; cilia whitish
tinged with rufous and mixed with fuscous. Hind wing white, the
veins on terminal area tinged with brown, the costa towards apex
and termen to vein 2 with fuscous; the underside with the costal
area lrrorated with fuscous, a terminal series ef black points from
apex to vein 2.

@. Fore wing more uniform brown, with the lines less pro-
minent and not filled in with whitish, the reniform filled in with
fuscous instead of black, the subterminal line slightly defined by
fuscous.

Hab. Conta, Gensan (Leech), 1 9; Loo-cxoo Is. (Pryer), 1 9;
Formosa (Hodson), 2 5, 2 2 type ertca; Stxuim (Dudgeon), 2 6,
1 2: Assam, Nagas, type T pectinata in Coll. Rothschild; Buneat,
Calcutta, 1 ¢ ; Burma, Bhamo,1 9 type uniformis; Purax, Goping
(Kunstler), 1 3; Sincarorsn (Ridley), 38 g, 10 9; Bornxo, Sarawak
(Wallace, Bartlett), 2 $, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 2; Lasvuan (Hverett),
2 3; Java (Horsfield), 5 6,1 Q type. Hap. 28-34 millim.

Larva on * Bukoot.”

Deval NOCTUID.E.

Sucr. IL. (Hulaphygna). Antennz of male minutely serrate and fasciculate,

3869. Spodoptera abyssinia.

Spodoptera abyssinia, Guen. Noct. i. p. 154 (1852).
Spodoptera cilium, Guen. Noct. i. p. 156 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. nu.
p. 259.
Caradrina latebrosa, Led. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 1855, p. 205, pl. 2.
f. 11; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 199.
Caradrina orbicularis, Wik. x. 294 (1856); Hmpsn. Nat. Hist. Sokotra,
p. 323, pl. xx. f. 26.
Caradrina preterita, Wik. x. 294 (1856).
Caradrina insignata, Wik. x. 295 (1856).
Laphygma procedens, Wik. xi. 721 (1857).
Agrotis infixa, Wik. Journ. Linn, Soc., Zool. vi. p. 186 (1862).
Laphygma obliterans, Wik. Trans. Ent. Soe. (3) i. p. 87 (1862).
Spodoptera insulsa, W1k. xxxii. 648 (1865).
Laphygma imperviata, Wik. xxxii. 651 (1865).
Laphygma retrahens, Wik. Entom. y. p. 126 (1870).
3g. Head and thorax ochreous suffused with red-brown; palpi
with black bands on 2nd and 38rd joints near extremity ; frons
with lateral black bars; tegule with black medial line; tarsi black
ringed with white; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with brown.
Fore wing greyish suffused with brown ; subbasal line represented
by double black striae from costa and cell; antemedial line double
filled in with whitish, the inner line indistinct, oblique, waved ;
orbicular whitish defined by black and with slight brown centre,
oblique elliptical, open below and connected by a streak above
median nervure with the reniform which is defined by black on

Fig. 64.—Spodoptera abyssinia, G. }.

inner side, its centre defined by diffused black ; an oblique dark
striga from costa to reniform and waved line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin, angled inwards in submedian fold ; postmedial
line double filled in with whitish, the outer line indistinct, bent
outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4,
some pale points with fuscous between them beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by fuscous suffusion
except between veins 7 and 5, and with slight dark streaks in the
interspaces before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved
and minutely waved at middle and angled inwards in submedian
fold; the terminal area tinged with fuscous; a terminal series of
small, rather triangular black spots; cilia whitish with a fuscous
line near base and some fuscous at tips. Hind wing pure semi-

SPODOPLDPRA. 959

hyaline white, the underside with the costa slightly irrorated with
brown, a terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2.

2. Fore wing with the orbicular completely defined by black,
the reniform with fuscous centre and whitish annulus defined by
black points on outer side. Hind wing with dark terminal line
from apex to submedian fold and dark line through the cilia to
vein 2.

Hab. Sturra Leonu (Morgan), 1 3 type procedens; Lacos, Ebute
Meta (Boag), 1 2; Nicguria, Old Calabar (Crompton, Sampson), 5 3,
Sapele (Sampson), 1 3; Eaypr; Arapra, Mt. Sinai; AByssrnta ;
Soxorra, Adho Dimellus (Grant), 2¢,192; Br. E. Arrica, Sabaki R.
(Gregory), 1 2, El Urru (Betton), 1 g; Masnonatanp, Salisbury
(Marshall), 2 $; Navat, Maritzburg, 1 9, Durban (Gooch, Bell-
Marley, Leigh), 2 S$, 3 9; Carn Conoyy, Grahamstown (Miss
Barrett), 1 $, Annshaw (Miss Barrett), 1 6, Knysna (Trimen),
4g, 1 2 (Sir A. Smith), 1 3,4 9, types orbicularis, preeterita,
and insignata; Mauritius, Curepipe (Tulloch), 1 9; Roprievnz
(Gulliver), 1 3,1 2; Swycnuenres, Mahé (Meade-Waldo), 2 9 ;
Asta Mrvor, Taurus Mts.; Syria; Patestinp; Persran Gurr, Fao
(Cumming), 1 3,12; Ponsas, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 g,1 9;
Srxuim, 1 ¢; Bompay, Bandra (Jayaker), 1 $; Mapras, Gooty
(Campbell), 2 3, Nilgiris (Cardew), 1 3; Ceyton, Kandy (Green),
1 g, 1 9; Purirprrnes, Luzon, San Fernando, 1 9; Boryzo ;
Java (Horsfield), 3 3,2 2, types ciliwm and insulsa. Hap, 28-32
millim.

Larva. Ochreous with numerous pale points defined by pale
brown ; dorsal line orange ; subdorsal line represented by a series
of orange marks defined by irregular black lunules above ; lateral
line represented by orange marks, the stigmata black with brown
patches above them; head and thoracic plate red-brown.—Natal
(Leigh).

Sect. III. Antenne of male fasciculate.
3870. Spodoptera compta.
Laphygma compta, W\k. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 80 (1869).

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with bright rufous, the vertex
of head and outer edge of patagia with some fuscous scales ; palpi

Li,

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Fig. 65.—Spodoptera compta, §. 4

with the Ist and 2nd joints tinged with fuscous at sides; tarsi
suffused with fuscous and with pale rings; abdomen ochreous

256 NOCTUID ©.

tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous suffused with bright
rufous and slightly irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused
with fuscous and with slight pale streaks on the veins, some whitish
at base of inner margin; faint traces of a pale curved waved ante-
medial line; orbicular represented by a faint minute dark spot ;
reniform dark, ill-detined ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, slightly
defined by whitish on outer side, bent outwards below costa and
incurved below vein 4; subterminal line whitish defined by fuscous
suffusion on inner side, somewhat excurved at middle; a slight
dark terminal line; cilia rufous tinged with fuscous and with a
fine pale line at base. Hind wing pure semihyaline white; the
underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown.
Hab. Perv, 2 6,19 type. Hep. 36 millim.

Sucr. LV. (Spodoptera). Antennze of male ciliated ; fore tibiz with very large
tufts of hair and seales from outer side.
AS ein dewanlegsenailayalliiae -wlmitemerasee eee eeteieeiecte rer eee rece mauritia.
B. Hind wing cupreous brown ..................ceesserassseseseeesee post fusca,

3871. Spodoptera mauritia.

Hadena mauritia, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag., Lép. p. 92, pl. 13. f. 9 (1833) ;
Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 248.

Spodoptera acronyctoides, Guen. Noct. 1. p. 154 (1852).

Spodoptera nubes, Guen, Noct. 1. p. 155 (1852).

Spodoptera filium, Guen. Noct. i. p. 155 (1852).

Prodenia infecta, Wk. ix. 196 (1856); Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vi. p. 33,

ol, NOB), it Gi.

Prodenia insignata, Wk. ix. 197 (1856).

Caradrina triturata, Wik. x. 295 (1856).

Agrotis transducta, Wk. x. 344 (1856).

Prodenia permunda, Wik. xi. 723 (1857).

Laphygma gratiosa, Wik. xxxii. 651 (1865).

Laphygma squalida, W\k. xxxii. 662 (1865).

Prodenia venustula, Wik. xxxii. 694 (1865).

Celena bisignata, Wik. xxxii. 679 (1865).

Agrotis aliena, W1k. xxxii. 694 (1865).

Agrotis submarginalis, Wik. xxii, 699 (1865).

Agrotis bisignata, W\k. Xxxil. 702 (1865).

Hadena obliqua, W1k. xxxiii. 736 (1865).

3g. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some greyish and

black; palpi with black band on 2nd joint near extremity; frons
with slight lateral black bars; antennee blackish; tips of patagia
and metathorax with black scales ; tarsi black ringed with white ;
abdomen fuscous grey, the basal crest and ventral surface rufous.
Fore wing greyish suffused with rufous and in parts with fuscous
and irrorated with black, the veins greyish ; subbasal line double,
black, irregularly waved, the outer line angled outwards below
costa, from costa to vein 1 ; an oblique waved black line from sub-
costal nervure to inner margin before the antemedial line, which is
indistinctly double, oblique, waved and with double black spots
at costa; claviform represented by an oblique black striga at its
extremity; orbicular whitish defined by black except below, its

SPODOPTERA. Dil

centre tinged with rufous, round, an oblique whitish bar beyond it
before the reniform which has a whitish annulus incompletely
defined by black and diffused black spot in centre, the area beyond
it between veins 5 and 3 suffused with fuscous to subterminal
line; an indistinct oblique waved line from lower angle of cell to
inner margin; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct,
bent outwards below costa, then waved, incurved at discal fold and
oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub-
terminal line white with slight black streaks before it in the inter-
spaces, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, and incurved at discal

Fig. 66.—Spodoptera mauritia, $. 1.

and submedian folds, a dark patch beyond it at discal fold and the
apex suffused with white; a terminal series of small rather tri-
angular black spots slightly defined by whitish on inner side; cilia
pale rufous with blackish line near base and chequered with blackish
at tips. Hind wing white, the veins, costal and inner areas tinged
with brown ; a blackish terminal line; cilia tinged with brown at
apex ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a
terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2.

Q. Fore wing paler and more uniform brown without the
oblique whitish bar beyond the orbicular.

Ab. 1. Fore wing of male like the female.

Hab, Sirrra Leone (Morgan, Foxcroft), 2 3, 2 2, types bisig-
nata, gratiosa, and triturata; Lacos, Kbute Meta (Boag), 1 ©;
N. Nierrta, Egga (Dudgeon), 1 3; S. Nigeria, Old Calabar
(Crompton), 1 36,1 2; Rup Sua (Fletcher), 1 3; Br. E. AFRICA,
Nairowa (Betton), 1 g, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 9; Masnonatann,
Salisbury (Marshall), 2 3, 1 9; Navan, Durban (Bell-Marley,
Leigh),2 3; Mapaeascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 2 g,1 9 ; Mavrirrvs,
Curepipe (Beke, Tulloch), 1 ¢,2 2 type aliena; C. Cura, Shanghai,
1 ¢ type obliqua; Punsas, Simla (Swinhoe, Harford), 4 9 , Kasauli
(Swinhoe), 2 9, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 4 3, 4 Q, Jubbulpuar
(Butler), 1 9, Allahabad, 1 9, Manpuri, 1 ¢; N. Inia (James),
23,1 9, types squalida, insignata, and infecta ; Beneat, Calcutta,
1 9; Sryp, Kutch, 1 9; Bomar, 2 9, Ratnagiri (Jayaker), 1 ¢,
1 2, Khandalla (Swinhoe), 1 §; Mapras, Coimbatore ( Wathouse),
1 3 type venustula; Cuyton (Metner), 2 ¢, Pundaloya (Green),
2 9, Trincomali (Yerbury), 1 $; Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 2 2,
Rangoon (Scott), 1 9, Thayetmyo (Watson), 1 2, Tenasserim,
Donat Hills (de Nicéville), 1 $; Anpamans, 1 ¢; Purax, Goping
(Kiinstler), 1 25 Sramw (Bowring), 1 3 type permunda; Stncarory

VOL. VIII. s

258 NOCLrUID®.

(Ridley), 6 ¢; Bornno, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 3, Kuching (Shel-
ford), 1 9; Puitrepives, Luzon, San Fernando (McGregor), 2 3,
1 9; Java (Horsfield), 1 3,2 9, types nubes, filium, and submar-
ginalis ; Cocos-Krntine I. ( Wood-Jones),1 9; New Guinua, Sogeri,
1 3S, Port Moresby, 1 g; N. Avsrratia, Port Darwin (J. J.
Walker), 2 §, 3 9; Quurnstanp, Brisbane (Turner), 1 g,1 9,
Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 Q type bisignata ; Socrery Is., Tahiti ;
Maravuesas (J. J. Walker), 2 3, 5 9; Hawaz, Kona (Perkins),
1 @. Ep. 32-44 millim.

Larva. Dyar, Can. Ent. 1894, p. 65, & 1900, p. 157.

Dark brown with numerous whitish strie ; dorsal fascia white-
edged ; subdorsal and lateral fasciae white ; ventral surface pale
greenish ; head red-brown. Injuricus to rice in the Punjab.

3872. Spodoptera postfusca.

Spodoptera postfusca, Ampsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 95, pl. 162. f.8 (1893) ;
id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 263.

@. Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with white:
tarsi dark brown ringed with white; abdomen brown mixed with
whitish. Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated with dark
brown and with some brown suffusion before inner half of post-
medial line; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa
and black and white spot below ceil; antemedial line double,
minutely waved and slightly curved ; claviform detined by blackish
at extremity and extending to median nervure; orbicular and
reniform very indistinctly defined and with a prominent black
patch between them in cell, the former round ; a dark striga from
costa to reniform and indistinct oblique line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin; a diffused blackish fascia from reniform to
subterminal line above vein 5; postmedial line double, bent out-
wards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique below vein 4,
some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish,
waved, interrupted, defined by dark brown on inner side and
with dentate dark brown marks before it on costal half, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle; a slight waved terminal line with
small black spots in the interspaces. Hind wing dark red-brown,
the cilia chequered brown and whitish ; the underside rather paler,
with faint discoidal spot and curved postmedial line with some
whitish suffusion before it on disk.

Hab. Creyion (Green), 1 9 type. Hap. 30 millim.

Genus LAPHYGMA. Type
Laphygma, Guen. Noct. i. p. 156 (1852) .....2.....seeeeeee esse eee eee eeee exiguat.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of frons and moderately scaied, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes -
large, round; antenue of male minutely serrate or ciliated; thorax clothed

LAPHYGMA. 259

almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with
spreading crest; tibize moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal
crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly
curved and haraly crenulate; veins 8 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from
upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just
below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.

Scr, I. Antennz of male minutely serrate.’

A. Fore wing black-brown suffused with leaden grey............ leucophlebia.
15}, INOS Wis CE TRGOWS |DHOWAN Gnaocccosocoscqsonsndbe0gsdoe0ecs0qned apertura.

3873. Laphygma leucophlebia. (Plate CX XVIII. fig. 23.)
Prodenia leucophlebia, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 283 (1902),

Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with some grey and
black, the head darker, the antennz whitish ; tarsi ringed with
white ; abdomen whitish, the basal crest black, the anal tuft tinged
with rufous, the ventral surface blackisk. Fore wing black-brown
suffused with leaden grey and irrorated with black, the base of
inner margin and terminal area paler, the medial area with the
median nervure and bases of veins 4, 3 streaked with white; sub-
basal line represented by double black strize from costa and a
blackish patch below cell; antemedial line double filled in with
greyish, oblique, minutely waved, bent inwards to inner margin ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former whitish with
pale red-brown centre, narrow, oblique, produced at lower extremity,
the latter with fuscous centre and whitish annulus, with straight
inner edge and constricted at middle; an indistinct oblique waved
line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line
double filled in with greyish, bent outwards below costa, then
oblique, minutely waved, slightly excurved at median nervules, some
white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, minutely
waved, indistinct towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7, very
slightly excurved at middle and angled inwards in submedian fold,
with series of diffused somewhat wedge-shaped black marks before
it in the interspaces, a series of fine white strie beyond it defined
on outer side by slight black strize confluent with the terminal series
of small somewhat triangular black spots; cilia black-brown
intersected with white and with some white at tips. Hind wing
pure white, the apex slightly tinged with brown; the underside
with the costal area tinged with brown and with a terminal serics
of minute dark points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 ¢; Narat, Karkloof
(Marshall), 2 3,1 9 type; Qununstanp, Brisbane (Turner), i ¢.
Kap. 34-36 millim.,

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200 NOCTUID A.

3874. Laphygma apertura.

Prodenia apertura, Wk. xxxii. 654 (1865).
Prodenia synstictis, Hinpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 511 (1896).

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with reddish brown; palpi
brown except at tips; vertex of head with some blackish scales ;
tegule with slight dark medial line; tarsi fuscous ringed with
whitish ; abdomen ochreous white, the basal crest blackish. Fore
wing ochreous suffused with dark brown and greyish and irrorated
with black, the medial area with the median nervure, vein 2 and
the bases of veins 3, + streaked with ochreous white ; subbasal line
represented by double black striz from costa and cell, with an
oblique blackish mark beyond it across submedian interspace ;
antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with ochreous, angled
outwards below costa, excurved in submedian interspace and
retracted to inner margin ; claviform moderate, blackish ; orbicular
and reniform ochreous defined by black and with pale brown

Fig. 67.—Laphygma apertura, S. %

centres, the former narrow, oblique, its lower extremity produced
and confluent with the latter which is produced at upper extremity,
some ochreous above base of vein 2; an oblique waved black line
from lower angle of ceil to inner margin, interrupted by the streak
on vein 2; postmedial double filled in with ochreous, strongly bent
outwards below costa, then oblique, minutely waved, and incurved
at discal and submedian folds, some minute pale puints beyond it
on costa; a subterminal series of ochreous striz with small some-
what dentate black marks on their inner side except towards costa ;
a series of ochreous strive just before termen on which there is a
series of black points; cilia with fine whitish line at base. Hind
wing pure white with slight dark points on apical half of termen ;
the underside with the costa slightly tinged with brown.

Hab. C. Cutna, Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 3; Mapras, Nilgiris
(Hampson), 1 3, 1 2; Cryton, Hambantota (Pole), 1 g type
synstictis, Eap, 24-32 millim.

Larva. Bainbrigge- Fletcher, Spolia Zeylanica, 1908, p. 95.

Jet-black, the segmental interstices creamy white, the prothorax
with three yellow spots, the other segments with slight pale yellow
dorsal spots forming a disconnected line; subdorsal line formed of
pale yellow marks; spiracular line pale yellow; ventral surface
glaucous green with white points; anus edged with orange; head

LAPHYGMA, 261

black with orange spot above the jaw and with numerous black hairs.
Food-plant: Drosera, especially the stems, forming a cocoon in the
earth. 8.

Secr. II. Antennz of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular narrow, oblique elliptical.
a. Fore wing with the medial line angled inwards in sub-

MME CAM HOLA! aise se sence macenaeeenoeen Tee ee mee oe ae exempta.
6. Fore wing with the medial line not angled inwards in
Sulbmredianelolde. is. yacten eee nodeeeteceee Meee ee Srugiperda.
B. Fore wing with the orbicular round or slightly elliptical,
a. Head and tegule ochreous white ..............00c0ceeeeeees flavimaculata.
b, Head and tegule concolorous with thorax ............... exigua.

3875. Laphygma exempta. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 24.)
Agrotis exenypta, Wik. x. 355 (1856).
Prodenia bipars, Wik. xi. 724 (1857).
Prodenia ingloria, Wik. xv. 1679 (1858).

¢. Head and thorax grey tinged with red-brown, the head and
basal half of tegule browner; palpi with slight dark marks at
side of 2nd joint; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen
ochreous tinged with brown. Fore wing grey tinged with brown
and suffused in parts with purplish red especially on costal half
from medial to subterminal line; subbasal line represented by
indistinct double dark striz from costa and cell; an oblique black
striga with some purplish red beyond it across submedian inter-
space before the antemedial line, which is double, rather oblique,
waved, excurved in submedian interspace ; claviform purplish red,
rather incompletely defined by black ; orbicular grey tinged with
olive-brown and slightly defined by black, oblique elliptical, and
with pale bar beyond it ; reniform slightly and incompletely defined
by black and with a diffused blackish mark in centre; the median
nervure and veins arising from it slightly streaked with whitish on
medial area; traces of an oblique waved medial line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, the outer
line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,
angled inwards in discal fold and incurved below vein 4, some
pale points beyond it on costa; a diffused oblique whitish shade
from apex to vein 6, the subterminal line arising from it, whitish,
minutely waved, incurved below vein 3, with some wedge-shaped
black streaks before it at middle, above and below vein 4 extending
to postmedial line ; a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia
greyish tinged with rufous and with slight rufous line near base.
Hind wing ochreous white, the veins tinged with brown, the costal
area and termen suffused with brown; a fine dark terminal line :
cilia white; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated
with brown, a terminal series of blackish points from apex to
vein 2.

@. Fore wing more uniform fuscous brown, without the oblique
pale bar beyond the reniform.

262 NOCTIUID &.

Hab. Gown Coast, Accra (Sir G. Carter), 1 3; Lagos (Strahan,
Boag), 23, 4 2; Nierria, Old Calabar (Sampson), 3 3, 8 2;
Soupax, White Nile (Dunn), 1 ¢, 1 9; Br. E. Arrica, N’dmu
(Betton), 1 3, Eb Urru ( Betton), 2 9, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 2;
Ueanpa, Mulema (Dogyett), 1 ¢, Ketoma (Doggett), 1 g, 1 @,
Hoima (Christy), 1 9; Mozamerqun, Beira (Sheppard), 1 3,1 2;
Ruopests, Bulawayo (Marshall, Eyles), 3 3, 2 2; TRANsvaat
(Cholmley), 1 ¢, 1 2; Natat, Durban (Gooch, Wilkinson), 1 3,
40; Aven (J. J. Walker, Yerbury), 2 3, 3 9; Manras, Palnis
(Campbell), 1 9; Cuyton, Maskeliya (Pole), 1 9, Haldamulla
(Mackwood), 1 9; Sineaavore (ltidley), 1 g, 1 2; QuuENstanD,
Cooktown (Lower), 1 3, Townsville (Dodd), 1 2, Mackay (Lower),
1 2, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 3,1 9, types bapars and ingloria ;
N.S. Watgs, Sydney (de la Garde), 19; W. Avusrratra, Sherlock R.
(Clements), 19; Hawa, Honolulu (Blackburn, Mathew, Perkins),
73,29, Kona (Perkins), 2 8,19, Waialua (Perkins), 13,19,
Lanai (Perkins), 1 6; Hab. ign. 1 ¢ type. Hwp. 26-38 millim.

Larva. Dull olive-brown with numerous pale streaks, the ventral
surface pale ; pale dorsal and subdorsal stripes edged with whitish ;
a sinuous pale line above stigmata, which are black with a small
whitish spot behind them on abdominal somites; head and thoracic
plate dark brown.

3876. Laphygma frugiperda. (Plate CXXVIIT. fig. 26.)

Phalena frugiperda, Smith & Abbot, Ins. Georgia, ti. p. 191, pl. 96 (1797) ;
Geyer, Zutr. 22, no. 342, ff. 683, 684; Riley, 4th Report U.S. Ent. Comm.
p. 353, pl. 62. f. 2; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 168.

Laphygma macra, Guen. Noct. i. p. 157 (1852); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am.,
Het. i. p. 267.

Laphygma inepta, W1k. ix. 190 (1856).

Predenia signifera, W1k. ix. 193 (1856); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i.
p- 269.

Rigboa plagiata, W1k. ix. 194 (1856).

Prodenia autumnalis, Riley, 3rd Rept. Ins. Mo. p. 109, ff. 44-49 (1871) ;
and Am. Ent. ii. p. 363, ff. 221, 223; and 8th Rept. Ins. Mo. p. 48,
ff. 26-27.

Prodenia fulvosa, Riley, 8th Rept. Ins. Mo. p. 49 (1876).

Prodenia obscura, Riley, 8th Rept. Ins. Mo. p. 49 (1876).

Caradrina flavimaculata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 280 (part.),
nee Harv.

3. Head and thorax ochreous suffused with reddish brown; palpi
with biackish patch at side of 2nd joint; frons with blackish bar
above; vertex of head suffused with fuscous ; tegule with fuscous
patches; pectus whitish; fore coxe and femorasuffused with fuscous ;
aodomen ochreous white suffused with reddish brown leaving slight
pale segmental lines, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing
ochreous whitish suffused with fuscous and reddish. brown, the
inner area paler; subbasal line represented by double oblique dark
striz from costa; a black streak below base of cell curved up to
cell at extremity; a minute whitish spot defined by black on outer

LAPHYGMA. 263

side in cell before the antemedial line, which is indistinetly double,
oblique, waved, somewhat bent outwards in submedian fold; clavi-
form represented by a diffused brownish streak; orbicular whitish
defined by black and with pale brown centre, a whitish bar beyond
it and above base of vein 2; reniform with black and white bar on
inner side, its outer edge slightly defined by black and with irregular
white marks at upper extremity ; a slight white fork at bases of
veins 4,3; an indistinct oblique waved line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin; postmedial line indistinct, double, strongly
bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, ineurved at
discal fold and below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa;
an oblique diffused whitish shade from apex to vein 6, the whitish
subterminal line arising from it, excurved at middle and bent out-
wards to tornus, some short black streaks before it in the interspaces
at middle; a fine white line before termen with series of slight
black streaks from it to the black terminal striz; cilia brownish
with fine white line at base followed by a dark line. Hind wing
semihyaline white, the apex suffused with brown; a dark terminal
line from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal area
slightly irrorated with fuscous, a terminal series of black strice from
apex to vein 2.

©. Much more fuscous brown, the costal area and veins irrorated
with grey, the lines less distinct ; the orbicular and reniform with
slight whitish annuli, the former without pale bar beyond it and no
white streak at lower angle of cell, the whitish fascia from apex
obsolete.

Ab. 1. fulvosa, §. Fore wing somewhat more suffused with
purplish, the white fascia from apex indistinct.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., New York (Doubleday, Riley), 3 3,6 9,
type macra, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1 9 , Georgia (Abbot), 1 ¢
type signifera, Florida, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Dallas (Boll),
43,192, New Mexico, Hot Springs, 1 9; Mextco, Jalapa (Trujillo,
Hoege), 3 3,4 9, Orizaba( Trujillo), 1 9 , Durango (Horrer, Becker),
25,12, Tabasco (H. H. Smith), 1 3,1 2, Coatepec (Brooks),
1 @; Guaremata, Vera Paz (Champion), 1 g, Cerro Zunil
(Champion), 1 9,8. Geronimo (Champion), 1 3,1 9; Honpuras,
Belize (Blancaneaux), 1 2; Cosra Rica, Candalaria Mts. ( Under-
wood), 1 6, 2 2, Punta Arenas (J. J. Walker), 1 6; Panama,
Bugaba (Champio), 1 3,1 9, Chiriqui (Champion, Ridbé), 1 og,
3 9, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamaica (Gosse), 1 g type plagiata,
Cinchona (Fawcett), 1 3; ‘Com, Santiago (Schaus), 3 O. o OF
Harti (Tweedie), 1 $; Sr. Lucia (Cowie), 2,29; Grenapa
(7. H. Smith), 1 S$, 2 9; Barpapos (% ampton), 2) G4 B Qe
VernuzunLa (Dyson), 1 3,2 9; Br. Guiana (McIntire), 2 6,1 9,
Rockstone (Kaye), 1 2; Braziz, Amazons, Para (Austen), 1 d,
3 9, Breves (Austen), 1 ¢, Parana de Byassu (Austen), 1 S,
Santarem (Bates), 1 ¢, L Q, type inepta, Rio Negro (Trumbull),
1 9, Bahia (Meade- Waldo), 1 2 , Sao Paulo (D.Jones),2 3; Urnvevay,
Monte Video (Micholl), 1 $; Paracuay, Sapucay, 11 g, 11 9;
ARGENTINA, Goya (Perrins), 1 g, Tucuman, 1 2, Sta Fe, Ocampo

264 NOCIUID&,

(Wagner), 1 2, Buenos Ayres (Thomas, Wilkinson), 3 3, 2 Q.
Hep. 32-40 millim.,

Larva. Head black to brown, reticulate, a pale V-mark over
clypeus. Body cylindrical, smooth, the tubercles not projecting,
obscure brownish-shaded, the dorsum broadly paler, sometimes
whitish ; lateral area dark-shaded between the narrow obscure pale
subdorsal and broad whitish, reddish-filled substigmatal band, the
latter not very sharply defined from the subventral area: cervical
shield dark, cut by a whitish line. Food-plants: Various.—
Tals (Gi 10)

3877. Laphygma flavimaculata. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 27.)

Caradrina flavimaculata, Hary. Can. Ent. viii. p. 54 (1876); Druce, Biol.
Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 280; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 168.

Head and tegule ochreous white, the latter edged with black
scales; palpi with black patch on 2nd joint; frons with slight
lateral black bars; antenne fuscous; thorax brown mixed with black
and ochreous white; pectus and legs whitish mixed with some
brown, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen grey, the basal
crest black and white. Fore wing grey suffused with brown and
irrorated with black, the postmedial area somewhat paler except
on costal area; subbasal line represented by double black striz
from costa and cell; antemedial line double, oblique, waved ;
orbicular ochreous white defined by black, its centre tinged with
rufous or fiery red, irregularly rounded ; reniform with reddish
brown centre with whitish lunule on it and ochreous annulus
defined by black; a diffused oblique waved medial line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in with
whitish, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,
incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some pale points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of rather
triangular black points: cilia whitish tinged with brown, a dark
line near base followed by a slight line at middle. Hind wing
semihyaline white, the veins brown, the costal and inner areas and
termen tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal line; the under-
side with the costal area irrorated with black, a terminal series of
black points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. U.S.A., Oregon, Colorado, Durango (Oslar), 1 g, 1 9,
California, 23, 19 type, Sta. Barbara (Van Zandt, d’ Urban), 2 3,
1 2, Arizona, Prescott (Kunzé),2 3,2 9, Phenix (Kunzé), 1 3,
3 9; Mexico, Sonora (Morrison), 1 ¢§, Godman-Salvin Coll.
Ewp. 26-34 millim, Hardly separable from LZ. exigua.

LAPHYGMA. 26

: 3878. Laphygma exigua.

Noctua exigua, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 362 (1808); Dup. Lép. Fr.
vi. p. 45, pl. 75. f. 2; Mill. Icones, pl. 75. f. 2; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p-. 259; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 195.

Noctua fulgens, Geyer, Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 796 (1833).

Caradrina pygmea, Rmbr. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1834, p. 384, pl. 8. f. 2;
Dup. Lép. Kr. Suppl. ii. p. 321, pl. 29. f. 5.

Caradrina junceti, Zell. Isis, 1847, p. 445.

Laphygma cycloides, Guen. Noct.i. p. 157 (1852).

Laphygma caradrinoides, W\k. ix. 190 (1856).

Caradrina sebghana, Aust. Le Nat. 1880, p. 212.

Caradrina venosa, Butl. Ent. Mo. Mag. xvii. p. 7 (1880).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some grey; palpi with
fuscous patch on 2nd joint; lower part of frons whitish; tegule
whitish, brown at base and tips; tarsi black ringed with white;
abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with fuscous. Fore wing whitish
suffused with red-brown and slightly irrorated with black ; subbasal
line represented by double black striw from costa filled in with
white and single oblique striga from cell defined by white on outer
side ; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, oblique, waved ;
claviform represented hy a slight rufous streak slightly defined by
black at extremity ; orbicular small, round, with fiery-red centre

Fig. 68.—Laphygma exigua, §. 4

and ochreous annulus defined by black; reniform with red-brown
centre with white lunule on it and ochreous annulus defined by
black ; an indistinct oblique waved medial line from lower angie of
cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, in-
curved at discal fold and below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it
on costa ; subterminal line slight, white, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle; a terminal series of rather triangular
black points ; cilia greyish tinged with brown and intersected with
fuscous, a dark line near base followed by a slight medial line.
Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins brown; the costa, inner
margin, and termen tinged with brown, a brown terminal line ; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a terminal
series of black points from apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. pygmea. Very smali; fore wing almost uniform pale
brown, the orbicular with dark point in centre.

Ab. 2. Much greyer; fore wing with the antemedial line on

266 NOCTUID 4.

outer side and postmedial line on inner side strongly defined by black
on inner area.—-N. 8. Wales.

Hab. Brivarn (Dobree-fow); Nurapruanps, Borkum I. ; France,
Leech Coll. ; Swirrzertanp, Engadine, Leech Coll.; Spain, Catalonia,
Zeller Coll., type junceti, Sierra Nevada (Walsingham), Gibraltar ;
Iraty, Capri (C. S. Browne), Sicily, Zeller Coll.; Datmaria, Frey &
Leech Colls.; Ateerta (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 3,193 Morocco, Tangier
(Leech), 1 3,19; Mavurra (Wollaston), 12; Canartus, Teneriffe
(Leech, W. White), 1 3,1 2, Guimar (Walsingham), 1 3;
S. Russta, Sarepta (Christoph); Cyprus (Miss Batc), 1 3 ; Asia
Mrvor ; Syrra, Lebanon (Pratt), 1 ¢, Mardin; Up. Eeypr, Aboukir
(Graves), 1 3, Etbai (McAlister), 1 $ ; Soxorra, Abd-el-Kuri
(Grant), 13, Hadibu Plain (Grant), 19; Br. K. Arrica, Machakos
(Crawshay), 1 6, 1 2, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 2; Becuuanauann,
N’Gami (Lugard), 1 3,1 9; Transvaat, Piet Retief (Crawshay),
1 2, Pretoria (Janse), 2 9 ; Oranen R. Cotony, Bloemfontein
(Eckersley), 1 2 ; Navan, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 2 9, Tugela R.
(Reynolds), 1 $,1 2, Durban (Leigh), 1 3,1 2 ; Basvronann,
Maseru (Crawshay), 1 2 ; Carn Cotony (Sir A. Smith), 1 3,1 9,
Deelfontein (Col. Sloggett), 1 Q ; Aven (Yerbury, Grant), 1 3,
2 9; Persian Gur, Fao (Cumming),2 ¢; Japan, Yokohama
(Pryer), 1 3; Centr. Cuina, Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 9 ; Punsas,
Simla (eed, Harford), 2 9, Cambellpur (Yerbury),3 g, 1 9,
Dharmsila (Hocking), 2 ¢, 3 Q, Allahabad, 1 9, Manpuri, 1 9°;
Srxurm (Dudgeon), 1 2 ; Mapras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 9, Nilgiris
(Hampson), 1 3,2 2 ; Curton, Puttalam (Pole), 1 3, Trincomali
(Yerbury), 1 2 ; Burma, Rangoon (Scoé#), 1 9; Yunnaw (Hobson),
1 @; QuzeEnstanp, Brisbane (Z'urner), 1 9; W. AvsrTRaLiA,
Sherlock R. (Clements), 1 9 ; N.S. Watxs, Broken Hill (Lower),
2 6,1 9; Hawan, Honolulu (Blackburn), 1 3 type venosa, Kona
(Perkins), 1 9, Lahana (Perkins), 1 ¢. Hp. 26-34 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 113; Barrett. Lep. Brit.v. p. 273, pl. 220 f.1.

Pinkish brown, dots blackish; spiracular line pale ochreous,
dark-edged above. Food-plants: Plantago and low growing
herbs. 8-9, In Egypt destructive to Lucerne and Cotton.

Genus NEOLAPHYGMA, nov.

Type, VV. leucoplaga.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint hardly reaching to
middle of frons and fringed with long hair in front, the 8rd short; frons
smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of female ciliated; thorax clothed with
hair and scales mixed, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with
paired crests formed of long hair and spatulate scales; build slender; tibize
fringed with scales, the tarsi with tufts of scales on Ist joint; abdomen long
and slender, without crests. Fore wing very narrow, the margins subparallel,
the apex produced to a slight point, the termen slightly excised below it then
strongly excurved and not crenulate; vein 5 from before angle of cell; 4, 5
from angle; 6 from upper angle; 7,8 and 10 staiked, 9 absent, 7 and 10
almost from a point; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 8,4 stalked; 5
obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anasto-
mosing with the cell to middle.

NEOLAPHYGMA. 267

3879. Neolaphygma leucoplaga, n. sp.

@. Head and tegule green tinged with rufous and with darker
bars above frons and between antenne; palpi dark brown mixed
with whitish ; antennz blackish ; thorax green with some grey on
dorsum ; pectus and legs dark brown mixed with grey, the fringes
of scales on tibia and tarsi green, the tibiz and tarsi ringed with
white, the hind tarsi rufous ; abdomen fuscous with slight greyish
segmental lines and grey bands on terminal segments, the anal tuft
ochreous, the ventral surface grey. Fore wing purplish grey
suffused in parts with red-brown and irrorated with black, some
sap-green suffusion on antemedial area to below the cell and on
postmedial area ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from
costa defined by green on outer side, a round pure white patch
beyond it from costa to just below cell; antemedial line indistinct

Fig. 69.—Neolaphygina lewcoplaga, 2. i.

except at costa and inner margin, blackish defined by whitish on
inner side, waved from costa to submedian fold, then strongly
angled inwards on vein 1 and bent outwards above inner margin ;
orbicular small, elongate elliptical, with deep black centre and grey
annulus slightly defined by black, the cell beyond it green ; reniform
with irregular centre defined by black and whitish annulus; an
irregularly waved medial dark line; postmedial line black much
interrupted, defined by white on outer side then by red-brown,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, closely approxi-
mated to the reniform and incurved below vein 4, some green
beyond it below costa and some white points on costa with rufous
streaks between them ; traces of a pale subterminal line ; a terminal
series of small black spots slightly defined by white on inner side ;
cilia ochreous and rufous with a red-brown line near base. Hind
wing semihyaline purplish grey suffused with brown, paler at base ;
a brown terminal line; cilia with fine brown line near base; the
underside with the costal area white irrorated with dark brown, a
diffused dark mark on costa near base, brownish discoidal lunule,
diffused postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then oblique
and obsolescent, and terminal lunulate line.

Hab. Asuantt, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 2 type. Hxp. 30 millim.

268 NOCTUID.

Genus LOPHOTARSIA.

Type.
Lophotarsia, Wmpsn. Ann. §. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 299 (1902)

p00800 ochroprocta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint hardly reaching to
middle of frons and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd short ;
frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of male minutely ciliated; thorax
clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; build slender; tibize
fringed with scales, the tarsi with large tuft of scales on Ist joint; abdomen
long and slender, without crests, the anal tuft very long. Fore wing very long
and narrow, the margins subparallel, the apex rectangular, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4,5 from angle
or very shortly stalked; 6 from just below upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 obsolescent from just

below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell to
middle.

3880. Lophotarsia ochroprocta.
Lophotarsia ochroprocta, Hmysn. Aun. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 299 (1902).

3S. Head rufous with deeper rufous bars above frons and
between antenne ; thorax grey tinged with rufous, the tegule with
rufous medial line defined by pale yellow in front; legs suffused
with brown and rufous; abdomen grey, the anal tuft and ventral
surface pale yellow suffused with rufous. Fore wing grey suffused
with fuscous, the inner area from before middle and the postmedial
area except at costa tinged with ochreous and rufous, the veins
beyond the cell slightly streaked with rufous; a black-brown
subbasal line straight and erect from costa to vein 1, then bent
outwards and diffused; traces of a diffused dark antemedial line ;
orbicular with faint diffused dark outline, round, a grey-white

Fig. 70.—Lophotarsia ochroprocta, $. 1.

patch beyond it before the reniform which has its centre defined by
black and pale grey annulus defined by diffused fuscous ; postmedial
line represented by a series of black strize and points, strongly bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
faint grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line only defined
by the contrast between the rufous and grey areas, incurved below
vein 3 and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of blackish
points; cilia mixed with rufous at tips. Hind wing pure white,
the termen and cilia at apex suffused with fuscous brown; the
underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a slight
postmedial line bent outwards below costa and ending at vein 7,
some points on termen from apex to vein 4.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 3 ; Narvat, Estcourt
Hutchinson), 1 3 type. Hvp,. 34-38 millim.

STAUROPIDES. 269

Genus STAUROPIDES, nov.

Type, S. superba.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, moderately scaled and extending to
just beyond the frons, which has a large truncate conical prominence with raised
edges and a corneous plate below it, the vertex of head with slight ridge;
eyes large, round; antenne of male bipectinate with moderate branches to
beyond middle, the apical part simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with
scales and with slight double ridge-like crest; tibie fringed with long hair
and scales; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and hardly crenulate; veins 3 and
5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with
8 to form a small areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle
of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Scr. I. Antenne of female bipectinate with short branches to beyond middle,
the apical part simple.

3881. Stauropides superba.
Antachara superba, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xiii. p. 361 (1894), ¢.

Head and thorax pale blue-green; palpi ochreous tinged with
rufous ; frons with lateral red-brown bars ; pectus and legs ochreous
tinged with rufous, the tibize pale green on outer side, the tarsi
dark brown ringed with white; abdomen pale greenish tinged with
rufous in parts. Fore wing pale blue-green ; a very oblique sinuous
black streak from base of costa to subcostal nervure ; antemedial
line represented by a dark point on costa; orbicular with faint
white annulus defined by black on outer side, a black and white bar
below it from cell to submedian fold, a rufous band beyond them

Fig. 71.— Stauropides superba, Q. 4

from costa to submedian fold with waved inner edge towards costa
and below vein 5 confluent with the rufous terminal area; reniform
greyish defined by black, narrow, very oblique and produced at
lower extremity, obsolescent above ; postmedial line almost obsolete
towards costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then sinuous,
incurved at discal fold, very oblique below vein 4, angled inwards
in submedian fold and connected by a black streak with the medial
bar, then obsolete ; subterminal line indistinct, waved, oblique from
vein 4 to below 2 and with green patch beyond it, then erect; a
series of black striae just before termen; cilia brown with a pale
line at base. Hind wing white, the apical area and termen tinged

270 NOCTUID H.

with brown ; a waved dark terminal line; cilia ochreous white with
a brown line through them and brown tips ; the underside with the .
costa and terminal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. Ecvavor, Sarayacu (Buckley), type fT ¢ in Coll. Druce ;
Peru (Stmons), 1 9. Exp. 58 millim.

Sect. IT. Antenne of female almost simple.

3882. Stauropides persimilis, n. n.

Antachara superba, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xiii. p. 361 (1894), 9 ; id.
Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 484, pl. 94. f. 6.

Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale blue-green, the edges
of tegule and patagia and the metathorax with some rufous and a
few black scales ; palpi ochreous white, blackish above ; pectus and
legs ochreous white slightly tinged with rufous ; abdomen ochreous
white slightly irrorated with dark brown and with the crests on
basal segments rufous. Fore wing very pale blue-green; a very
oblique black streak from base of costa to median nervure and
another on and above inner margin before the antemedial line which
is represented by black points on costa, median nervure, and yein | ;
orbicular with very faint white annulus except on outer side where
it is defined by black and with a white and black bar below it from

Fig. 72.—Stauropides persimilis, 9. }.

cell to submedian fold, a rufous band beyond them from costa to
submedian fold, with waved inner edge towards costa and below
vein 5 confluent with the rufous terminal area; reniform rufous
defined by black on inner side, undefined on outer; a blackish fascia
below vein 2 from the medial line to termen; postmedial line
represented by a brown striga from costa, then almost obsolete to
vein 6, indistinct and dentate to submedian fold, then almost obsolete;
an oblique dark streak from termen below vein 4 to vein 2 with
pale green patch beyond it; a series of dark strive just before
termen. Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen irrorated with
red-brown; the underside with the costa and termen slightly
irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. Costa Rica, Santa Clara (Zurcher), 1 2, Godman-Salvin
Coll.; Trinrpap (Aaye),1 g. Exp. 3 46, 9 58 millim.

XYLOMYGES. 271

Genus XYLOMYGES. atin
Xylomyges, Guen. Noct. i. p. 147 (1852)... .ceeeeceeeecececnee eee eees eridania.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd short ; frons smooth
and smoothly scaled, with a slight corneous plate ‘below it; eyes ‘large, round ;
antennz of male ciliated : thorax clothed chiefly with scales and with double
ridge-like dorsal crest ; tibiz fringed with rather long hair; abdomen with
dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.

A. Fore wing with the subterminal line oblique from termen
below vein 4 to postmedial line at submedian fold.
a. Fore wing prominently streaked with brown, the oblique
part of subterminal line below vein 4 defined by white
nell Owe atceeenenee ere oeretetisiostoys se acts slcilaie ae sien sitelreeete eee tare a eridanta,
6. Fore wing much more uniform in colour, the oblique part
of subterminal line below vein 4 not defined by white
[Salone dS onathossossnen saccadenreaccnanadnearceantcREmncuaeetocaoactcannios peruviana.
B. Fore wing with the subterminal line much less oblique
between veins 4 and 2 and well separated from termen and

HOstmedialulnneweneecercecEeere eee eee teceeesdcce secure reer sece ren ochrea.
C. Fore wing with the subterminal line oblique from termen at
vein 4 to submedian fold and dentate on veins 5 and 2 ...... sunia.

3883. Xylomyges eridania.

Noctua eridania, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 133, pl. 358. ff. E, F (1782) ;
Snell. Tijd. vy. Ent. xxx. p. 36, pl. 3. ff. 2, 2a; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 169.

Neen linea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 3. 2. p. 106 (1794).

Phalena phytolacce, Smith & Abbot, Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 193, pl. 97 (1797).

Aylomyges putrida, Guen. Noct. i. p. 148 (1852).

Xylomyges amygia, Guen. Noct. 1. p. 149 (1852).

Leucania externa, Wik. ix. 114 (1856).

Aylina inqueta, Wik. xi. 632 (1857).

Xylina bipunctata, W\k. xi. 629 (1857).

Prodenia strigifera, W\k. xv. 1678 (1858).

Actinotia derupta, Morr. Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1975 5, p. 62.

Prodenia ignobilis, Butl. P. ZS. 1878, p. 485.

Leucania n HORE Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn, Ent. Soe. iii. p. 7 (1881), &iv.
To Die We 5% ®,

Gelincaats recondita, Méschl, Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 140 (1890).

Laphygina orbicularis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 267 (nec W1K.).

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous; palpi
white in front and with brown and rufous marks at side of 2nd
joint; tarsi brownish ringed with white. Fore wing ochreous
white tinged with rufous and sparsely irrorated with black
especially on inner area, the veins of terminal area slightly streaked
with black ; a slight oblique blackish streak above inner margin
before the antemedial line, which is represented by a black point

972 NOCTUIDA.

below costa and indistinct oblique dentate line from submedian fold
to inner margin; orbicular represented by a minute very indistinct
dark mark, the reniform by a small greyish mark with two blackish
points on inner side and one on outer ; a faint oblique medial shade
from costa to reniform and traces of a waved line from submedian
fold to inner margin; postmedial line double and filled in with
whitish towards costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then
represented by double black points on the veins, incurved below
vein 4 and with waved whitish line below vein 2, some whitish
points with slight rufous streaks between them beyond it on costa ;
postmedial line very indistinct and whitish from costa to below

vein 4 where it is angled outwards to termen, angled outwards
above veins 7, 6 and with slight rufous streak before it above
vein 7, below vein 4 running inwards as an oblique yellowish-white
streak defined by rufous above to near postmedial line at vein 2;
a terminal series of black points; cilia rufous intersected with
white. Hind wing pure semihyaline white, the inner margin and
veins towards apex faintly tinged with ochreous; the underside
with slight black irroration on apical part of costal area and some
black points on termen towards apex.

Ab. 1. evterna. Fore wing with broad black fascia from reni-
form to termen.

Hab. U.S.A., Georgia, Florida, Mexag 23,1 9; Mexico, Jalapa
(Trujillo), 3 3, Condloxe (Bua, 1S, las Vigas (Hoege), 1 3,
Teapa (H. H. Smith), 13, 1 9; Guaremata, Las Mercedes
(Champion), 1 3, Pantaleon (Champion), lbsess Glostel Rica, Irazu
(Rogers), 1 2, Candalaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 3; PANAMA Chiriqui
(Champion), 1 3, Bugaba (Champion), 1 3, GodimnenSeein Coll. ;
Jamajca (Bowring), 1 3 type ignolis, Moneague (Walsingham),
1 3, Castleton (Kaye), 1 5; Cua, Santiago (Schaus), 38 3; Harr
(Tweedie), 1 2; Porto Rico; Guapetouer; Sr. Vincent (H. H.
Smith), 4 $; Trryipap, Cuparo (Kaye), 1 ¢: Surinam; Brazin,
type t do bipunctatain Mus. Oxon., Amazons, Kga (Bates), 1 6 type
strigifera, R. Javary (Trail), 1 3, Neu Friburg, Rio Janeiro
(Wilson), 1 3,1 9; PaRscuay, Sapucay (roster), 4 ¢; ARGENTINA,
Gran Chaco, Florenzia (Wagner), 1 56; Hab. ign., 2 ¢ types
externa and inguteta. Hxp. 42-38 millim.

Larva. Head small, red-brown, a pale V-mark over clypeus.

XYLOMYGES. ihe

Body robust, joints 0 and 12 enlarged ; dark grey finely dotted with
yellowish ; dorsal line narrow, reddish ; subdorsal broader, with a
series of angular black marks above it; upper half of lateral space
paler than the lower, a dark patch on joint 5; substigmatal band
yellowish, dark-centered, obsolete on thorax ; cervical shield dark.
Food-plants: Various.—H. G. D.

3884. Xylomyges peruviana. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 31.)

Laphygma peruviana, W\k. xxxii. 650 (1865).
Laphygima communicata, Wik. Char. Undeser. Het. p. 31 (1869).

Head and thorax white suffused with pale rufous; palpi with
rufous marks at sides on Ist and 2nd joints; tegule with slight
whitish medial line; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen
ochreous tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous faintly tinged
with rufous and slightly irrorated with black except towards base ;
faint traces of an oblique rufous streak above inner margin before
the hardly traceable oblique waved antemedial line; orbicular
represented by a minute dark point, the reniform by a very faint
greyish mark at upper angle of cell slightly defined by blackish on
inner side ; postmedial line hardly traceable, strongly bent outwards
below costa, then represented by slight black points on the veins,
incurved below vein 3; subterminal line represented by traces of
an oblique pale streak from termen below vein 4 to vein 2 slightly
defined by rufous above. Hind wing semihyaline white; the
underside with the apex slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Peru, 3 3,4 2, type and type communicuta, Kup. 30-40
millim.

3885. Xylomyges ochrea, n. sp. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 1.)

3S. Head and thorax ochreous slightly irrorated with pale
brown; palpi with slight brown mark at side of 2nd joint;
abdomen white, the crests and anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing
ochreous faintly tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few
blackish scales, the base of inner margin, end of cell and area just
beyond upper angle rather whiter; antemedial line absent; the
orbicular represented by a faint minute dark mark, the reniform by
a faint small dark spot; postmedial line represented by faint
minute dark points on veins 6 to 2; traces of oblique whitish
streaks from termen below apex and vein 4 to the postmedial line ;
a terminal series of black points; cilia yellowish with a sheht
rufous line through them. Hind wing hyaline white ; the underside
with a few blackish seales on apical half of costal area and some
black points on termen towards apex.

Hab. Peru, Callao (J. J. Walker), 2 3 type. Exp. 36 millim.

WOL. VIII. aT

O74 NOCTUID.23.

3886. Xylomyges sunia. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 2.)

Xylomyges sunia, Guen. Noct. i. p. 149 (1852).

AXylina albula, Wik. xi. 629 (1857).

Laphygma orbicularis, Wik. xi. 719.

Laphygma caudata, Wik. Char. Lep. Het. p. 32 (1869).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous slightly tinged with
rufous; palpi with slight brown marks at sides of 2nd joint. Fore
wing ochreous white faintly tinged with rufous and irrorated with
a few dark scales; a black streak below base of cell; very faint
traces of an oblique waved antemedial line ; orbicular represented
by a few black scales, the reniform by a small greyish mark with
some black scales at sides ; postmedial line very indistinct, whitish,
bent outwards below costa, then with black points on the veins,
oblique below vein 4, some faint whitish points beyond it on costa ;
a faint oblique whitish streak from termen below apex; three
slight oblique white streaks in echelon from termen below vein +
to submedian fold near postmedial line slightly defined by brown
above ; a slight fuscous mark on inner margin before tornus; a
terminal series of black points ; cilia chequered white and brownish
with slight brownish lunules at tips. Hind wing pure sem1-
hyaline white ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with a
few black scales towards apex, a terminal series of black points
from apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. orbicularis. Fore wing with the reniform prominent,
black.

Hab. Honvuras (Dyson), 1 g; Jamatoa (Ovckerell, Kaye), 2 9;
Harri (Tweedie), 4 g, types albula and orbicularis ; Sr. Tuomas ;
Dominica (Elliott), 1 $; Grenapva (H. H. Smith), 1 3,1 2; Bar-
BaDos (Mrampton), 1 3S; AReEnTINA, Gran Chaco, Florenzia
(Wagner), 23,22. Hab. ign., 2 ¢ type caudata. Hxp. 32-36
millim.

Genus ANTHA.
Antha, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 448 (1892) ...........ecescrecovereuceee grata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint not reaching vertex
of head and smoothly sealed, the 3rd rather long ; frons oblique, produced to
a transverse ridge above; eyes large, rounded; antennz of male minutely
ciliated, a ridge of scales between antennie ; thorax clothed chiefly with seales,
the prothorax with divided crest, the metathorax with slight erest; tibize
moderately fringed with hair; abdomen long withsmall dorsal erests on basal
serments. Fore wing with the costa nearly straight, the apex rectangular, the
termen oblique below vein 4, the inner margin lobed near base; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper
angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

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ANTHA,

3887. Antha grata.

Leptina grata, Butl. Trans, Ent. Soe. 1881, p- 172; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.
ul. p. 237; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 183.
Antha pretiosa, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 448, pl. 7. f. 6 (1892).

Head and thorax rufous mixed with whitish; palpi white in
front, red-brown at sides; tegule brownish with white band and
rufous tips; dorsum of thorax red-brown ; pectus whitish mixed
with brown, the tarsi dark ringed with white; abdomen whitish
tinged with brown, the dorsal crests dark. Fore wing ochreous
tinged with rufous, some pale pink suffusion in submedian inter-
space and below base of costa; a black-brown fascia on inner
margin from near base; subbasal line represented by two slight
oblique strive from costa, the antemedial line by an oblique striga
from costa, then by some points, a faint tooth in submedian interspace
and a yery elongate tooth above inner margin defined by white on

inner side ; claviform very faintly defined by brown, narrow, acute
at extremity ; orbicularand reniform with pale pink annuli, the former
with rufous centre, elongate, narrow, and slightly oblique, the latter
constricted at middle, with pink centre defined by an irregular
rufous line; a blackish patch on middle of costa; postmedial line
dark brown defined on outer side by pinkish white on costa and
below middle, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond it on
costa ; a curved diffused pinkish subterminal band, slightly defined
by red-brown on inner side except towards inner margin and crossed
by dark streaks towards apex; the terminal area dark red-brown
with blackish spots and a fine white line before the dark terminal
line, the extremity of vein 1 defined by fine white streaks with
black streaks above and below them and a white bar from their
inner extremity to inner margin ; cilia whitish with a waved dark
line through them. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown
especially on terminal area, a series of white strie just before
termen ; cilia ochreous with a slight brown line through them ; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas broadly irrorated with
brown, the former tinged with red, a small discoidal lunule and
indistinct waved sinuous postmedial line.

Hab, K. Srserta, Ussuri; Japan, Tokio (Maries), 2 © type,
Oiwake (Pryer), 2 6, 4 25; Corwa, Gensan (Leech), 1 6;
W. Cuina, Kwei-chow, 1 9; Assam, Naga Hills. Hap. 36~44
millim,

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276 NOCTUIDA.

Genus ACRORIA.

Type.
AGRA, NNN, 5a WHO (QUES) ccsccocoscasnc0sqacdoasbaduaoacbdasscensaC terens.
Algiiartoairan, Nii, 357% TAD) (USS) conoconscaccoenoq2aacanebonnon00e000000 diminuta.
Alibama, Méschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 43 (1888) ............ terens.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about
to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd rather long; frons smooth,
almost naked; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed
chiefly with scales and with double ridge-like crest ; tibie moderately fringed
with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen crenulate, excised towards tornus; veins 3 and 4
from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of
cell ; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with well-developed claviform connected by a streak
WAS OORTONeC MA! WMT soposoooccosadavsnoorabaosoononSenNeraGeNs6q0000000 terens.
B. Fore wing with the claviform absent.
a. Underside of fore wing ot male thickly clothed with down-
(GUTPOVEG) lORONTA SCDNGS ccooosoosoapdcbascosaossDd000q005qqauq0G05900000000 denterna.
b. Underside of fore wing smoothly scaled.
a‘. Fore wing with wedge-shaped ochreous mark beyond
subterminal line in submedian interspace extending to

(eT HeOKe) Na aancRapasdosopnecouSeduanusotOoBHsEeUaEe sb abaaAdhononesbborcben MEXICANA.
b1, Fore wing with oblique ochreous striga on subterminal line
iin GRUlTACHE MN THNWESASPORNES) cocanononononnssosancencpeHaonsasoagecaon diminuta.

3888. Acroria terens.
Hadena terens, W\k. xi. 586 (1857).
Aylina infensa, Wik. xi. pp. 628, 761 (1857).
Acroria villipes, Wik. xv. 1780 (1858).
Alahama pulehra, Mosch. Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 44, pl. f. 27 (1888).
Dargida niphanda, Druce, Biol. Centr.Am., Het. i. p. 270, pl. 26. f. 14
(1889), & ii. p. 475.

Head and thorax red-brown slightly tinged with fuscous ; palpi in
front and lower part of frons paler ; tegulz with black medial line;
patagia with black streak near upper edge; tarsi banded with
black ; abdomen greyish suffused with reddish brown and fuscous.
Fore wing red-brown slightly suffused with fuscous, the veins
with slight dark streaks; subbasal line represented by slight
double dark strize from costa and single striga from cell; a black
streak above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is
double at costa, then oblique, sinuous, acutely angled outwards
above inner margin ; claviform defined by black, extending to cell,
acute at extremity and with black streak from it to postmedial
line; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round,
the latter large, rounded, its outer edge excised and with two
pale spots on it, its centre darker; a diffused oblique striga
trom middle of costa to reniform ; postmedial line indistinctly
double, bent outwards below costa, then waved, excurved to
vein 5, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa; an
indistinct pale subterminal line, angled outwards at yein 7,

ACRORIA. PAN

excurved at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian
folds, crossed by black streaks from well before it to termen above
vein 3 and below 2; a fine waved black terminal line with minute
whitish points at the veins; cilia red-brown with fine pale line
at base. Hind wing pure white, the veins tinged with brown ;
the costa towards apex and the termen to vein 2 suffused with

brown ; cilia white chequered with brown from apex to vein 2;

Fig. 75.—Acroria terens, 3. 1.

the underside with the costal area and termen to vein 2 tinged
and irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. Mextco, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 9, Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith),
1 2; Guaremata (fodriguez), 15, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion),
1 2; Cosra Rica, Candalaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 2; Panama,
Chirigui (Champion), 12 type niphanda, Godman-Salvin Coll. ;
Jamaica, Cinchona (Fawcett), 19; Guapatourrn, 1 2; Grenapa
(H. H. Smith), 5 3, 12; Venezvera (Dyson), 1 9 type and
type infensa; Braziz, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 1 9.
Exp. 28-34 millim.

3889. Acroria denterna. (Plate CXXIX fig. 3.)
Xylophasia denterna, Guen. Noct. i. p. 140 (1852).

Head and tegule ochreous mixed with rufous ; frons with rufous
bar ; tegulz with rufous lines near base, at middle and at tips;
thorax ochreous shghtly mixed with brown and with dark brown
dorsal fascia ; pectus and legs ochreous, the fore legs with brown
mixed, the tarsi slightly banded with brown ; abdomen ochreous
suffused with dark brown except at base, the crests dark brown,
the anal tuft suffused with rufous above. Fore wing pale ochreous
with slight olive-brown streaks in the interspaces; a purplish
brown fascia on inner margin from before middle, where it narrows
to a point, to termen where it expands to submedian fold, a slight
black streak on it on medial area above inner margin; subbasal
and antemedial lines represented by double brown strize from
costa; orbicular very small, round, with faint pale annulus;
reniform with pale annulus, its centre faintly defined by brown,
somewhat constricted at middle; postmedial line with double
brown striz from costa, bent outwards below costa, then almost
obsolete, dentate and produced to black points on the veins, incurved
below vein 4, distinct and defined by whitish on outer side below

278 NOCTUID 4%.

vein 1, some black-brown striz beyond it from costa; an oblique
brown shade trom termen below apex followed by traces of a
subterminal line which between vein 3 and submedian fold is
distinct, whitish, oblique, irregular and defined by brown suffusion
before and beyond it, with slight black streaks from it to termen
above and below submedian fold; some dark points on middle
of termen ; cilia chequered ochreous and brownish. Hind wing
ochreous white, the costal and terminal areas tinged with brown ;
cilia white tinged with brown in parts. Underside of fore wing
with the cell clothed with downturned brown hair, a diffused pale
mark at upper angle of cell, the area beyond the cell rufous ; hind
wing with the costal area irrorated with red-brown, traces of a
curved postmedial line from costa to vein 4.

Hab. Braztt, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 1 9, Rio Janeiro
(Wilson), 1 $; Paraguay, Sapucay (foster), 1 §. Hap. 40-42
millim.

3890. Acroria mexicana, n. sp. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 4.)

Xylophasia denterna, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 266 (part.), nee
Guen.

3. Head and tegule ochreous mixed with rufous; frons with
brown bar; tegule with brown medial line; thorax ochreous
with diffused rufous dorsal fascia; pectus and legs ochreous tinged
with rufous; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous, the crests
red-brown. Fore wing pale ochreous slightly tinged with rufous ;
a brown fascia on inner margin from near base where it narrows
to a point, to termen where it expands to submedian fold with a
slight blackish streak on it on medial area above inner margin;
subbasal and antemedial lines represented by faint double brown
strie from costa; orbicular and reniform indistinct, pale, the
former round, the latter rather quadrate ; postmediul line double
towards costa, bent outwards below costa, then almost obsolete,
dentate and produced to black points on the veins, incurved below
vein 4 and below vein | double filled in with whitish, some dark
strie beyond it from costa; an oblique red-brown shade from
termen below apex; an oblique whitish streak from termen at
vein 2 to postmedial line at vein 1, defined by dark brown above
and with a slight streak from it to termen below submedian fold ;
some dark points on middle of termen; cilia chequered red-brown
and ochreous, below vein 3 dark brown with a pale line at base.
Hind wing semihyaline white, the apical area and inner margin
tinged with brown; a series of slight brown terminal lunules from
apex to vein 2; cilia white with some brown points; the underside
with the costal area slightly tinged with rufous.

Hab, Mexico, Jalapa (7rujillo), 2 3 type, Godman-Salvin Coll.
Eup. 36 millim.

ACRORIA.—ACRORIODES. 279

3891. Acroria diminuta. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 5.)

Aylophasia diminuta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 141 (1852).

Antachara rotundata, Wik. xv. 1741 (1858).

Luphygma lignigera, Wik. xxxii. 650 (1865).

Aylophasia denterna, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 266 (part.), nee
Guen.

Head and tegule ochreous mixed with rufous; palpi with blackish
rings at extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints; frons with brown bar;
tegule with brown medial line; thorax whitish, the patagia tinged
with rufous at base; pectus and legs ochreous tinged with rufous,
the tarsi banded with brown; abdomen ochreous slightly tinged
with brown. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with rufous in
parts; a brownish fascia on inner margin from near base where
it narrows to a point, to termen where it expands to submedian
told, a slight black streak on it on medial area above inner margin ;
subbasal and antemedial lines represented by slight deuble brown
strie from costa; orbicular obsolete; renitorm pale, somewhat
quadrate, small; a brown striga from middle of costa; postmedial
line double fuwards costa, strongly bent outwards below costa,
then reduced to black points on the veins, incurved below vein 4,
below vein 1 double filled in with whitish, some dark striae beyond
it from costa ; an oblique rufous shade from termen below apex ;
a whitish subterminal line below vein 2, oblique to vein 1 and
defined by red-brown before and beyond it, then excurved ; some
dark points on middle of termen; cilia ochreous and rutous at
middle, dark brown towards apex and tornus. Hind wing semi-
hyaline white, the costa towards apex tinged with brown; a
terminal series of dark striv; cilia white, chequered with brown
from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal area tinged
with rutous and irrorated with brown.

Hab. Mexico, Atoyae (#. H. Smith), 1 29; GuatEMaLa, Volean
@Atitlan (Champion), 1 9; Cosra Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Under-
wood), 1 9; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1g, 1 2, Godman-
Salvin Coll.; Hairr (fweedie), 1 Gg, 1 2, types rotundata and
liynigera; St. Lucts (Cowre), 1 9; Dominica (Hiliott), 1 S ;
Sr. Vincenr (4. H. Smith), 1 g; Brazit, Pernambuco (Ridley),
1 @, Rio Janeiro ( Wilson), 1 g, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 1 3,1 ¢.
Lep, 28-34 millim.

Genus ACRORIODES, nov.

Type, A. diplolopha.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex
of head, the 3rd rather tong; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of
male laminate; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the prothorax
with long spreading crest, the mesothorax with small paired crests, the
metathorax with large rounded crest ; tibiee fringed with long hair; abdomen
with series of dorsal crests, the basal crest very large and double. Fore wing
with the apex rather produced and acute, the terme evenly curved, crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

280 NOCTUIDH.

3892. Acroriodes diplolopha.
Acroriodes diplolopha, Druce, A. M.N. H. (8) i. p. 808 (1908).

Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with some chestnut-
brown; palpi and vertex of head deep chestnut-brown ; tegule
black at base and with two slight medial lines; metathoracic crest
blackish; tarsi brown ringed with yellowish white; abdomen
ochreous, the crests rufous, black at tips, the terminal segments
with dorsal and lateral black spots. Fore wing deep rufous to
postmedial line, the veins with slight pale streaks, the terminal
area greyish ochreous with blackish patch on costa running
obliquely from apex, with black streaks on it on the veins and
in interspaces; subbasal line very faint, dentate, from costa to
submedian fold, with a black point beyond it in cell; antemedial
line indistinct, double, rufous filled in with ochreous, very strongly
dentate, bent inwards to inner margin towards which it is defined
by black on inner side and with slight black streak beyond it on
the margin; claviform and orbicular absent; reniform with
ochreous white annulus, narrow, constricted at middle and angled
inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line double, blackish
filled in with greyish and with ochreous below vein 2, bent
outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to black points
on the veins, doubly angled inwards at discal fold and oblique

Fig. 76.—Acroriodes diplolopha, §. 4}.

below vein 4, some grey points beyond it on costa; subterminal °
line ochreous with minute black streaks before it at middle, very
minutely dentate towards costa ; a fine rufous terminal line; cilia
greyish mixed with rufous and with waved whitish line at middle
and blaekish points at tips. Hind wing yellowish white, the
terminal area broadly black-brown to submedian fold, the tornal
area tinged with rufous and with three small black spots towards
extremity of vein 1 and on cilia; a small blackish discoidal lunule ;
postmedial line oblique to vein 4, then sinuous; a fine red-brown
terminal line; cilia reddish ochreous with slight dark spot at
extremity of vein 2; the underside yellowish white, the costal
area slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with black, the
terminal area suffused with black except at tornus, a diffused dark
bar from middle of costa, black discoidal spot, minutely dentate
postmedial line, and terminal series of black points from apex to
vein 2 defined by ochreous white lunules.

ACRORIODES.—PARACRORTIA. 281

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and basal half of fore wing with the -
ground-colour pale ochreous,

Ab. 2. Fore wing with black fascia above and below median
nervure and sinuous black streak above vein 1 between antie- and
postmedial lines.

Ab. 3. Fore wing suffused with black to subterminal line, the
inner area rufous, the costal area pale ochreous to postmedial line.

Hab. Peru, Carabaya, Onconeque (Ockenden), 13, 12, Quinton.
Eep. 40 millim. ‘Type f in Coll. Druce.

Genus PARACRORIA, nov.

Type, P. griseocineta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to
about middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons with large
corneous prominence with raised edges; eyes large, round : antenna of
female somewhat laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely
with scales and with broad dorsal ridge of rough scales; tibiae moderately
fringed with hair; abdomen witbout crests. Fore wing with the apex
rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate, the inner margin with scale-
tooth at middle; veins 8 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of celi; 5 obsolescent from well below middle

of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.

3893. Paracroria griseocincta.
Aanthoptera griseocincta, Hinpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 896 (1902).

@. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous, the latter
with grey dorsal fascia, the tegule and patagia above edged with
rufous ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous,
the basal area somewhat browner, the terminal area grey ; subbasal
line represented by a curved rufous striga from costa; antemedial
line rufous, strongly excurved below costa and in submedian inter-
space, incurved in cell; orbicular and reniform with faint pale

Fig. 77.—Paracroria griseocincta, 2. 1}.

annuli, the former minute, round, the latter constricted at middle ;
postmedial line indistinct, double, rufous, minutely waved and
very strongly excurved, foliowed by a hardly waved blackish line,
then by a rufous lime before the grey terminal area which has
traces of a very faintly waved curved brownish subterminal line
on it; a fine waved black terminal line; cilia grey with a dark
line near tips. Hind wing ochreous tinged with red-brown

282 NOCTUID A.

especially on terminal area; a fine waved brown terminal line;
cilia ochreous white with a few brown scales; the underside
ochreous white slightly irrorated with brown, the costal area
tinged with red before apex, a slight discoidal stigma and terminal
series of points.

Hab. Buonvanatanp, N’Gami (Lugard), 1 @ type. Hap.
30 millim.

Genus THYATIRODES, nov.

Type, 7. godalma.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching
about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd
moderate, porrect; trons with large rounded promirence with short elliptical
corneous process at middle with raised edges and corneous plate below it;
eyes large, round; antennze of male laminate and almost simple; thorax
clothed with scales and hair mixed and with broad dorsal ridge of erect scales ;
tibiz iwoderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair at base
but without crests. Kore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 irom near angle of cell; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below
middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.

3894. Thyatirodes godalma.
Thyatira godalma, Schaus, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 102 (1904).

6. Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale rufous and on
metathorax with greyish fuscous; palpi and sides of frons dark
brown; pectus and legs rufous, the throat dark brown, the tarsi
dark brown with pale rings; abdomen rufous, the extremity and
ventral surface tinged with dark brown. Fore wing whitish ; the
basal area dark brown, its outer edge nearly erect from costa to
vein 1, then excurved; a large diffused rounded red-brown patch

Fig. 78.— Thyatirodes godalma, S. 1.

on medial area from cell to above inner margin, conjoined to another
beyond the cell between veins 7 and 3; a small dark spot on middle
of costa; the outer edge of the pale medial area excurved from
costa to vein 3 near termen, then incurved ; the terminal area
red-brown with some whitish points on costa, an oblique whitish
subterminal line from costa to vein 6 and waved line from vein 3
to inner margin; a terminal serics of small blackish lunules
defined on inner side by a waved whitish line; cilia blackish with
whitish lines at base and middle. Hind wing whitish tinged with

THYATIRODES.—STRIGIPHLEBIA. 283

red-brown ; an indistinct curved whitish subterminal line with
some brown beyond it towards tornus; a terminal series of blackish
lunules; cilia whitish mixed with brown and with brown line
through them; the underside whitish tinged with red-brown, a
blackish discoidal spot.

Hub. Mexico, Guadalajara (Schaus), 1 ¢. Hep. 36 millim.

Genus STRIGIPHLEBIA, nov.

Type, S. flavirena.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
vertex of head and moderately fringed with hair, the Srd moderate ; frons
smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed with
scales and hair mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibive
moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Kore wing with
the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly curved and not
crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 trom
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

3895. Strigiphlebia flavirena, n. sp.

Head and thorax pale ochreous yellow; palpi blackish except
towards tips; metathoracic ciest large, blackish; tibiz black at
base, the mid and hind tibive with oblique black bars at extre-
mities and the spurs banded with black; abdomen pale ochreous
dorsally suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing pale ochreous
yellow tinged with rufous except on costal area and irrorated with
a few black scales, the termen deep rufous; the extremity of
median nervure aud veins 5, 4, 3 to subterminal line streaked with
whitish and defined below by fine brown streaks; subbasal line
slight, brown, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

represented by a brown striga from costa, black points on median
nervure and vein 1, and rufous and black patch on inner margin ;
orbicular absent; reniform yellow partly defined by bright rufous
and with bright rufous streak in discal fold from it to termen; an
oblique brown bar from costa to outer edge of reniform; post-
medial line with black striga from costa, indistinct and very oblique
to vein 7, then represented by a curved series of black points on
the veins ; subterminal line deep rufous and rather diffused, from
apex to torus; a fine black terminal lie; cila brown with slight
pale line at base and dark line at middle. Hind wing yellowish

2R4 NOCTUIDH.
white tinged with brown especially on the veins and terminal area,
a brown discoidal spot ; cilia yellowish white with diffused brown
line at middle; the underside yellowish white irrorated with
brown, a black discoidal spot, faint curved postmedial line with
minute black streaks on the veins, and terminal series of lunules.
Hab. S.K. Perv, Oroya (Ockenden), 1 3, 1 2 type, Carabaya,
St. Domingo. xp. 80 millim,

Genus CENTRARTHRA, nov.

Type, C. furcivitta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching
about to middle of frons and fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd rather
long, porrect; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of female ciliated ;
thorax roughly clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax
with slight spreading crests ; fore tibize with curved claw at extremity on inner
side, the mid and hind tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without
crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and
crenulate; veins 5 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

3896. Centrarthra furcivitta, n. sp.

®. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown and some
fuscous; abdomen ochreous tinged with red-brown. Fore wing
ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with dark brown and
black ; a black streak on basal half of median nervure obscurely
forking in base of submedian fold; a faint black streak on ex-
tremity of median nervure; subbasal and antemedial lines repre-
sented by a few black scales below costa; claviform and orbicular

Fig. 80.— Centrarthra furcivitta, 2.

ere
°

absent; reniform represented by a very slight pale lunule obscurely
defined by black scales; postmedial line obsolete towards costa,
very indistinct, minutely dentate and oblique from vein 6 to inner
margin ; faint traces of a dark subterminal line excurved at middle ;
a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous whitish
suffused and irrorated with brown, especially on terminal area;
the underside whitish irrorated with brown; a dark discoidal
lunule and traces of a diffused postmedial line.

Hab. Care Cotony, Deelfontein (Sloggett), 1 9 type. Exp. 32

millim.

MIMLEUCANTIA. 285

Genus MIMLEUCANIA, nov.

Type, MW. perstriata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching
to about middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth
with ridges of hair above and between antennx; eyes large, round; antennz
of male minutely serrate or laminate; thorax smoothly clothed with hair and
hair-like scales and without crests; tibize moderately fringed with hair;
abdomen with some rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and crenulate; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper
angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr, I. Antenng of male minutely serrate.

3897. Mimleucania leucusoma.

Hadena leucosoma, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 31 (1874).
Dianthecia graminicolens, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) ii. p. 295 (1878).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with pale brown; palpi
brown except at tips; patagia slightly edged with black-brown ;
front of pectus and legs brown, the tarsi slightly ringed with
white ; abdomen white slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing
reddish brown, the costal area white tinged with brown and the
veins finely streaked with brown, the inner margin whitish; a
large triangular white-defined antemedial mark in submedian inter-
space, open towards base and partly defined by black streaks, a
downcurved white streak below it above inner margin defined by

Fig. 81.—Mimleucania leucosoma, d. 1}.

black streaks above and below; an oblique white fascia in sub-
median fold, from cell to postmedial line ; orbicular minute, round,
white defined by black and with brown centre; reniform oblique
bar-shaped, with brownish centre and white annulus defined by
black, open above, a slight white streak from it to postmedial line
below vein 5; postmedial line white defined on inner side by
minute dark lunules and with diffused streaks before it in the inter-
spaces, bent outwards and obsolete below costa, oblique to vein 3,
then inwardly oblique and angled inwards in submedian fold,
obsolete below vein 1, some oblique white striae beyond it from
costa; the interspaces of terminal area with wedge-shaped black
marks traversed by oblique white subterminal strive from apex to

286 NOCLUIDA.
vein 3, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at vein 5; a ter-
minal white band with fine dark lines just before and on termen ;
cilia pale brown with a fine dark line through them. Hind wing
pure white, the apex faintly tinged with brown, the veins brown ;
a sheht dark discoidal lunule; the underside with the costal and
terminal areas to vein 2 irrorated with brown, a black discoidal
lunule and curved postmedial line from costa to submedian fold.
Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 ¢; Natat, Mooi R.,1<;
Mavaeascar, Betsileo (Cowun), 2 3, 1 2 type graminicolens.
Kep,. 34-38 millim.

Secr. II. Antenne of male laminate.

3898. Mimleucania perstriata, n. sp.

Head and thorax grey-white tinged with brown; palpi blackish ;
frons with black bars above and between antennze; tegule with
black line near base and dark brown tips; patagia with dark streak
on outer edge and some black scales above ; vertex of thorax with
black streak; tibize and tarsi with dark streaks; abdomen whitish
tinged with brown except at base and with blackish dorsal streak
on basal segments. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated with
brown and with a diffused brown fascia below the cell and thence
obliquely to termen below apex, defined by pure white above ; a
strong black streak below basal half of cell; the veins with dark
streaks; antemedial line obsolete on costal half, then slight, ex-
tremely strongly angled outwards in submedian fold and above
Inner margin and inwards on vein 1; faint traces of a very oblique
orbicular stigma; reniform represented by slight black striz at

Fig. 82.—Mimleucania perstriata, §. 4.

sides and a black streak with white streak above it below end of
cell; postmedial line hardly traceable on costal half, more distinet
below vein 8, bent outwards below costa, oblique below vein 4 and
slightly angled inwards in submedian fold; slight wedge-shaped
brown marks from termen above veins 7 and 3 anda stronger mark
ou vein 2, with black streaks above and below vein 2; the extremity
of the veins defined by wedge-shaped white marks intersecting the
brown cilia ; a terminal series of slight black lunules. Hind wing
white, the veins of terminal half and the terminal area from apex
to vein 2 tinged with fuscous; the underside with the costal area
and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with fuscous.

Hab, Onaneu River Conony, Bloemfontein (17. /. Wilson), 3 3,
1¢@. Hep. 32-36 millim.

RHABINOPTERYX. 287

Genus RHABINOPTERYX. ene
Rhabinopteryx, Christ. Rom. Mém. v. p. 32 (1889) .........0ee seen turanica.

Proboseis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, reaching about to middle
of frons and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd joint short;
frons with rounded prominence with large corneous plate below it; eyes large,
round ; antenns of male almost simple, with tuft of long hair from basal joint
in front; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax without crest, the
metathorax with spreading crest; build slender; tibie slightly fringed with
hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded,
the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole :
11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent
from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the reniform present ............2.0:-2-.-2-s+e--- turanica.
B. Fore wing with the reniforin absent ...........0......sc0seseece eevee subtilis.

3899. Rhabinopteryx turanica.

Ligia turanica, Ersch. Fedtsch. Reise, p. 67, pl. 4. f. 69 (1874); Christ.
Rom. Mém. v. p. 34, pl. 2. f. 6: Staud. Cat. Lep, pal. p. 242.

3. Head and thorax white mixed with pale red-brown and some
blackish scales; basal joint of antenne with some black seales ;
tegulee with two brown lines near base and one near tips; tarsi
brownish ringed with white; abdomen white slightly tinged with
brown. Fore wing white tinged with pale brown; a white fascia
in basal half of submedian fold with a fine brown streak in the
fold with some blackish at extremity ; subbasal line represented by
two sheht black points below costa, the antemedial line by two
black points on costa and two on vein 1; a white fascia in middle

Fig. 83.—Rhabinopteryx turanica, §. 4

of cell with fine brown streak in the fold, some blackish beyond it
before the reniform, which is small, white, with brown line in
centre ; postmedial line represented by a double series of black
points, bent outwards and almost obsolete below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then strongly incurved, some small white spots beyond it
on costa ; subterminal line represented by an oblique curved series
of white marks in the interspaces with small black spots in their
centres and slight fuscous marks on their outer edges; a series of
small black spots just before termen on white marks; cilia white
with fuscous striz at base, fuscous line at middle, the tips chequered
white and brownish with series of small black spots. Hind wing

288 NOCTUID.®.

white faintly tinged with brown especially on the veins; a fine
dark terminal line; the underside with the costa shghtly irrorated
with brown, a slight brown discoidal lunule.

Hab. W. Turxesran, Turcomania, Ferghana, Issyk Kul; E. ‘Turx-
gstan, Ili, Kuldja, 1 $. Hep. 32 millim.

3900, Rhabinopteryx subtilis.

Epimecia subtilis, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr, 1888, p. 51; id. Nov. Lep.
p. 66, pl. 11. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 242.

Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown and black scales ;
frons with fuscous bar above; tegule with fine black line near
base; tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen white tinged
with brown. Fore wing white tinged with brown and slightly
irrorated with fuscous, the costa irrorated with some black scales ;
subbasal line represented by a point of black scales on costa, the
antemedial line by double points of black scales on costa and
vein 1; a white fascia in basal half of submedian fold with fine
brown streak in the fold, some black scales at its extremity; a
whitish streak in terminal half of cell; postmedial line represente1
by a double series of faint black points, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some small white spots
with fuscous between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line
obliquely curved, whitish with blackish points on its outer edge: a
terminal series of black stris: with white striz before them; cilia
white mixed with blackish, with fine black line at middle followed
by a white line. Hind wing white tinged with brown ; a terminal
series of fuscous strie; cilia white; the underside irrorated with
brown.

Hab. Auererta, Biskra (Walsingham), 13,42. Evp. 30-32
millim.

Genus EPIMECIA. Type
Epimecia, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1839, p. 514 .............0.....6- ustiula.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, extending about the length of
head and rather broadly fringed with hair below; {rons smooth, with ridge
of hair; eyes large, round: antenne of male somewhat laminate and almost
simple; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the tegule produced to a slight
hood behind, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with spreading-crest ;
build slender; tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests.
Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and
not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with veius 3, 4from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

3901. Epimecia ustula.

Cymatophora ustula, Fry. Neue Beitr. ii. p. 90, pl. 148. f. 1 (1835) ; Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 212.

Caradrina lurida, Treit. Kur. Schmett., Suppl. x. 2, p. 81 (1835); Herr.-
Schiff. Eur. Schmett. 1. p. 239, Noct. f. 442.

EPIMECIA.---FERGANA. 289

Noctua ustuluta, Geyer, Eur. Schmett., Noct.f. 857 (1841) ; Dup. Lép. Fr.,
Suppl. ii. p. 395, pl. 35. f. 7; Boisd. Rambr. & Grasl. Coll. Icon,
Chen., Noct. pl. 22. ff. 1-4.

Head and thorax white mixed with reddish brown; palpi and
frons more rufous ; tegule with two brown lines near base and one
at middle; pectus and legs white, the pectus in front and fore legs
tinged with rufous ; abdomen white with rufous dorsal bands. Fore
wing white tinged with brown and with rufous on terminal area and
slightly irrorated with black especially on the veins; a white fascia
in base of cell met by an oblique pale shade from apex throngh
upper part of cell; antemedial line represented by slight double
fuscous striz from costa and points on median nervure and yein 1 ;
slight white marks in cell above origin of vein 2 and at lower angle ;
postmedial line represented by a slight fuscous striga from costa,

then by black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and
incurved below vein 4, some white spots beyond it on costa; sub-
terminal line represented by a series of small rufous marks in the
interspaces defined on inner side by slight white marks and oblique
from apex to vein 2, then by some whitish suffusion in submedian
interspace; cilia rufous at base with slight brownish medial line
and rufous and whitish tips. Hind wing white, the veins slightly
tinged with brown; a fine rufous terminal Tine; cilia with faint
rufous line near base; the underside with the costai area slightly
irrorated with brown.

Hab. France, Sand Coll.; Ausrria, Tyrol, Leech Coll.; Hungary;
Spain, Catalonia, Frey Coll.; Datmaria, Leech Coll.; Buxearta ;
S. Russta, Sarepta (Christoph); ? W. Srperia, Altai. Kup. 28-32
millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 252; Hffmn. Raup. p. 124, pl. 33. f. 4.

Green with yellowish-white stripes on the back and sides. Food-
plant: Scabtosa leucantha. 5-6 and 8; forming a thick cocoon like
parchment.

Genus FERGANA. Te
Fergana, Staud. Iris, v. p. 166 (1892)...... Festaalaliiclsievactaetisicejasiseejeitetaeiee oreophila,

Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, hardly reaching beyond frons
which issmooth; eyes large, round ; antennx of male ciliated; thorax clothed
chiefly with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathoraz with spreading
crest; build very slender; tibise smoothly sealed; abdomen without crests.
Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved
and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;

VOL. VIII.

290 NOCTUID&.

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of diseocellulars ;
6,7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

3902. Fergana oreophila.

Fergana oreophila, Staud. Iris, v. p. 166, pl. 2. f. 9 (1892); id. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 194.

g. Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with whitish ;
tegulze edged with whitish; tarsi ringed with whitish; abdomen
cehreous whitish. Fore wing ochreous whitish suffused with pale
red-brown, the costal area ochreous whitish from middle widening
to subterminal line; antemedial line indistinct, oblique from costa
to submedian fold, then obliquely incurved ; orbicular and reniform
with whitish annuli, the former very narrow and oblique elliptical,
the latter angled inwards at middle and with its upper extremity

Fig. 85.—Fergana orcophila, 8. }.

produced; postmedial line indistinct, whitish, strongly bent out-
wards below costa, then minutely waved, very oblique below vein 4
and excurved at vein 1, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub-
terminal line whitish, arising trom below apex, oblique, dentate at
yeins 4, 3, 2 and angled inwards at submedian fold; a terminal
series of blackish strie defined on inner side by whitish. Hind
wing whitish tinged with red-brown except on inner area; cilia
white at tips; the underside whitish tinged with red-brown.

Hab. W. Turxestan, Turcomania, 2 ¢, Ferghana, Sarawschan.
Leap. 42 millim.

Genus STILBIA. 7

pe.
Stilbia, Steph. Ill. Brit. Hnt., Haust. iii. p. 124 (1829) ............ onewela

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, hardly reaching beyond the frons ;
frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennze of male ciliated; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with
spreading crest ; build slender; tibiz smoothly scaled; abdomen without
crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not erenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from
upper angle; 9 from 10 anatomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below
middle of discocellulars; 6,7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell to
near middle.

A. Fore wing of male with black patch between orbicular and
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B. Fore wing of male with diffused black streak between orbicular
SANG TEMUOKM! occ evenocewet cue telvedte omacee ele emecuisceny deewtee Dee eeeR eer anomala,

STILBIA. 291

3903. Stilbia faille.

Stilbia anomata, Failla-Ted. Nat. Sicil. x. p. 29, pl. 1. f. 3 (mec Haw.).

Stilbia faille, Ping. Nat. Sicil. xi. p. 18 (1891); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
_ 194.

Stbia sicula, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 289 (1892).

6. Head and thorax fuscous brown with a greyish tinge; palpi
and frons fuscous; tarsi fuscous with slight pale rings; abdomen
grey tinged with brown. Fore wing glossy grey suffused with
brown and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line indistinct, dark,
waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, double,
blackish, angled outwards below costa, excurved and almost obsolete
below submedian fold; orbicular and reniform defined by black
and white at sides only, the former rather triangular, the cell
between them black; postmedial line indistinct, double, blackish
filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5,
then incurved and excurved below submedian fold; subterminal
line faintly defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly excurved
below costa and at middle; a terminal series of slight dark strie ;
cilia brownish white. Hind wing glossy greyish suffused with
brown; cilia brownish white ; the underside with indistinct curved
postmedial line.

Hab. Sictty, 1 $. Hep. 30 millim.

3904. Stilbia anomala.

Phytometra anomala, Haw. Trans, Ent. Soe. i. p. 336 (1812); Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 194.

Geometra hybridata, Hibn. Fur. Schmett., Geom. ff. 497, 498 (1822).

Caradrina stagnicola, Treit. Eur Schmett. v. (2) p. 258 (1825); Dup. Lép.
Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 580, pl. 48. f. 5.

Stilbia anomalata, Steph. Il. Brit. Ent., Haust. iif. p. 125 (1829); Curt.
Brit. Ent. pl. 681. ;

Stilbia philopalis, Grasl. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1852, p. 418, pl. 8. 1. f. 3.

Stilbia andalusica, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 290 (1892).

Stilbia syriaca, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 290 (1892).

Caradrina calberle, Failla-Ved. Nat. Sicil. x. p. 29, pl. 1. f. 4 (1890) ;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 195.

Stilbia insularis, Fuchs, Soc. Ent. xviii. p. 9 (1903).

3. Head and thorax fuscous brown with patches of grey on
patagia; tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen brownish ochreous.

1°

Fore wing grey irrorated with brown, the costal and terminal areas
broadly suffused with fuscous brown; antemedial line double, the
v2

292 NOCTUID A.
inner line indistinct, angled outwards below costa and in submedian
fold and incurved at vein 1; orbicular and reniform grey-white
defined by black-brown, their centres defined by brown, the former
narrow and very oblique elliptical, the latter with more or less
diffused black streak before it; medial line indistinct, diffused,
sinuous, from lower angle of eell to inner margin; postmedial line
double filled in with grey-white, indistinct except the inner line
from vein 2 to inner margin, bent outwards below costa, excurved
and minutely waved to vein 4, then ineurved and angled outwards
at vein 1; subterminal line indistinct, grey, waved, with slight
black streaks before it above and below vein 7; a fine waved dark
terminal line; cilia with a slight dark line through them. Hind
wing whitish tinged with red-brown especially on terminal area
from costa to vein 2; a fine dark terminal line from apex to vein 2 ;
the underside white, the costal area irrorated with brown.

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing nearly uniform fuscous brown,
the last with the markings indistinct.

Ab. 1. philopalis. Smaller and paler; fore wing with the mark-
ings more prominent._S.H. Franee.

Ab. 2. andalusiea. Small; fore wing with the markings indis-
tinct. — Andalusia.

Ab. 3. syrtaca. Wings broader; hind wing darker.—Syria.

Hab. Brrratn, England (Barrett), Leech Coll., Ireland, Derry
(Salvage); Franez, Frey Coll.; Grrmany, Zeller & Leech Colls.;
Spary, Andalusia; Srerty; Syria. Hap. 20-38 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 125 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 277, pl. 220. f. 2.

Green or pale brown; dorsal and subdorsal lines white or
yellowish, dark-edged ; head brown or greenish freckled with dark
brown. Food-plant: Grasses. 9-3.

Genus PRHSTILBIA. lene
iresailoda, Swale Wet, ths JO, Veks) (Mew) scocococacuoccsesoncenesdaea0 armeniaca.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the frons
which is smooth; eyes large, round ; antennz of male serrate; thorax clothed
chiefly with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with spreading
crest ;. build slender; tibize smoothly scaled ; abdomen without crests. Fore
wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;
yeins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7
from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

3905, Prestilbia armeniaca.
Prestilbia armeniaca, Staud, Iris, iv. p. 288, pi. 3. f. 10 (1891); id. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 194.
¢. Head and thorax whitish tinged with red-brown; tarsi
brown tinged with whitish; abdomen whitish. Fore wing whitish
‘tinged with pale red-brown ; subbasal line represented by a small
black spot below costa with a black point beyond it in cell; ante-

PRESTILBIA.—HYPOSTILBIA. £93

medial line indistinct, whitish, with a minute wedge-shaped black
spot before it from costa and a black bar on its outer edge in sub-
median interspace representing the claviform; orbicular and reniform
large, pale, with whitish annuli at sides, the former round with a
quadrate black spot on its inner edge confluent with the ante-
medial line and a V-shaped black spot between them, the latter

Fig. 87.—Prestilbia armeniaca, 3. }.

defined by dark scales on outer side ; an indistinct diffused curved
medial brown iine; postmedial line unusually near termen, double,
dark, slightly excurved at middle, and oblique below vein 4, a
wedge-shaped brown shade on its outer edge from costa to vein 5;
subterminal line absent; a terminal series of small black lunules.
Hind wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with brown from apex
to submedian fold; a terminal series of slight dark points; the
underside whitish.

Hab. Huncary; Grencre; Asta Minor, Pontus, 1 g. EHzp.
32 millim,

Genus HYPOSTILBIA, nov.

Type, H. megastigma.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of
head and fringed with scales in front, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes
large, rounded ; antennz of male ciliated; build siender; head and thorax
clothed with scales; the prothorax with spreading crest; the metathorax
without crest ; tibia moderately fringed with hair; abdomen elongate, slender,
without crests. Fore wing elongate, rather narrow, the termen evenly rounded ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; the areole rather large, vein 6 from it;
‘) from 10 anastomosing with 8; 1ifrom cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 and
6,7 rather strongly stalked; 5 obsolescent from middle ef discocellulars ;
8 rather strongly anastomosing witli cell.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform fuscous defined

by Aviat s ln jo olnisesmecte cornice piecineels/Ilayin serelicltewsicmeivewiascteceeineree aLeASteg NA
B. Fore wing with the orbicular absent, the reniform a faint
valnwer slaw) wane Cle eteneee nen Raceeetcateehacecince soorecticn cee nse ener correpla,

3906. Hypostilbia megastigma.
Senta megastigma, Ping. Iris, xix. p. 221, pl. vii. f. 18 (1906).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey mixed with reddish
brown; palpi and legs ochreous white irrorated with fuscous.
Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, the veins and
terminal area slightly darker; slight antemedial dark marks on
costa, in cell, and on inner margin; orbicular and reniform fuscous

294 NOCTUIDA.

brown defined by white points, the former rather oblique quadrate,
the latter constricted at middle; a postmedial series ot faint double
black points on the veins with more prominent spot at costa,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some blackish points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line obsolete ; a terminal series of black points

Fig. 88.—Hypostilbia megastigma, $. 4.

with whitish points on their inner side; a slight dark line near
base of cilia. Hind wing white with faint ochreous tinge; a faint
oblique discoidal stigma and terminal series of strive from apex to
submedian fold; the underside with the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with black, a blackish discoidal spot.

Hab. FE. Turkestan, Lob-nor, 1 $ cotype. Hp. 36 millim.

*3907. Hypostilbia correpta. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 6.)
Senta correpta, Ping, Iris, xix. p. 221, pl. viii. f. 2 (1906).

g. Head and thorax white tinged with leaden grey; palpi
except at tips and anténne black; thorax dark leaden grey ;
abdomen whitish suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing dark
leaden grey with a silvery gloss; subbasal line absent; ante-
medial line very indistinct, diffused, curved; claviform and orbicular
absent ; reniform a faint whitish lunule; very indistinct diffused,
curved medial and postmedial lines, the latter somewhat dentate ;
subterminal line formed by faint whitish marks slightly defined on
inner side by dark suffusion, slightly angled outwards at vein 7,
excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series
of minute blackish strie with slight whitish marks before them.
Hind wing uniform pale brownish white with fine brown terminal
line; cilia white tinged with brown; the underside with slight
white irroration on costal area, the apical area suffused with fuscous,
a slight discoidal bar.

Hab. ¥. Turkestan, Urumtschi, type f ¢ in Coll. Piingeler.
Exp. 36 millim.

Genus AMPHIDRINA. -
f ype.
Amphidrina, Staud. Iris, tv. p. 293 (S92) ce eaeeasencrenceecre eer agrotina.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short, porrect; frons smooth;
eyes large, round; antennz of male typicaily ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly
with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibia moderately
fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base but without crests.
Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and crenulate ;

AMPHIDRINA. 295

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins
3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocel-
lulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Scr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with short branches.

3908. Amphidrina pexicera, n. sp.

3. Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with some grey;
palpi dark brown, pale at tips; tarsi fuscous with pale rings ;
abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing grey-white suffused
in parts with pale rufous and irrorated with - fuscous brown; sub-
basal line black defined by whitish on outer side, waved, from costa
to submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with whitish,
oblique, waved; a slight dark mark at middle of submedian fold ;

Fig. 89.—Amphidrina pexicera, S. }.

orbicular a small rather elongate black-brown spot; reniform small,
defined by black, more strongly on inner side; postmedial line
double filled in with white, strongly bent outwards below costa,
then yery minutely waved, incurved below vein 4 and slightly
excurved above inner margin, some white points beyond it on
costa; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by small
dentate brown marks from below costa to vein 2, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind
wing whitish suffused with brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia
ochreous white; the underside white tinged with ochreous, the
costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small dark
discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Carz Cotony, Hoot Bay (W. L. Sclater), 1 3 type. Eup.
36 millim.

Secr. IJ. Antennze of male ciliated.
A. Fore wing with the reniform very large and strongly angled
inwards on median nervure..............0. apjsithe stated dememansntns amurcnsis.
B. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on median
nervure.
a. Kore wing with strong black medial shade.
«a, Fore wing with white band on basal half of medial

BWR) incnan percha on suOG OD it CORCEA TED cee CE DDE Ra AB nbcrooHa glaucistis,
b', Fore wing without white band on basal half of medial
area.
a, Hind wing white, the termen narrowly brown ...... intaminata.
b?, Hind wing wholly suffused with brown ............... spelotidia,

5. Fore wing without black medial shade...... Hanlaesind doecoe eae agrotina.

296 NOCTUIDAE.

3909, Amphidrina amurensis.

Dryobota amurensis, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 482, pl. 7. f. 5 (1892) ; id.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182.

¢. Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown and fuscous ;
tegule and patagia edged with black; abdomen ochreous white
irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white slightly tinged with
reddish brown and thickly irrorated with black; traces of a black
streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented by a black
striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ;
claviform large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined
by black, except above, and with brownish centres, the former some-
what oblique elliptical, the latter with large lobe towards base on
and below median nervure; postmedial line rather indistinct,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then waved, incurved at discal
fold and very oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on
costa; subterminal line whitish defined by fuscous on inner side
except at middle and with slight black streaks before it below
veins 7,5, 2, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled
inwards at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of small
black lunules. Hind wing whitish, suffused and irrorated with
brown except on costal area, the terminal area rather darker; cilia
white: the underside silvery white, the costal area slightly irrorated
with brown.

Hab. Moneorta, Changhai Mts.,1 g; HE. Steer, Ussuri. vp.
40 millim.

3910. Amphidrina glaucistis. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 7.)
Caradrina glaucistis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. i. p. 448 (1902).

Head and thorax white, the vertex of head and thorax except
base of tegule tinged with fuscous brown: palpi black, white at
tips; antenne black; tegule with black streaks on outer edge ;
metathoracic crest black; tibiae banded with black, the tarsi black
ringed with white ; abdomen white, dorsally suffused with fuscous
leaving slight white segmental lines. Fore wing with the basal
half white irrorated with a few black scales, the terminal half
black; a black point at base of costa; subbasal line black, excurved
below costa and ending at submedian fold; the antemedial area
with diffused sinuous black band emitting a streak on outer side in
submedian fold, sometimes crossing the antemedial line, which is
black, oblique, waved, expanding into a spot on costa; the inner
edge of black area oblique and angled outwards on median neryure
and vein 1; orbicular absent; reniform a slight white iunule
defined by black; postmedial line black, defined by white on outer
side, very slightly on inner area, and with some white before it
beyond the reniform, bent outwards below costa, angled inwards
at discal fold and ineurved below vein 4, some white points beyond
it on costa; subterminal line represented by a white striga from
costa, then by a few white scales; a terminal series of black strie ;

AMPIIDRINA, 297
cilia white with series of fuscous spots at base and diffused fuscous
line at middle. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown,
the terminal area suffused with brown from apex to vein 2; the
underside with black discoidal spot, postmedial series of minute
streaks on the veins, some fuscous irroration at apex, and terminal
series of small black lunules from apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. The type; fore wing with the antemedial black band and
the black on terminal half reduced to fuscous suffusion, the medial
and subterminal lines well defined.

Hab, Transvaat (Cholmley), 2 6, 5 9, Johannesburg (Cooke),
19; Narat (Mrs. Blakeway), 1 9 ; Basuronann, Maseru (Craw-
shay), 1 $ type; Carr Cotony, Kokstad (Mrs. Pringle), 1 ¢.
Evp, 26-32 millim,

3911. Amphidrina intaminata.

Agrotis intaminata, W\k. xxxii. 698 (1868); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M, viii.
p- 15, pl. 148. f. 5; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 261.

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown, the patagia and vertex
of thorax with some black scales ; palpi fuscous, the 2nd joint white
in front and at tip; lower part of frons white; antennue fuscous,
the basal half ringed with white; tarsi black ringed with white ;
abdomen grey suffused with fuscous, the ventral surface white with
the anal segment brown. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and
irrorated with black; subbasal line strong, black, fiom costa to
submedian fold, a blackish patch beyond it on costa and a point in
cell; antemedial line indistinctly double, oblique, sinuous, with
black point on the outer line at costa; orbicular a small black spot ;
reniform a black lunule obscured by the strong black medial shade
which is oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then angled
inwards in submedian fold; postmedial line rather indistinct,
double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique
below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa with black
streaks between them ; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, slightly
defined by fuscous on inner side and with diffused black patch
before it on costal area, oblique towards costa, slightly angled out-
wards at vein 7, then minutely waved ; a terminal series of black
lunules. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal half and termen
tinged with brown; cilia brown at tips towards apex; the under-
side with small dark discoidal spot and spot above it on costa, the
apex tinged with brown.

Hab. Mavras, Nilgiris (Lindsay, Hampson), 2 9, Cvimbatore
(Walhouse), 1 $ type. Lap. 32-36 millim.

3912. Amphidrina spzlotidia. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 8.)
Caradrina spelotidia, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 243 (1879).

©. Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and mixed with
fuscous; palpi with the 2nd joint blackish at the sides; tibize
banded with black; the tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen grey

298 NOCLUIDA.

suffused with fuscous, ventrally whitish irrorated with fuscous.
Fore wing greyish tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous ;
subbasal line strong, black, from costa to submedian fold; ante-_
medial line blackish, rather diffused, angled outwards in cell and
ou vein 1; orbicular and reniform absent; a diffused black medial
shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then approximated
to the postmedial line, which is blackish, bent outwards below costa,
then dentate and produced to points on the veins, incurved below
vein 4, some pale points with black streaks between them beyond
it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side
by fuscous suffusion and with fuscous patches before it at costa and
diseal fold, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, incurved at
discal fold and bent outwards to tornus, some fuscous suffusion
beyond it at discal fold; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind
wing whitish suffused with ochreous brown, the basal area rather
paler ; cilia yellowish white slightly mixed with brown; the under-
side whitish tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown, a brown
discoidal spot, diffused curved postmedial line from costa to vein 2,
and dark terminal line.
Hab. Mapagascar, Fianarantsoa (Shaw), 1 2 type. Hap. 32
millim,
3915. Amphidrina agrotina.
Amphidrina agrotina, Staud. Ivis, iv. p. 293, pl. 3. f. 11 (1892); id. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 195.
Amphidrina jordana, Staud. Iris, vii. p. 278 (1894).

3. Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with rufous ;
palpi pale rufous, white in front and fuscous behind; pectus and
fore legs more strongly tinged with rufous; abdomen white tinged
with ochreous. Fore wing ochreous white slightly tinged and
irrorated with reddish brown; subbasal line represented by slight
dark points below costa and cell; antemedial line very indistinct
aud interrupted, oblique, waved, with small dark spots below costa

Fig. 90.—Amphidrina agrotina, $. }.

and cell; claviform absent; orbicular represented by a faint dark
point; reniform diffused, blackish, constricted at middle, a faint
diffused dark medial shade ; postmedial line very indistinct, minutely
waved, obsolete towards costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;
subterminal line only defined by a dark shade on its inner side, bent
inwards at vein 6, excurved and somewhat dentate at middle and
bent outwards to tornus; the terminal area whiter; a terminal
series of slight dark points; cilia yellowish white. Hind wing

AMPUIDRINA.—ATHETIS. 999

pure white; the underside with the costa slightly tinged with
ochreous.

Ab. 1. jordana. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines
strong, black with prominent spots at costa, the reniform almost
obsolete.—Palestine.

Hab. Armenta, 1 $6; Asia Minor, Pontus; Paxrstine, | ¢.
Exp. 38 willim,

Genus ATHETIS.

Type.
Alslogias, laliloya, WOW: Wo ZOD USL) csoooossacsocooccccvaonscaaneano0ede Jurvula,
Alcala, Vatillora, \WOR4 > ANS (UST) ooacaccoaveqesceas90000000000300 pulmonaris.
/thajoapia, Valialen, Wexvas 79s ZO (WUSAM)) acccaocncc0c090000000 300000000000 morpheus.
JEleqoalinias, Istinlora, \WGEA, 9. PSE CUSZT)pconacococ2ce0c2e0008scn0c08c000 furvula.
Nebrissa, Wilk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 194 (1862) ...... bimacula.

Anorthodes, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 114 (1891)... ¢arda.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
vertex of head and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd short;
frons smooth; eyes large, round; anteunz of male typically ciliated; thorax
clothed with hair and hair-like scales mixed with some scales, the prothorax
with small spreading crest, the metathorax without distinct crest; tibic
moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather
narrow, the costa and inner margin subparallel, the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell;
6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell: 5 obsolescent
from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper aigle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.

Sect. 1. Antenne of male bipectinate with moderate branches, the apex serrate.

A. Fore wing fuscous black mixed with grey, the lines dis-
TAbaKle LOVE? o yee eae dabouosapaddodconode Dob tOoEe nee rUrboanMocmacmarsoan chionopis.
B. Fore wing cupreous brown, the lines indistinct ............... albipuncta.

3914. Athetis chionopis, n. n.
Caradrina leucopis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 443 (1902), nec p. 293.

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some grey, the thorax
with a metallic gloss; abdomen grey tinged with fuscous, the ventral
surface blackish. Fore wing fuscous black mixed with greyish ;
subbasal line represented by slight double black strize from costa

Fig. 91.—Athetis chionopis, $. }.

filled in with greyish ; antemedial line black defined by, greyish on
inner side, rather oblique, waved ; orbicular a small rather elongate
black spot ; reniform a small black spot with pure white bar on its
outer edge; traces of a sinuous medial dark line; postmedial line

300 NOCTUIDAE.

black defined by greyish on outer side, strongly bent outwards
below costa, then minutely dentate and strongly incurved below
vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
slight, greyish, defined on inner side by black suffusion, minutely
waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a
lunulate black terminal line; cilia greyish fuscous with a black
line near base. Hind wing white tinged with brown especially on
terminal area; cilia whitish with a fuscous line near base; the
underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas suffused and
irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved post-
medial line from costa to vein 4.

Hub, Basurotanp, Machaka (Crawshuy), 5 3,1 9 type. Exp.
34 millim,

3915. Athetis albipuncta. (Plate CX XIX. fig. 9.)
Sesamia albipuncta, Hmpsn. Aun. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 297 (1902).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish suffused with dark brown ;
palpi with the 2nd joint blackish behind, fore legs blackish above.
Fore wing cupreous brown; traces of a curved antemedial line
from cell to inner margin; a white discoidal spot with short
blackish streak before and beyond it in discal fold; traces of a
curved postmedial line. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown
with a slight reddish tinge; the underside paler irrorated with
dark brown, the apical area suffused with fuscous, a dark discoidal
lunule and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. C. Couony, Transkei (Aliss F. Barrett), 1 $ type. Ep.
30 millim.

Sxct. II. Antenne of male bipectinate with very short branches, the apex
serrate.

3916. Athetis ceca.
Charidea ceca, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus, ii. p. 442 (1902).
3. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous brown ; palpi and

frons black-brown, the former with pale ring at extremity of 2nd
joint ; abdomen grey tinged with brown, ventrally blackish irrorated

-Fie, 92.—-Athetis ceca, §. }.

with grey. Fore wing grey suffused and thickly irrorated with
brown; subbasal line represented by slight double black striz from
costa ; antemedial line slight, black, bent inwards in cell, then
sinuous; claviform an elongate black patch ; orbicular and reniform

ATHRTTS. 3801

black, the former elongate elliptical, the latter irregularly rounded ;
postmedial line shght, black, with more prominent spot at costa,
bent ontwards below costa, then minutely dentate, slightly ineurved
at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards on vein 1,
some whitish and black striz beyond it on costa; subterminal line
defined by brown suffusion on inner side, excurved below vein 7
aud at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds ;
a terminal series of slight black lunules. Hind wing grey suffused
with fuseous brown; cilia brownish at base, white at tips; the
underside whitish tinged and irrorated with brown, the costal area
darker, a small discoidal spot and indistinct postmedial line exeurved
to vein 4, then oblique.

Hab. Navau, Charleston, 1 g type; Care Conony, Strydfontein
(Moxham),1 3. Ewp. 34 millim,

Srer. IIIT. Antennze of male serrate.
A. Fore wing with yellow discoidal bar placed on a black

SO tiem eearer latins secta-cicsewratats -dinies meiecioemanemnane ane mae meses eee melanoprs,
B. Fore wing with white discoidal spot placed on a black

SUNG AIO Maa ctoite cc ses sescsunsiciecatemeeeasbionacve dumidemeeete tind ceeaee leucopis.
C. Fore wing with white discoidal point on an ill-defined

EUSCOUSHS POLL awa teccie aoe eeeseee ee eaeeee mee ue Seeee ee seen eens nephrosticta,

D. Fore wing without white or yellow discoidal mark.
a. Fore wing with white annulus to reniform.
a\, Fore wing with black centre to reniform ............ capicola,
)*, Kore wing with rufous centre to reniform ............ rufipuncte,
b. Fore wing without white annulus to reniform.
a, Fore wing with the reniform defined by white

POMS ieee oe se ahe ec canotons demeae cenwos eeuinube mepentninere eee poliostrota.
bl. Kore wing with the reniform not defined by white
peints.
a*. Fore wing with the reniform defined by black ... snicrotera,

b?, Fore wing with the reniform yather darker than
the ground-colour and undefined,
a, Fore wing with the subterminal line faintly
defined by fuscous on inner side.
a’, Fore wing tinged with purple and with rnfous

SIDOLG ON TRUDI “Gao ssbeaceboagesceccaessncen0es tenebrata.
64. Fore wing not tinged with purple and without
ENO EPO Cll SATOMI Eecosdbeneecocsoccaseane expolita.

3, Fore wing with the subterminal line yellowish
defined on inner side by red-brown.
a’, Fore wing with series of dark points beyond

postmiedital@linemenrcesccss cesses eee externa.
44, Fore wing without series of dark points
beyond postmedial line ...............2....0008 cervina,
c*, Kore wing with the reniform absent.................. castanecipars,

3917. Athetis melanopis, n. sp. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 10.)

3g. Head and thorax black with a slight grey tinge; pectus and
legs greyish mixed with brown and black; the tarsi black ringed
with white; abdomen ochreous white mixed with brown. Fore
wing reddish brown suffused with black and glossed with purplish
grey ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa detined

302 NOCTUIDA.

by rufous on outer side; antemedial line black defined by rufous
on inner side, represented by a black striga from costa and waved
line from cell to inner margin ; orbicular represented by an elongate
black spot, the reniform by a rounded black spot with yellow bar
near its outer edge, with a slight black streak in discal fold from
it to subterminal line; postmedial line very slight and formed of
black scales, bent outwards below costa, oblique to discal fold where
it is angled outwards, then oblique and minutely dentate; sub-
terminal line very indistinct, defined on inner side by slight blackish
dentate marks at middle and somewhat incurved at discal and
submedian folds; a terminal series of slight black lunules; a fine
pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins
and terminal area, except towards tornus, tinged with fuscous; a
blackish discoidal spot and terminal line except towards tornus ;
the underside with the costal area and terminal area to vein 2
irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and traces of post-
medial line from costa to vein 2.

Hab, TRansvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 3 type. Hvp. 36 millim.

3918. Athetis leucopis.
Charidea leuwcopis, Hmpsn. Aun. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 293 (1902).

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and mixed with black ;
palpi whitish at tips; abdomen grey tinged with brown. Fore
wing grey suffused with brown and irrorated with fuscous; sub-
basal line represented by black striee from costa and cell defined
by grey on outer side; a fine black streak in submedian fold from
near base to subterminal line; antemedial line fine, black defined
by grey on inner side, angled outwards in submedian fold and above
inner roargin and inwards in cell and on vein 1; claviform a wedge-
shaped black mark on the submedian streak; a black streak in

Fig. 93.—Athetis leucopis, $. }-

discal fold from middle of cell to subterminal line expanding on
inner side of the small round pure white reniform stigma; traces
of a diffused medial line; postmedial line fine, black with more
prominent spot at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then
dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, angled inwards in sub-
median fold and outwards on vein 1, some pale points beyond it on
costa; subterminal line slight, greyish defined on inner side by
small dentate black marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle
and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal
series of slight black lunules. Hind wing whitish tinged with

ATHETIS. 303

brown; cilia whiter; the underside whitish tinged with brown,
the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. Carn Coxrony, Deelfontein (Sloggett), 1 g,1 9, Transkei
(Miss F. Barrett), 1 g type. Hzvp. 34 millim.

3919. Athetis nephrosticta, n.sp. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 11.)

@. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; abdomen grey
tinged with brown. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with brown,
the terminal area suffused with brown; antemedial line blackish,
oblique, sinuous, angled inwards on vein |; orbicular represented
by a minute black point, the reniform by a diffused dark mark
with white point near its outer edge; medial line oblique to
reniform, oblique and sinuous from lower angle of cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line blackish, minutely dentate, nearly evenly
curved; subterminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle. Hind wing grey tinged with brown, a fine dark terminal
line; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a brown
discoidal spot and postmedial line incurved below vein 3.

Hab. 'TRansvaat, White R. (Cooke), 2 9 type. Hap. 28 millim.

3920. Athetis capicola.
Spodoptera eapicola, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 131 (1820).

Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale brown, the head
whiter; palpi black, white at tips; abdomen grey suffused with
brown. Fore wing grey-white tinged with brown and slightly
irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by small black
spots below costa and ceil; antemedial line blackish with black
spot at costa, oblique, sinuous ; orbicular a small round white spot
with brown scales in centre; reniform an elliptical black spot
defined by white; an indistinct diffused medial line oblique from
costa to reniform and incurved below the cell ; postmedial line fine,
black defined slightly by white on outer side and with black spot
at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to
points on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa; the terminal area tinged with fuscous, the
subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined on inner side by slight
black marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal
series of black striae slightly defined by white on inner side. Hind
wing whitish suffused with brown, the cilia paler; the underside
whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal
lunule.

Hab. Cave Cotony, Transkei (Miss PF. Barrett),3 $,19. Hep.
26-28 millim.

3921. Athetis rufipuncta. (Piate CXXIX. fig. 12.)
Caradrina rufipuncta, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 800 (1902).

3. Head and thorax grey-white slightly tinged with brown;
2nd joint of palpi at sides and pectus in front blackish; abdomen,

304 NOCTUID ©.

white slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey-white
slightly irrorated with blackish ; subbasal line represented by some
black scales below costa; faint traces of an oblique sinuous ante-
medial line ; orbicular a small round white spot with some rufous
scales in centre ; reniform a rufous bar slightly defined by white ;
an indistinct oblique dark medial line from lower angle of cell to
imner margin; postmedial line represented by a series of slight
blackish points, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then oblique; a subterminal series of slight blackish marks with
white points on their outer side, somewhat angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of slight black
points. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; the underside
whiter tinged and irrorated with brown, traces of a discoidal point
and postmedial series of minute streaks on the veins.

Hab. Carn Cotony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 1 Sd type. Lup.
28 millim.,

3922. Athetis poliostrota, n. sp. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 13.)

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown and
irrorated with fuscous; palpi black, the extremities of 2nd and
3rd joints white; frons with lateral black bars; antenn black ;
metathorax with metallic blue-black patch; tarsi black ringed
with white. Fore wing grey tinged with reddish brown and irro-
rated with black, the terminal area slightly darker; subbasal line
represented by small black spots below costa and cell; antemedial
line slight, black with small spot at costa, waved, excurved in sub-
median interspace ; orbicular a black point; reniform represented
by two black points with white points on their inner side; post-
medial line represented by a series of black points, bent outwards
below costa, then with series of black points beyond it on the veins,
slightly incurved below vein 4; subterminal line faintly defined by
fuscous on inner side and slightly excurved below vein 7 and at
middle ; a fine terminal black line. Hind wing white tinged with
brown especially on the veins and terminal area; a fine dark
terminal line; cilia white with a strong fuscous line at middle;
the underside white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2
irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and traces of waved
postmedial line from apex to vein 4. 3

Hab. Masnonanann, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 S$ type. EHvp.
26 millim.

3923. Athetis microtera. (Plate CX XIX. fig. 14.)
Caradrina microtera, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 301 (1902).

Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown, the back of
head yellowish; palpi black, white at tips; antenne blackish
except basal joint; tarsi brownish with pale rings; abdomen
whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing white thickly irrorated
with pale brown, the terminal area tinged with fuscous; subbasal

ATHETIS. 305

line represented by small black spots below costa and cell ; ante-
medial line black with small spot at costa, waved, erect; orbicular
a small round blackish annulus; reniform small, slightly defined
by black; traces of an oblique medial line from cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line black with small spot at costa, bent out-
wards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4, some pale
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line slightly defined by
fuscous on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the apex tinged
with brown ; a fine terminal dark line trom apex to vein 2; cilia
tinged with brown at apex; the underside with the apical area
irrorated with brown.

Hab. Masuonatann, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 3, 2 Q type.
Exp. 26 millim.

3924. Athetis tenebrata. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 15.)
Caradrina tenebrata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr, Mus. ii. p. 301 (1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with some whitish ;
palpi blackish at sides ; tibiee and tarsi blackish, the latter ringed
with white. Fore wing reddish brown tinged with grey and
slightly irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line black defined by grey
on outer side, curved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial
line double, blackish, the lines widely separated and filled in with
grey, slightly excurved below costa and cell; orbicular and reniform
represented by some rufous suffusion; a diffused blackish medial
shade; postmedial line double, blackish, the lines widely separated
and filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, then oblique
and slightly sinuous ; subterminal line slightly defined by brown
on inner side and somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish
suffused with reddish brown especially on the veins and terminal
area, a fine dark terminal line; cilia brownish at base, whitish at
tips; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas thickly
irrorated with red-brown, a large black discoidal lunule and slightly
sinuous brown postmedial line.

Hah, Care Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 3,1 9 type.
Exp. 28 millim.

3925. Athetis expolita. (Plate CX XIX. fig. 16.)
Caradrina expolita, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xvii. p. 407 (1876).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with some
greyish ; palpi black at sides, white in front and at tips; pectus,
legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish irrorated with brown.
Fore wing reddish brown mixed with grey and slightly irrorated
with fuscous; subbasal line slight, black, from costa to vein 1 ;
antemedial line slight, black, oblique from costa to median nervure,
then erect; orbicular absent; reniform a faint dark lunule with

VOL. VIII. Bx

306 NOCTUID®.

oblique fuscous shade from it to inner margin; postmedial line
black, slight, with small spot at costa and series of points beyond it
on the veins, slightly excurved from costa to vein 4, then slightly
ineurved ; subterminal line faintly defined by fuscous on inner side,
slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of
slight black points. Hind wing whitish tinged with yellow-brown
especially on the veins and termen ; cilia whitish with brown line
near base; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, postmedial series of
minute streaks on the veins and terminal series of points from apex
to vein 2.

Hab. Rovrtevez (Gulliver), 1 Q type. Hxp. 28 millim.

3926. Athetis externa. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 17.)
Orthosia externa, W\k. xxxiil. 715 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 265.

6. Head and thorax rufous slightly mixed with greyish; palpi
fuscous brown; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen pale
greyish rufous mixed with some fuscous. Fore wing rufous
slightly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line fuscous, curved, from
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line fuscous, angled outwards
below costa, then oblique and angled slightly inwards on vein 1 ;
orbicular a small fuscous spot; reniform a fuscous bar somewhat
constricted at middle; medial line rather diffused, dark, oblique
from costa to reniform and somewhat incurved below the cell;
postmedial line slight, blackish, -bent outwards below costa, then
oblique and with black points beyond it on the veins ; subterminal
line yellowish defined on inner side by red-brown, oblique, nearly
straight; a terminal series of minute black points; cilia fuscous
brown. Hind wing reddish brown with a greyish tinge, the cilia
more ochreous; the underside greyish tinged with ochreous and
ivrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule, waved postmedial
line, and terminal series of small black Junules.

Hab. Stxurm, 5 g. Exp. 32-36 millim.

3927. Athetis cervina. (Plate CX XIX. fig. 18.)

Tlattia cervina, Moore, P. Z.8. 1881, p. 348, pl. 38. f. 12; Wmpsn. Moths
Ind. ii. p. 266. ‘ ;

®. Head and thorax cupreous brown slightly tinged with grey ;
palpi, pectus, legs. and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing cupreous
brown ; subbasal line indistinct, straight, from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial line brown, angled outwards below costa and in-
wards in cell, then excurved ; orbicular small, defined by rufous and
somewhat elliptical; reniform a small lunule obscured by a diffused
rufous patch ; an indistinct medial shade, oblique from costa to lower
angle of cell, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line brown, slightly
bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, some faint pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal

ATHPTIS. 307

line whitish defined on inner side by rufous, almost straight ; a fine
terminal brown line; cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind
wing greyish suffused with cupreous brown ; a fine brown terminal
line; cilia with a fine whitish line at base; the underside whitish
thickly irrorated and suffused with cupreous brown, a dark discoidal
lunule and indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. Sixunt (Atkinson), 1 Q type. Hep. 30 millim.

3928. Athetis castaneipars. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 19.)

Teniocampa castaneipars, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 122 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths
Ind. ii. p. 266.

Q. Head and thorax red-brown, the latter with a slight purplish
gloss except on tegule; pectus whitish tinged with rufous; tarsi
ringed with whitish; abdomen whitish suffused with brown, the
extremity and ventral surface more ochreous. Fore wing red-
brown strongly glossed with purple except on terminal half of costa
and terminal area; subbasal liue slight, brown, minutely waved,
from costa to vein 1; antemedial line brown, minutely waved,
oblique ; orbicular and reniform absent; a diffused brown medial
shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ;
postmedial line slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely
dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a fine deep red terminal
line; cilia with a slight pale line at base, the tips red. Hind wins
ochreous white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; a
slight discoidal point; the underside with small discoidal spot and
indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. Stxutm, 1 Q type. Hap. 32 millim.

Srer. LV. Antenne of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing of male with slight fovea in end of cell and groove beyond the
cell below vein 6.

3929. Athetis foveata, n. sp.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white; palpi black at
sides, white in front and at tips ; antenna black ; tarsi black ringed
with white. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with a few brown

Fig. 94.—Athetis foveata, S. 3.

scales, the terminal area suffused with brown; subbasal and ante-

medial lines represented by black points on costa; orbicular absent;

reniform yery small and faintly defined by brown; an indistinct
x2

308 NOCTUID A.

sinuous brown line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; post-
medial line very indistinct, brownish with black point at costa, bent
outwards below costa, then oblique; subterminal line indistinct,
pale, defined on inner side by brown suffusion, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle; a terminal serics of black strie ; cilia brown
at base, pale at tips. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal
area tinged with brown from apex to vein 2; a fine brown terminal
line; cilia brownish at apex; the underside with the costal area
slightly irrorated with brown, the apex tinged with brown.

©. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing much more strongly
irrorated with brown, the last with slight subbasal line from costa
to submedian feld and traces of an oblique sinuous antemedial line
and of a minute brownish orbicular stigma.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 16,19. Hep. & 22,
© 24 millim.

B. Hind wing of male without secondary sexual characters.
a. Fore wing with the reniform with pale annulus.
a‘. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with black.
a’, Fore wing with the black centre of reniform
broken up by pale streaks on the veins............ delecta.,
v2, Fore wing with the black centre of reniform
bisected by a pale streak at middle ............... conspicua.
ce’, Fore wing with the black centre of reniform
entire. A
a, Fore wing with dentate black marks on inner
side of subterminal line towards costa ......... triquetra.
63, Fore wing without dentate black marks on
inner side of subterminal line towards costa . atriluna.
1. Fore wing with the reniform not filled in with
black.
a, Fore wing with the reniform constricted at middle
and angled inwards on median nervure.
a’, Fore wing with the orbicular black with white

annulus.
a*, Hind wing white, the apex suffused with
road. jlevesesiormoe ce cercuentelcacsecmeeeeatencnn gonionephra,
64. Hind wing uniform brown ............ceceeeees preterta,
v8, Fore wing with the orbicular reduced to a
SIbEliNG PORN DOING cocsosssocosooeanoconsoadedaaooance contusa,

6, Fore wing with the reniform not constricted at
middle or angled inwards on median nervure.
a, Hind wing uniform brown.
a’, Fore wing with waved whitish terminal

lbbs\e liking ab eononasonatosdabanbsaapenensecsspAsueEdoece placata.
b4, Fore wing without waved whitish terminal
line.
a’. Fore wing with the subterminal line
AVWTAOTE SOREN, ccoccooncosdesssovaaseeonesacaccs divisa.
b°, Fore wing with the subterminal line
SINATOKOLLIS! Ge Saneueecossenaaadedes sosasneb asec sacaoS furvula,

68, Hind wing whitish tinged with brown especially
on terminal area.
a‘, Fore wing without distinct black spots on
costa at ante- and postmedial lines.
a, Fore wing not strongly irrorated with
black.

ATHETIS. 309

a. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous;

hind wing brownish ochreous ........ . alsines.
6°, Fore wing red-brown tinged with grey ;

hind wing white, the terminal area

suffused with brown .............-+.0+ . blanda.
c6, Fore wing whitish tinged with rufous;
hind wing almost wholly white......... ambigua.

&°. Fore wing strongly irrorated with black . swperstes.
}*, Kore wing with di-tinct black spots on costa
at ante- and postmedial lines.................. respersd.
b. Fore wing with the reniform defixed by more or less
prominent white points.
@, Hind wing wholly suffused with brown.
a*. Fore wing with the ground-colour not yellow.
a’. Fore wing with prominent white spot on sub-
terminal line above tornus ........2.---..02-0+00. leucosticta.
&. Fore wing without white spot on subterminal
line above tornus.
a‘. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with
deep rufous.
a. Kore wing nearly uniform red-brown.
a6, Fore wing dark red-brown ; antennee of

male minutely ciliated .................. tnterstincta,
6, Fore wing greyer; antennex of male
WH NODE GUM, 5.0 ccccodcnccces9s000 900000000 longiciliata,
5°, Kore wing pale rufous or greyish varie-
gated with deep rufous or brown ......... fasciata,

b+, Fore wing with the reniform concolorous.
a. Kore wing with small white spot on outer
edge of reniform with white points above

andibelow, Wi tcemaeecnsewcdossenceen ace sucess satellitia.
o°®, Fore wing with the reniform defined by
sliahitawhiteponlisiiessesceeeeneeeeereteccees .. conformis,
4°, Fore wing yellow suffused with rufous ............ pulmonaris,
&\. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with

brown,
@, Fore wing with distinct black spot on costa at
medial line.
a3, Fore wing yellow tinged with red ............... flava.
28. Fore wing not yellow tinged with red.
at. Fore wing with the postmedial area suffused
with fuscous and darker than the ground-

colour.
a, Fore wing with the terminal area suffused
WithyhusCOUs| spate ces uscisdasee tee cemeeee fusca,
b3, Fore wing with the terminal area not
FUIRTSEC! Wiel HWEEOWS ooscanecoocoasncgoe0c006 morosa.

b4, Fore wing with the postmedial area not
darker than the ground-colour.
a. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with
In acetate center ise abiomon Gents wdirenaesintanartiat rebelt.
65. Fore wing with the reniform not filled in
with black.
as, Fore wing not, or hardly, irrorated with

black.
a. Fore wing whitish grey. without
ochreous or brown tinge............... rougemontt.

b7, Fore wing more or less strongly
tinged with brown or ochreous.
a8, Fore wing with the subterminal line
defined on inner side by shght
dentate rufous marks.

310 NOCLUID AB.

a), Fore wing white faiutly tinged
WAM [VRE caoagocnceaacnocass0o0%6
b9, Fore wing purplish brown
suffused with grey, the sub-
terminal line grey and con-
(HHIEMINONUS) Sddoongabsecdonsdoodsoscon0ce :
ec’. Fore wing ochreous brown
suffused with grey, the sub-
terminal line formed of och-

TREOUS OOMAWS cccadons oooaesosnavasa:

68, Fore wing with the subterminal

line defined on inner side by

TWISOWS. ccodoscasnonqnadcancs9ssd0ca60009

i6, Fore wing distinctly irrorated with

black.
a, Hind wing slightly tinged with brown
especially in female.

a’. Fore wing grey faintly tinged with
ochreous brown.

a. Fore wing with the medial line
strong, black...... Ree career Se

69, Fore wing with the medial line
much less prominent.

a®, Fore wing with the dentate
marks before subterminal line
black.

a. Kore wing with the sub-
terminal line not angled
inwards and forming a dark
mark at discal fold .........

4, Fore wing with the sub-
terminal line angled in-
wards and forming a dark
mark at discal fold .........

610. Fore wing with the dentate

marks before subterminal line

TAUIKOUKsThe ne smmmanevonocceoesauaendn

68, Fore wing much more strongly
tinged with ochreous brown.

a’, Fore wing with the subterminal
line defined on inner side by
dentate rufous marks ............

69. Fore wing with the subterminal
line defined on inner side by
LUSCOUSH sepegcuseassencsncenaesseeeie

67, Hind wing pure white, the veins and
termen only tinged with brown.
a8. Fore wing distinctly tinged with
CONRIOUS ROWAN, > so0cooccassnaadoaons
68. Fore wing whitish slightly tinged
with ochreous.

a, Fore wing with the terminal area
suffused with fuscous ............

69. Fore wing with the terminal area
not suffused with fuscous ......

c&, Fore wing grey with hardly any
brown or ochreous tinge.

a, Kore wing with the terminal area
not suffused with fuscous

59. Fore wing with the terminal area
suffused with fuscous .....

jurassica.

selint.

flavirenda.

vullschlegeli.

selinoides.

menetries?.

bremusa,

multi ferda.

himaleyica.

chinensis.

clavipalpis.

extlina.

grisea.

hispanica.

mgrata.

ATHETIS. 311

22. Fore wing without black spot on costa at medial

line.
a’, Hind wing pure white, the termen not suffused
WANA INROWD sogoouensnodacoosccdces Risto falseiale cities . albina.
63. Wind wing with the termen suffused with
brown,

a*, Fore wing with very prominent dentate

black marks before middle of subterminal

Ibi YeKs peters BREESE RAATnAo Rocboadososnoncenda terred.
bt, Fore wing with much ila distinct dentate

rufous marks before middle of subterminal

IISc rehire ar nenac oe aarasondaboad ucabnon em USCLCORIUESS
. Fore wing with the subterminal line repre-
sented by slight dentate black marks ...... melanosticta.

d‘, Fore wing with slight fuscous shade before
subterminal line.
a, Kore wing with the ground-colour
ochreous white SSSR REe Tene n ne oundescorodee flavipuncta.
5°. Fore wing grey suffused with brown.
a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line
excurved from below costa to vein 4.
a, Kore wing with deep orange spot on
Outeredselofmeniiiornaly cesesa-ee-cece croceipuncta,
&7, Fore wing with slicht yellowish spot
on outer edge of reniform
a8. Kore wing with the orbicular a
small indistinct spot ............... germ vine.
28. Fore wing with the orbicular a
black point.
@. Fore wing with the postmedial
line minutely dentate.
@, Fore wing without series of
black poimts beyond post-
MOMMA MN conocoasoossanoensoor obtusa.
610, Fore wing with series of black
points beyond postmedial

‘ INGOD)) cs seonpdapeonesaneeeoNbecabanae ignava.
69. Fore wing with the postmedial
lynne, inoye, leat Gogoescccese6oocne pigra.
Fore wing with slight white spot on
outer edge of remifOrm ....ccsceeeees sincera.

66, Fore wing with the postmedial line
eee Fema below costa to vein 4.
_ Fore wing with the antemedial line

angled inwards on Vein | ......e-s00 placida,
07, Fore wing with the antemedial line
not augled inwards on vein 1 ...... cognati.

ce. Fore wing yellowish suffused with rufous. singuda.
d®. Kore wing blackish.
a6, Kore wing with orange spot on outer

COGS Of MEMUOV 6-¢ascecenesn00006050000200 heliastes.
46, Fore wing with slight white lunule on
outer edge of renifOrm ...ceccceeeeeees anomeosis,
c. Fore wing with the veniform not defined by white

points.
Fore wing with the reniform white.
a2, Kore wing without black lunule in centre of
THETA | 6.6 sanonosnoodocnosonscennesAnduephanagcos PRI RATICR

HOVER. odgagodsooocnet MAE emo Re Acar hitari(Baluiek Sane ranenisie leuconephra.

312 NOCTUID ©.

61, Fore wing with the reniform filled in with black.
a?, Hind wing white, the terminal area more or less
suffused with brown.
a3, Fore wing with black lunule on outer edge of
reniform and two black points on inner edge .
3, Fore wing without black points on inner edge
of reniform.
a‘, Fore wing with the orbicular a black point .
64, Fore wing with the orbicular a black spot.
a. Fore wing with the postmedial line not
Ge mbate i eiawesce ss teiss seelssenes ase soatincestetic
65, Fore wing with the postmedial line
minutely dentate.
a6, Kore wing without black streak in discal
fold beyond postmedial line ............
v8. Fore wing with black streak in discal
fold beyond postmedial line ............
62, Hind wing wholly suffused with brown.
a3, Fore wing with the reniform a black lunule ...
63, Fore wing with the reniform an elliptical
fuscous spot.
a‘. Fore wing rufous suffused with fuscous ......
64, Fore wing grey suffused with brown .........
c!, Fore wing with the reniform not filled in with
black.
a®, Fore wing with black spot on costa at medial
line.
a3, Fore wing vellowish white not irrorated with
black, the lines indistinct .............0:se0.+00:
b3. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with black,
the lines with black spots on them ............
c3, Kore wing greyish ochreous largely suffused
with fuscous, the lines indistinct fuscous
67. Fore wing without black spot on costa at medial
line.
a3, Fore wing with the orhicular a small dark spot.
a4, Fore wing with the subterminal line nearly
SUCRE ME gente sects serabideulassusbesnasseene see
w. Fore wing with the subterminal line
sinuous.
GE, WORD WHINE BREY/ scodcaaocosecancoso0qcn00ac06
b6. Fore wing greyish ochreous ..............-
c&. Fore wing red-brown.

b7, Fore wing with oblique medial shade
from cell to inner margin ............
d’. Fore wing black-brown ...............++-
63, Fore wing with the orbicular a black point.
a’, Fore wing without dark spot beyond post-
medial line in discal fold.
a°. Fore wing greyish suffused with dark
brown.
a6, Hind wing wholly tinged with brown.
ai, Fore wing with the postmedial line
strongly bent outwards below costa .
b7, Fore wing with the postmedial lne
oblique from costa to vein 6 .........
66. Hind wing white, the costal area and in
female the terminal area tinged with

loro AAIN Gacocouducmansedseeddo eseensoospesooe
6°. Fore wing whitish tinged with brown and
irrorated with black ............. advair

bicornis.

meralis.

melanopis.

glauca.
melanephra,
atrirena.

absorhens.
pallicornis.

pertinax.
wicina.

flavitineta.

stygia.
paupera.
morpheus.
eschria.

nitens.
Junesia. —

gluteosa.

tarda.

smintha.

aspersa.

ATHETIS. 313

64, Fore wing with dark spot beyond postmedial
line in diseal fold.
o?, Kore wing with the terminal area con-

COLOTOUST Vadssaussissesctoace eeertee aise cons maculata.
65, Fore wing with the terminal area suffused
with dark reddish brown ...........-...--- bimacula.
e@. Fore wing with the orbicular absent.
a. Fore wing dark cupreous brown ..............- maurella.

bt, Fore wing suffused with reddish brown.
a. Fore wing with the medial shade very

HINGIS bIN Ch sasaceusicistecinaiseier ao qseeene econ ere hypereschra.
6, Kore wing with the medial shade pro-
HMNMNGING goco9 osnc09a5HGoKSbESHoDasOn0OBSHCAADCOA Varian.
Gz, INOR] WHINE JONG GARE? cocacaooaccoooocaccsoeneao00 gilva.
d*, Fore wing yellowish white.
a, Fore wing with dark medial shade ......... drasteroides,
6°. Fore wing without medial shade ............ fixseni.
d3, Fore wing with the orbicular a small rufous
SIDOG oooacovszasovovssnascnsqqsssa0q0nsds6Q0000s000000 casearia.

eta saSricananuonye melanurina,

3930. Athetis delecta.

Caradrina delecta, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 349, pl. 38. f. 15; Hmpsn.
Moths Ind. ii. p. 261.

Head and thorax white tinged and slightly irrorated with
brown; palpi blackish at sides except at tips; antenn fuscous ;
abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish tinged
with pale brown and very slightly irrorated with fuscous, the
terminal area somewhat browner; subbasal line black, excurved
below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line fine,
black, oblique, sinuous; orbicular black defined by white and
broken up by white into three spots; reniform black broken up by
white into three spots on inner side and four on outer ; an indistinct
sinuous medial lne; postmedial line slight, blackish and with
small black spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then with
series of black points beyond it on the veins, oblique, and slightly
incurved at submedian fold; a prominent white subterminal line
slightly incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of black points
with white points on inner side; cilia with a fine white line at
base. Hind wing white, the veins and marginal areas tinged with
brown, a slight discoidal point; cilia whitish with a slight brown
line through them; the underside with the costal and terminal
areas slightly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and
postmedial series of minute streaks on the veins.

Hab. C. Cuina, Fu-chau (Leech), 1 2 ; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur
(G. Young), 2 9, Umbaila; Sixaim (Dudgeon), 1 6, 1 @.
Exp. 30 millim.

3931. Athetis conspicua. (Plate CX XIX. fig. 20.)
Orthosia conspicua, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 79.

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey; palpi dark
brown at sides, whitish in front and at extremities of 2nd and

314 NOCTUID®.

3rd joints; tibie at extremity and tarsi ringed with white;
abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated
with brown, the postmedial costal area and terminal area suffused
with red-brown; a black subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold, slightly excurved below costa; antemedial line black, strong
at costa, then slight and interrupted, oblique. and slightly angled
inwards on the veins; orbicular and reniform deep black with
white annuli define by black scales, the former large, irregularly
rounded, the latter narrow, bisected by a white streak at middle
and angled inwards on median nervure; a diffused red-brown
media! line, oblique from costa to reniform and angled inwards in
submedian fold; postmedial line with black spot on costa, then
reduced to a series of black points and striz with series of black
points beyond them on the veins followed by a grey shade, slightly
bent outwards below costa, then slightly excurved to vein 4 and
approximated to reniform, oblique to submedian fold, then some-
what excurved ; subterminal line white defined on inner side by a
red-brown line, very slightly excurved; a fine waved grey line
just before termen; a fine brown terminal line; cilia with grey
line at base followed by a brown line. Hind wing pale reddish
brown, the terminal area somewhat darker ; cilia with yellowish
line at base followed by a brown line; the underside whitish
tinged and irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with
brown except towards tornus, a blackish discoidal spot and in-
distinct sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. W. Cuina, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 ¢ type, Chia-kou-ho
(Pratt), 1 g,2 2, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 2 9. Hep. 32 millim.

3932. Athetis triquetra. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 21.)

Pyrophila triquetra, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 78 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 197.

3. Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and mixed with
some fuscous; palpi black at sides, whitish in front and at tips;
antenne black; pectus and legs whitish mixed with some brown,
the tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with
brown. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and irrorated with
fuscous ; subbasal line represented by a slight dark striga from
costa; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with grey, the
outer line with small blackish spot at costa, oblique, sinuous ;
orbicular, and reniform large, fuscous with whitish annuli, the
former round, the latter elliptical ; postmedial line blackish defined
by whitish on outer side, double towards costa and the inner line
with small black spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, slightly
angled inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, the costa
beyond it whitish; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on
inner side by a black patch at costa with small spot below it and
wedge-shaped patch at discal fold, then slightly by fuscous, very
slightly angled outwards at vein 7, then somewhat oblique; a

ATHETIS. BUG

fine blackish terminal line and white line at base of cilia. Hind
wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with brown from apex to
submedian fold ; a brown terminal line ; cilia brown at apex, then
white with yellowish line at base followed by some brown; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small black
discoidal spot and terminal series of slight lunules from apex to
vein 2,

Hab, U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts.,3 3. Hap. 30 millim.

3933. Athetis atriluna.

Caradrina atriluna, Guen, Noct. i. p. 252 (1852).

Caradrina indicata, Wik. x. 299 (1856).

Caradrina infusca, Rmbr. Cat. Lep. 8. And. pl. 11. f. 5 (1858).

Caradrina mediterranee, Beth.-Baker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 42, pl. 1.
f. 11; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 196.

Caradrina distincta, Staud. Iris, x. p. 286, pl. 4. f. 21 (1897); id. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 196.

Head and thorax whitish suffused with pale red-brown, the
head whiter ; palpi black, white at tips; antenne brown except at
base; abdomen pale brown. Fore wing grey tinged with brown
aud with slight derk irroration, the terminal area somewhat darker ;
a black point at base of costa; subbasal line represented by black
points below costa and cell; traces of an oblique sinuous antemedial
line with smali black spot at costa; orbicular absent; reniform a
narrow black lunule with shght white annulus defined at sides by
some black scales; a small medial black spot on costa; postmedial
line indistinct, dark, faintly defined by whitish on outer side and
with small black spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then
minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some whitish
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by some
whitish points towards costa; traces of a terminal series of dark
points; cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind wing white, the
apex tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal line; the underside
with the costal area shghtly irrorated with brown, a terminal series
of dark points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. ? Spain, Andalusia ; St. Herena ( Wollaston), 1 3,39, type
indicata ; EKeyer, Alexandria, type + mediterranec in Coll. Bethune-
Baker, Cairo (Graves), 13; Patusrivr; Apysstnta; Br, E. Arrrca
(Gregory), 13, Kibauni (Crawshay), 1 6, Machakos (Crawshay),
16,12, Neugia (Crawshay), 19, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 9;
MasnonatanD, Salisbury (Dobdie), 1 9; Transvaat (Cholmley), 1 9 ;
C. Corony, Deelfontein (Sloggett), 2 2, Simonstown (de la Garde),
1g. xp. 24-32 millim.

3934. Athetis gonionephra, n.sp. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 22.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with brown:
palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides; antenne black; tarsi

316 NOCTUID”®.

slightly ringed with white. Fore wing pale grey-brown with a
cupreous gloss, the veins somewhat darker; subbasal line repre-
sented by a black striga from costa and spot below the cell; ante-
medial line black, with black spot at costa, slightly angled outwards
below costa and in submedian fold and inwards on mediun nervure
and vein 1; orbicular fuscous defined by some white scales, round ;
reniform with pale centre defined by fuscous, with slight white
annulus, constricted at middle and angled inwards on median
nervure ; a slight oblique sinuous medial line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin; postmedial line black, bent outwards below
costa, then dentate and produced to black points on the veins,
oblique below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, ochreous defined
on inner side by fuscous suffusion, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle; a terminal series of black strie; cilia fuscous
mixed with greyish. Hind wing white, the costal area suffused
with brown, the veins and a fine terminal line brown; cilia brown
with a fine white line at base, wholly white towards tornus; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with brown.
Hab, Narat, Maritsburg (Queckett), 1g type. Hxp. 24 millim.

3935. Athetis pretexta. (Plate CX XIX. fig. 23.)
Caradrina pretexta, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 152 (1908).

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown; palpi blackish at sides
except at tips; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey
suffused with dark brown, the anal tuft of male yellow. Fore wing
grey-white irrorated and in parts suffused with red-brown; sub-
basal line double filled in with whitish, waved, from costa to sub-
median fold ; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, angled
outwards below costa and excurved below submedian fold; orbicular
a black point defined by whitish; reniform chocolate-brown with
whitish annulus, constricted at middle and slightly angled inwards
on median nervure ; a waved dark medial shade; postmedial line
double filled in with whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa,
then produced to double black points on the veins, oblique below
vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
whitish defined on inner side by red-brown, slightly angled out-
wards below costa and excurved at middle; terminal area suffused
with brown; a terminal series of small black lunules slightly
defined on inner side by whitish; cilia brown with a waved white
line through them. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown, an
indistinct discoidal lunule ; a terminal series of slight dark lunules
from apex to vein 2; cilia yellowish white with a brown line
through them; the underside greyish irrorated with brown, a large
dark discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line, incurved below
vein 2, traces of a subterminal band and a terminal series of small
black lunules.

Hab. Assam, Khésis, 13,19 type. rp. 32 millim.

ATHBETIS. ol

3936. Athetis contusa.

Noctua contusa, Frr. Neve Beitr. pl. 534. f.2 & pl. 550 (1849); Herr.-
Schiff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 517, 518; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 5, pl. 7.
f.4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 204.

Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with grey; pectus paler;
abdomen grey tinged with brown. Fore wing pale red-brown
tinged with grey and with slight dark irroration, the terminal area
rather darker; subbasal line represented by a slight dark striga
from costa; antemedial line dark, excurved below costa and above
inner margin and incurved in submedian interspace; orbicular a
pale point faintly defined by brown ; reniform dark with faint pale
annulus, narrow above, constricted at middle and triangular below ;
a diffused dark medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of
cell, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line brown defined by
greyish on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 4, then inwardly
oblique ; subterminal line pale defined on inner side by brown,
slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards
at discal and submedian folds. Hind wing greyish suffused with
brown, the cilia pale at tips; the underside whitish tinged and
slightly irrorated with brown, a narrow discoidal lunule and diffused
curved postmedial line.

Hab. Guruany, Zeller & D’Emmick Colls.; E. Srperta, Dahuria,
Ussuri. Hxp. 32-38 millim.

F Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 186; Hffm. Raup. p. 115, pl. 31.
> WO;

Pale green, whitish above ; dorsal line pale, dull; lateral stripe
white; warts white. Food-plant: Populus tremulus, between
united leaves. 95.

3937. Athetis placata. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 24.)
Orthosia placata, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 79.

6. Head and thorax brown largely mixed with grey; palpi
black-brown at sides, grey in front; tarsi ringed with white; anal
tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey irrorated with brown
and blackish, especially on costal and terminal areas; subbasal line
represented by faint double dark strive from costa; antemedial line
very indistinct, oblique, double at costa; orbicular and reniform
large with brownish centres and whitish annuli, the former round ;
a faint oblique dark medial shade ; postmedial line represented by
a double series of black points, bent outwards below costa and
incurved below vein 4, some wkitish points beyond it on costa;
subterminal line white defined by red-brown on inner side, oblique,
very slightly curved; a terminal series of small black lunules
defined by a waved whitish line; cilia with two slight whitish lines
at middle and white tips. Hind wing grey-brown, the terminal
area rather darker; a fine brown terminal line; cilia with fine
ochreous line at base and white tips; the underside grey-white

218 NOCTUID.

thickly irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.
Hab. W. Carns, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 19 type. Exp. 38 millim.

3938. Athetis divisa. (Plate CX XIX. fig. 25.)

Ipimorpha divisa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 123 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 265.

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey; palpi blackish;
tegule and prothoracie crest with slight whitish tips; tarsi black
ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing reddish
brown tinged with grey and with slight dark irroration ; subbasal
line whitish, shghtly excurved below costa and ending at submedian
told, a slight oblique whitish striga beyond it in cell; antemedial
line blackish defined by white on inner side, oblique, almost straight;
orbicular and renitform large with white annuli, the former round,
the latter elliptical ; a faint diffused dark medial shade; postmedial
line dark defined by white on outer side and with slight dark poirts
beyond it on the veins, excurved from costa to vein 4, then slightly
incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
white defined by brown on inner side, oblique, almost straight ;
a terminal series of minute black lunules; cilia with fine yellowish
line at base. Hind wing grey suffused with brown; cilia whitish ;
the underside whitish irrorated with brown, the costal area suffused
with brown and irrorated with whitish, a blackish discoidal lunule
and diffused postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Kasumtr, Narkundah (Leech), 1¢, 3 9; Punsan, Simla,
13,19 type, Dharmsila (Hocking), 13, 89. Exp. 28-30
millim.

3939. Athetis furvula.

Noctua furvula, Hibn. Bur. Sclimett., Noct. f. 399 (1808).

Noctua dasychira, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 634 (1818).

Caradrina lenta, Treit. Schmett. Hur. vy. (2) p. 257 (1825); Hiibn. Eur.
Schmett., Noct. f. 825 (1834) ; Frr. Beitr. pl. 47; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl.
lii. p. 305, pl. 28. f. 3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 198.

Caradrina lentina, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 255.

Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown; palpi black,
whitish at tips; antennee ringed black and white at base; tarsi
fuscous with slight pale rings; abdomen red-brown with slight
greyish segmental lines. Fore wing greyish thickly irrorated with
brown, the postmedial and terminal areas suffused with brown ;
subbasal line brown, angled outwards below costa and ending at
submedian fold; antemedial line blackish with stronger bar from
costa, oblique, waved, angled inwards at vein 1; orbicular a black
‘point defined by whitish ; reniform dark brown with some whitish
scales on edges, elliptical ; a ditfused dark medial shade from costa
to reniform and lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial
line blackish, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced
to points on the veins, slightly incurved at discal fold, incuryed

ATHETIS. 319

below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal
line whitish defined on inner side by dark reddish brown, oblique
towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle;
a terminal series of small black lunules defined on inner side by a

Fig. 95.—-Athetis furvula, G. }.

fine waved white line. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown;
a fine terminal brown line; the underside whitish thickly irrorated
with brown, especially on costal and terminal areas, a slight dis-
coidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. lentina. Smaller and darker.—W. and E. Turkestan,
E. Siberia, Japan, Corea.

Hab. Avsreta, Tirol; Huneary, Zeller, Fry, Leech and D’Emmick
Colls.; Russra, Sarepta; ? Anwenta; W. Turxysran, Issyk Kul;
W. Steerer, Altai; EK. Turkestan, Thian-Shan Mts.; Moneorta,
Uliassutai; KE. Srsprra, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake (Pryer),
23,19; Corns. Hep. 22-30 millim.

Larva. Kirby. Butt. & Moths Hur. p.175; Hffm. Raup. p. 110, pl. 30. f.8.

Clay-coloured speckled with brown ; thoracic somites with pale
lateral line, the abdominal somites with oblique yellowish streak
edged with black. Food-plants: Low-growing herbs.

35940. Athe tis alsines.

Noctua alsines, Brahm, Ins. Kal. ii. p. 114 (1791); Borkh. Hur. Schmett,
iv. p. 607 (1792); Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f.577; Dup. Lép. Fr.
vi. p. 63, pl. 76. f.4; Herr.-Schaff. Hur. Schmett., Noct. £. 379; Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 197.

Caradrina sericea, Speyer, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 73.

Caradrina levis, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 29.

Caradrina amurensis, Staud. Rom. Méin. vi. p. 486 (1892).

Head and thorax greyish ochreous suffused with rufous ; palpi
fascous at sides with slight greyish ring at extremity of 2nd joint ;
abdomen ochreous tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged
with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, the postmedial and terminal
areas suffused with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by a slight
dark striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, sinuous,
angled inwards on vein 1: orbicular and reniform well developed,
brown with whitish annuli, the former rather oblique elliptical ;
a diffused dark medial line, oblique from costa to renitorm, incurved
from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct,
defined by ochreous on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then
minutely dentate and produced to black points on the veins,
excuryed to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line ochreous defined

320 NOCTUID®.

by fuscous on inner side, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at
middle, then incurved; traces of a terminal series of black points ;_
cilia with a fine ochreous line at base. Hind wing brownish ochre-
ous, the cilia with a brownish line through them from costa to
vein 2; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown,
a small black discoidal spot.

Ab. 1. sericea. Fore wing narrower, silky grey.—Holland,
Germany.

Ab. 2. levis. Much paler; fore wing yellowish.—Armenia, Asia
Minor, W. Turkestan.

Ab. 3. amurensis. Smaller and darker.—Ussuri.

Hab. Brrraty, Scotland, Leech Coll., Forres (Salvage), England,
Leech Coll., Ireland, Derry (Salvage); FRancn, Sand Coll.; Hottanp;
Germany, Zeller, Frey and Leech Colls.; Ausrrra; Huneary, Leech
Coll.; Swirzertanp ; Spain, Catalonia, Bilbao, Castille; Lvraty ;
Russta, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armexta; Asta Minor, Bithynia ;
W. Turxestan, Ferghana, Issyk Kul; W. S1sprra, Altai; HE. Srperra,
Ussuri, Hap. 30-36 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 122; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 287, pl. 221. f. 2.

Ochreous, sometimes tinged with reddish, dorsally browner ;
dorsal line pale, partly dark-edged; subdorsal line pale, dark-
edged, more broadly below; a lateral series of dark brown marks
sometimes present ; spiracular line pale; head dark brown. — Food-
plants: Stellaria, Rumev, Viola, &e. 9-5,

3941. Athetis blanda.

Noctua blanda, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 77 (1776) ; Fabr. Mant. Ins. i1. p. 147
(1787); Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 55, pl. 75. f. 6.

Noctua tararaci, Hibn. Eur. Schmett.. Noct. f. 575 (1802); Dup. Lép.
Fr. vi. p. 50, pl. 75. {. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 197.

Orthosia guttilinea, W\k. xv. 1709 (1858).

Head and thorax pale reddish brown; palpi black, whitish at
tips; antenne fuscous, whitish at base; tarsi fuscous with slight
pale rings; abdomen whitish tinged with reddish brown. Fore
wing greyish suffused with red-brown and irrorated with black,
the costal edge whitish; subbasal line slight, blackish, curved, from
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique,
sinuous with blackish points at costa, median nervure and vein 1;
orbicular and reniform large, brown defined by white, the former
round, the latter elliptical; faint traces of an oblique line from
lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line indistinct,
with black point at costa and series of points beyond it on the
veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4;
subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by fuscous suffusion
and the area beyond it suffused with fuscous, slightly excurved
below vein 7 and at middle; traces of a terminal series of dark
points; cilia with a slight whitish line at base. Hind wing white,
the veins and terminal area tinged with reddish brown; cilia
white at base, mixed with brown at tips; the underside with the

ATHDBTIS. Bil

costal area tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, a discoidal
point and traces of subterminal line from costa to discal fold.

Hab. Brrvaty, Leech Coll.; France; Gurwany, Zeller and Leech
Colls.; Ausrrta, Zeller Coll.; Hunesry, Leech Coll. ; Swirzertann,
Frey Coll.; ? Spain, Catalonia; Scanprnavra (Schoyen); Frvtann,
Leech Coll.; Russta, Urals; Armenra; ? Asta Mryor, Bithynia;
hah. ign., 1 g type guttilinea. Hup. 30-36 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Lep. Brit. p. 123; Barrett, Brit. Lep-v. p. 290, pl. 221. f. 3.

Pale ochraceous or brownish, slightly freckled with blackish ;
dorsal line pale yellowish, traversing a series of small blackish
marks; subdorsal line pale, defined below by a strong dark brown
line; spiracular line brownish; head ochreous marked with brown.
Food-plents: Stellaria, Rumex, Grasses, &c. 9-4.

3942. Athetis ambigua.

Noctua ambigua, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 77 (1876); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii.
p. 148 (1787); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 197.

Noctua plantaginis, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 576 (1802); Dup. Lép.
Fr. vi. p. 59, pl. 76. f. 2; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 381.

Orthosia untformis, Swinh. rans. Hnt. Soc. 1885, p. 350, pl. 9. £. 6;
Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 261,

Caradrina hilaris, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 197 (1901).

Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale rufous; palpi with
the Ist and 2nd joints blackish at sides; abdomen whitish tinged
with rufous. Fore wing whitish suffused with pale rufous and
slightly irrorated with brown, the costal edge white; subbasal line
blackish, curved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line
blackish, oblique, waved, excurved below submedian fold and
angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform large, reddish
brown defined by white, the former round, the latter elliptical ;
faint traces of a diffused sinuous line from lower angle of cell to
inner margin; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards below
costa, then dentate and produced to black points on the veins,
incurved below vein 4, a faint whitish line beyond it; subterminal
line whitish excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal
series of black points; cilia with a fine whitish line at middle.
Hind wing white; the underside with the costal area irrorated
with brown, a small discoidal spot, traces of a postmedial line with
minute black streaks on the veins and terminal series of points
from apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. uniformis. Paler; palpi slightly tinged with fuscous at
sides; fore wing with an ochreous tinge.—Syria, W. Turkestan,
Beluchistan.

Hab. Britain; France, Sand and Leech Colls.; Germany,
Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Ausrria; Huneary; Swirzer.ann,
Frey Coll.; Ivany, Capri (C. S. Browne); Datmatia, Leech Coll. ;
At@pRia; Russra, Livonia; Armenta; Asta Minor, Pontus,
Lydia; Syria; W. Turksstan, Turcomania, Syr Daria, 1 g,1 9,

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NOCTUID &,

Ferghana, Sarawshan, Issyk Kul; Betucarstan, Quetta (Swinhoe),
1 Q type wuiformis. Hap. 30-38 millim.

Larva. Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 284, pl. 221. f.1; Kirby, Butt. & Moths
Hur. p. 174; Hffm. Raup. p. 110, pl. 30. f. 6.

Brownish grey finely shaded with blackish ; dorsal and subdorsal
lines fine, pale; lateral line black with oblique black streaks
above it. Food-plants: Plantago, Taraxicum, &¢. 5.

3943. Athetis superstes.

Noctua blanda, Hibn. Hur. Schmett., Noct. f. 162 (1802), nee Schiff.

Caradrina swperstes, Treit. Schmett. Hur. y. (2) p. 260 (1825); Frr. Neue
Beitr. pl. 190; Herr,-Schaff. Kur. Schmett., Noct. f. 882; Stand. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 197.

Head and thorax whitish faintly tinged with rufous and
irrorated with dark brown; palpi with the Ist and 2nd joints
black at sides; tarsi blackish with slight pale rings; abdomen
whitish irrorated with brown, the lateral tufts pale rufous. Fore
wing whitish slightly tinged with rufous except towards base, and
irrorated with black ; subbasal line slight, black, waved, from costa
to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, blackish with
small spot at costa, oblique, waved, angled inwards to black points
on median nervure and vein 1; orbicular and reniform well-
developed, brownish defined by white, the former rather elliptical ;
an indistinct diffused incurved line from lower angle of cell to
inner margin; postmedial line black with small spot at costa, bent
outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to black points
on the veins, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line whitish
slightly defined by brown on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and
at middle and incurved at submedian fold, a terminal series of black
points; cilia with a fine whitish line at middle. Hind wing
whitish, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; a
terminal series of dark points and the cilia with a brownish line
through them from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal
area irrorated with brown, a slight sinuous subterminal line from
costa to discal fold.

Hab. Gurmany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Austria; Huneary,
Leech Coll. ; Swrrzertanp, Valais, Frey and Leech Colls.; Spain,
Castille; Irany; Russta, Sarepta (Christoph) ; ARMeEntaA; ASIA
Minor, Pontus. wp. 30-36 millim. ¢

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 174; Hffm. Raup. p. 110, pl. 30.
f. 5.

Grey, with a dark dorsal line, pale lateral stripes and oblique
streaks between them; head brown. Food-plants: Low growing
herbs. 95-6.

3944. Athetis respersa.

Noctua respersa, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 314 (1776); Hibn. Hur. Schmett.,
Noct. f. 164; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 78, pl. 77. f. 5; Frr. Neue Beitr. i.
pl. 94; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p, 197.

Head white; palpi black, white at tips; antenne fuscous except

ATIMDBTIS, Be

at base; thorax whitish irrorated with brown; tarsi blackish ;
abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing grey-white tinged
with brown and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented
by black poimts on costa and median nervure; antemedial line
indistinct with series of black points on it and small spot at
costa, oblique, minutely waved, angled inwards on vein 1| ; orbicular
a slight brownish spot; the reniform a small brown lunule; an
incurved brown shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin;
postmedial line with black spot at costa, bent outwards below
costa, then dentate and produced to black points on the veins,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved; a slight brown subterminal
line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown,
the cilia paler; the underside white irrorated with brown, especially
on costal and terminal areas, a small discoidal spot, postmedial
series of minute streaks on the veins, and terminal series of small
black lunuies from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Franck; Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls.; Avusrrta,
Zeller and Frey Colls.; Huneary; Swirzertanp; N. Ivary;
Barkan States; Russia, Livonia; Armenta; Asta Minor,
Bithynia. . Hep. 34-36 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 174; Hffm. Raup. p. 109, pl. 30.
f. 3.

Dark brown with a paler dorsal stripe edged by the whitish
subdorsal lines; laterally suffused with blackish and with two
whitish spots on each somite. Food-plants: Grasses, &e., hiber-
nating under stones. 10-5.

3945. Athetis leucosticta, n. sp. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 26.)

@. Head and thorax reddish brown slightly mixed with grey ;
palpi dark brown mixed with white, the terminal joint rather
long; antenne ringed with white towards base; tarsi blackish
ringed with white ; abdomen dark brown mixed with whitish and
with dark segmental lines. Fore wing reddish brown suffused and
irrorated with fuscous and a few white scales, the ante- and post-
medial areas somewhat darker; subbasal line indistinct, slightly
defined by whitish on outer side, waved, from costa to submedian
fold; antemedial line black defined by whitish on inner side
towards costa, erect, waved, slightly angled outwards below costa ;
orbicular an obscure dark spot; reniform an obscure dark mark
with small white spot at its upper extremity; a dark medial shade,
oblique from costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial line black,
slightly defined by whitish on outer side towards costa, bent
outward below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to slight
white points on the veins, somewhat angled inwards at discal fold
and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line represented by a series of yellowish-white points
and a spot above tornus, defined by brown cn inner side, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle; a fine black terminal line with white

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points at the veins. Hind wing greyish brown; a dark terminal
line; cilia with a fine whitish line at base ; the-underside whitish
strongly irrorated with dark brown, a large brown discoidal lunule,
postmedial line from costa to vein 4 and terminal series of black
strie.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the white spot only and not the points
on subterminal line.

Hab. Br. E. Arrtca, Masailand, E. Quaso (Betton), 1 2 type,
Ndimu (Betton), 1 9. EHvp, 26 millim.

3946. Athetis interstincta. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 27.)

Graphiphora interstincta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 118 (1882); Hmpsn.
Moths Ind. ii. p. 267.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey, the head paler:
palpi black-brown, greyish at tips; tarsi fuscous with pale rings ;
abdomen dark reddish brown. Fore wing deep red-brown slightly
tinged with grey and with slight dark irroration; subbasal line
black, curved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black,
bent inwards to costa and excurved above inner margin ; orbicular
a black point; reniform chocolate-brown, rather constricted at
middle, with a white point at upper extremity and two at lower ;
a diffused dark medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle of
cell and angled inwards below the cell; postmedial line black,
slightly bent outwards below costa, then with black points beyond
it on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line
faint, pale, defined on inner side by red-brown, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of minute dark lunules;
a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing reddish brown
tinged with grey, a fine whitish line at base of cilia; the underside
whitish tinged with brown and irrorated with dark brown, a black
discoidal spot, diffused curved postmedial line, and terminal series
of small black lunules from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Srxurm (Russell), 1 3,3 9 type; Buurdn (Dudgeon), 19.
Exp. 36-40 millim.

3947. Athetis longiciliata, n. sp. (Plate CXXIX, fig. 28.)

¢. Head and thorax rufous mixed with a few dark brown
scales; palpi black at sides except at extremities of 2nd and 3rd
joints ; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen pale rufous suffused
with fuscous except the anal tuft. Fore wing rufous tinged with
grey and slightly irrorated with brown; subbasal line blackish,
angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold; ante-
medial line blackish, oblique to vein 1, then erect; orbicular a blackish
point; reniform a narrow lunule defined by diffused rufous, and
with slight whitish points round it; medial line brown, rather
diffused, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly
oblique and sinuous; postmedial line brown, excurved from costa
to vein 4, then oblique, with traces of a series of dark points

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beyond if on the veins; subterminal line yellowish, defined on
inner side by brown suffusion, slightly excurved below vein 7 and
at middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia with a fine
yellowish line at base. Hind wing red-brown tinged with fuscous ;
a diffused blackish discoidal spot; a terminal series of slight dark
Junules; cilia with a fine yellowish line at base; the underside
whitish irrorated with dark brown, a black discoidal spot, rather
diffused curved brown postmedial line, and terminal series of small
black Junules from apex to vein 2.

Antennee with the cilia rather long.

Hab. Assam, Khisis, 1 g type. Hap. 36 millim.

3948. Athetis fasciata. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 29.)

Graphiphora fasciata, Moore, P. Z.8. 1867, p. 54; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.
i. p. 267.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous; palpi black-brown
except at tips; antenne black-brown; tarsi with pale rings.
Fore wing pale rufous, the terminal area deep rufous; subbasal
line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line
black, slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique and
angled inwards to black points on median nervure and vein 1 ;
orbicular a black point; reniform chocolate-brown, elliptical, with
white point on inner side below, one at upper extremity and two
at lower; a diffused brown medial shade, oblique from costa to
reniform, then sinuous; postmedial line black, double at costa,
slightly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to
black points on the veins, evenly curved; subterminal line
yellowish defined on inner side by red-brown suffusion, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of minute dark
points ; a fine yellow line at base of cilia which are dark brown.
Hind wing reddish brown with an ochreous tinge, the cilia rather
paler; the underside whitish tinged with red-brown, the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with red-brown, a blackish discoidal
lunule, rather diffused sinuous postmedial line, and terminal series
of small black lunules from apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey suffused with
brown, without rufous tinge.

diab, Stxuim (Atkinson, Lidderdale, Dudgeon), 7 3, 4 2 type;
BomBay ; Mapras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 9. Hay. 34-42 millim.

3949. Athetis satellitia. (Plate CX XIX. fig. 30.)
Caradring satellitia, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 302 (1902).

Head white slightly tinged with rufous; antenne black ringed
with white, the basal joint white; thorax pale rufous; tarsi
fuscous ringed with white; abdomen pale rufous slightly ivrorated

with brown. Fore wing pale rufous slightly irrorated with brown;

Sy)

26 NOCTUID.

subbasal line slight, defined by whitish on outer side, from costa to
submedian fold; antemedial line slight, black, with white point
before it at costa, oblique, waved ; orbicular a minute white point ;
reniform a small round white spot with point above it and two
below it; traces of a sinuous medial line, oblique from costa to
lower angle of cell; postmedial line slight, black, with white point
at costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and
produced to points on the veins, incurved below vein 4; sub-
terminal line faintly defined by brown on inner side, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of black points with
white points on their inner side. Hind wing whitish tinged with
red-brown especially on the veins and terminal area; cilia white,
brown at apex and at base to vein 2; the underside white, the
costal area irrorated with red-brown, the apical area suffused with
red-brown to discal fold, a slight discoidal spot.

Hab. Mozampraun, Delagoa Bay (Junod), 1 9; Natan, Victoria
Distr. (Gooch), 1 2 type, Durban (Bowker, Legh), 1 6, 2 2.
Evp. 30-34 millim.,

3950. Athetis conformis. (Plate CX XIX. fig. 31.)
Caradrina conformis, W1k. x. 298 (1856).

@. Head and thorax pale grey-brown mixed with white, the
head whiter; palpi fuscous brown, whitish at tips; tarsi fuscous
ringed with whitish ; abdomen whitish mixed with brown. Fore
wing pale brown irrorated with white and a few dark brown
scales ; subbasal line dark, oblique, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line dark, oblique, slightly angled outwards below
costa and inwards on vein 1; orbicular a minute black point;
reniform only defined by faint white points; a rather dittused
dark medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then
erect; postmedial line indistinct, dark, slightly bent outwards
below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved ; subterminal line whitish defined by dark brown on
imner side, very slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle.
Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; the underside whitish
tinged with brown, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial
line.

Hab. ignotus, 1 2 type. Hvp. 34 millim.

3951. Athetis pulmonaris.

Noctua pulmonaris, Usp. Schmett. iv. pl. 151. f. 5 (1790); Frr. Neue Beitr.
pl. 215; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 198.

Noctua fuscago, Hsp. Schmett. iv. pl. 176. ff. 5, 6 (1791).

Noctua pulmonarie, Hubn. Hur. Schinett., Noct. f. 98 (1802).

Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow mixed with rufous; palpi

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brownish at sides, whitish at tips; tarsi brownish with pale rings.
Fore wing yellow suffused with rufous; subbasal line indistinctly
double filled in with whitish, curved, from costa to submedian
fold; antemedial line brown defined by whitish on inner side,
slightly angled inwards at subcostal and median nervures and
vein 1, and excurved in submedian interspace and above inner
margin ; orbicular with faint whitish annulus defined by brown,
round; reniform brown with whitish annulus to lower part
defined by brown; a diffused brown medial line, oblique from
costa to reniform, inwardly oblique from lower angle of cell to
inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in with pale yellowish,
bent outwards below costa, then very minutely waved, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa;
subterminal line yellowish, slightly defined on inner side by brown
and with brown patch before it at costa, oblique towards costa,
then minutely dentate, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then
incurved ; a brown terminal line; a slight pale line at base of
cilia. Hind wing yellowish suffused with red-brown; a fine
brown terminal line; cilia whitish with a red-brown line near
base ; the underside whitish, the costal area tinged with ochreous,
a small brown discoidal spot, postmedial line excurved to vein 4,
then oblique, and traces of a diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Francn, Sand Coll.; Gurmany, Zeller Coll.; Avsrrra,
Leech Coll., Galicia; Huneary, Frey and Leech Colls.; Ivaty;
Greece. Hap. 36-42 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 174; Hffm. Raup. p. 109, pl. 30. f. 2.

Dull green with a whitish dorsal line; head yellowish brown.
Food-plant, Pulmonaria. 9.

3952. Athetis flava.

Caradrina flava, Oberth. Et. Ent. i. p. 45, pl. 4. f. 3 (1876); Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 196.

Head and thorax reddish yellow irrorated with a few black
scales, the head whiter; palpi blackish at base; tarsi fuscous
with pale rings; abdomen white with obscure brown dorsal
bands. Fore wing reddish yellow slightly irrorated with fuscous ;
subbasal line represented by a small black spot on costa: ante-
medial line indistinct, double, the lines widely separated, with a
black spot on outer line at costa, oblique, very minutely waved ;
erbicular and reniiorm very small, reddish brown with some
white points round them, the former round; an indistinct medial
line with black spot at costa, oblique from costa to reniform,
incuryed below the cell and angled outwards on vein 1; post-
medial line indistinct, double, the lines widely separated and with
black spot on inner line at costa, slightly bent outwards below
costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some pale
points beyond it on costa: subterminal line indistinct, pale with
slight dark suffusion on inner side, somewhat excurved below
vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of slight dark strie ; cilia

328 NOCLrUID 2.

with a slight brown line through them. Hind wing white, the
veins and termen slightly tinged with pale brown.

Hab. Aueprta (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 3; Canarres, Guimar ( Walsing-
ham), 1 3; Patestrne; Prrstay Guir, Fao (Cumming), 3 9.
hep. 34 millim.

3953. Athetis fusca. (Plate CX XIX. fig. 32.)
Caradrina fusca, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 118.

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous brown; palpi
black, whitish at tips; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen
grey-brown. Fore wing grey almost entirely suffused with
fuscous brown; subbasal line slight, blackish detined by grey on
outer side, sinuous, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line slight,
blackish defined by grey on inner side and with black point at
costa, oblique, minutely waved; orbicular absent; reniform a
faint fuscous lunule with slight pale points on inner and outer
sides above and below; an indistinct dark medial shade, oblique
from costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial line slight, dark,
defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then
minutely dentate, oblique below vein 4; subterminal line faintly
defined by brown suffusion on inner side, slightly waved ; a fine
dark terminal line: cilia with whitish line at base. Hind wing
whitish suffused with brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia
white at base, brown at tips; the underside grey, the costal area
irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and indistinet curved
postmedial line.

Hab. W. Cutya, Nitou, 1 9, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1°92 type.
Eup. 35 millim.

3954. Athetis morosa. (Plate CXXX. fig. 1.)

Caradrina morosa, Led, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1853, p. 373, pl. 5.
f. 3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 195.

3. Head and thorax white tinged with ochreous brown ; palpi
black, white at tips; antennz blackish; tarsi black ringed with
white ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish
tinged with ochreous brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous ;
subvasal line slight with black spot at costa, ending at vein 1;
antemedial line indistinct, double, with black spot on the outer
line at costa, oblique, waved; orbicular absent; reniform a blackish
lunule with white point on inner side below and two on outer; a
dark medial shade with black spot at costa, oblique from costa to
lower angle of cell, then incurved; postmedial line blackish with
black spot at costa, slightly bent cutwards below costa, then
minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4, an indistinct curved
line beyond it, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous, with
some pale points on costa, defining the minutely waved whitish

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subterminal line which is excurved below vein 7 and at middle;
a terminal series of slight black lunules. Tind wing white
tinged with brown especially on the veins and terminal halt
from costa to vein 2; cilia pure white; the underside white,
the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and
traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. W. Srpzria, Altai, 1 6; Moneoura, Uliassutai; E. Sipuria,

Amurland, Ussuri. vp. 38 millim.,

3955, Athetis rebeli. (Plate OXXX. fiz. 2.)
Caradrina flavirena, Rebel, Ann, Nat. Hofmus. Wien, ix. p. 59 & xiii.

p. 3866 (nec Guen.).
Caradrina rebeli, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 196 (1901).

3. Head and thorax grey tinged with brown; palpi black,
white at tips; antennee blackish; tarsi fuscous with pale rings ;
abdomen grey dorsally suffused with fuscous brown, ventrally
whitish. Fore wing grey slightly irrorated with brown; subbasal
line represented by small black spots below costa and cell;
antemedial line imdistinct, oblique, sinuous, with small black spots
at costa and submedian fold; orbicular a small round blackish
spot; reniform a rather diffused blackish lunule with some whitish
points round it; a small black spot at middle of costa ; postmedial
line indistinct, blackish, interrupted, with black spot at costa,
bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below
vein 4, some whitish points with slight black streaks between
them beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish defined by
fuscous on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and
angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; the terminal area
slightly tinged with brown; a terminal series of black striae; a
fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing greyish suffused
with brown, a fine white line at base of cilia: the underside
whitish tinged with brown, the costal area irrorated with brown, a
black discoidal lunule, postmedial series of short streaks on the
veins, and terminal series of small lunules.

9. Uniformly suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Canarres, Teneriffe (W. White), 4 5, 1 2, Guimar
(Walsinghum),5 6,392. Hevp. 28-32 millim.

3956. Athetis rougemonti.
Caradrina rougemonti, Spuler, Schmett. Hur. p. 231, pl. 29. f. 32 (1906).

Head white; palpi black, white at tips; antenne fuscous
except at base; thorax grey; tarsi blackish ringed with white;
abdomen white slightly mixed with grey. Fore wing white
suffused with grey and with slight dark irroration; subbasal line
represented by a black point on costa; antemedial line very
indistinct, oblique, minutely waved, with black spot at costa ;

NOCTUID™.

orbicular a small round fuscous spot slightly defined by white;
reniform a fuscous lunule surrounded by white points ; faint
traces of a medial line with fuscous point at costa; postmedial
line very indistinct, with small black spot at costa, bent outwards
below costa, then minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4, some
whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by
a Series of minute white lunules defined on inner side by slight
rufous marks, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7; a terminal
series of minute black lunules slightly defined by whitish on inner
side. Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal area
slightly irrorated with grey, a terminal series of small black
Junules from apex to vein 2.

Hab. 8. France, Digne, 1g, 1 9; Swirzertsnn, Zermatt, 1 3,
192. Exp. 32-36 millim.

Larva. Ochreous grey mottled and striated with brown except
on ventral surface ; dorsal line shght, pale; subdorsal line dark-
edged below; stigmatal line slight, dark, the stigmata black ;
head brown.

3957. Athetis jurassica.

Caradrina jurassica, Riggentach, Mitth. Schweiz. Ent. Ges. iv. p. 607 (1877);
Mill. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyons, 1878, pl. 155. f. 9; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 196.

3. Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown; palpi
black, white at tips; antenne blackish except at hase; tarsi
blackish with pale rings; abdomen white mixed with reddish
brown. Fore wing white tinged with reddish brown except
towards base and slightly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line
black with small spot at costa, waved, from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial line blackish with black spot at costa and point at
submedian fold, oblique, rather irregular, angled inwards at vein 1
and bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular a dark point ;
reniform faintly defined by brown and with traces of pale points
round it; a dark medial line with small black spot at costa,
excurved to below cell, then slightly waved; postmedial line dark
with black spot at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then
minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and angled
inwards at vein 1; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on
inner side by slight dentate rufous marks, excurved below vein 7
and at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
white, the terminal area tinged with reddish brown from apex to
submedian fold; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
brown, a discoidal point, rather diffused curved postmedial line
from costa to submedian fold with minute dark streaks on the
veins, and terminal series of minute black lunules from apex to
vein 2.

Hab. SwirzuRtand, Jura, Giningen, 2 g¢, Frey Coll. lxp. 32
millim.

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3958. Athetis selini.
Caradrina selini, Boisd. Gen. & Ind. Meth. p. 137 (1840); Dup. Lép. Fr.,

Suppl. iii. p. 576, pl. 48. f. 38; Herr.-Schaff. Hur. Schmett., Noct. f. 91 ;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 196.

Head and thorax whitish tinged with red-brown ; palpi black,
white at tips; antenne blackish except at base; tarsi black
ringed with white; abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown.
Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated with purplish red-brown, the
terminal half suffused with red-brown; subbasal line black with
black spot at costa, then oblique and ending at submedian fold ;
antemedial line very indistinct with black spot at costa and point
in submedian fold, oblique, sinuous; orbicular absent ; reniform a
brownish lunule with two white points on inner edge and three on
outer with small yellow mark at middle of outer side; medial
line brownish with black spot at costa, excurved to below cell
and slightly angled outwards at vein 1; postmedial line very
indistinct with black spot at costa, bent outwards below costa,
then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; sub-
terminal line indistinct, grey defined on inner side by rufous,
minutely waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal
series of blackish points. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal
half and the terminal area from apex to submedian fold suffused
with reddish brown; the underside with the costal area irrorated
with brown, a blackish discoidal point, postmedial series of minute
streaks on the veins, and terminal series of small iunules from
apex to vein 2. ;

Hab. S. France, Nice, Leech Coll., Midi, Leech Coll.; Germany,
Pomerania, Silesia, Frankfort, Zeller Coll.; Huneary, Frey and
Leech Colls.; Swirzernanp, Valais, Teruel; Sprain, Castille,
Andalusia; Corsica; Irany; Srey, Zeller Coll.; Datmarta ;
Greece; Russra, Livonia, Leech Coll., Sarepta, Leech Coll.; Asia
Mryor, Pontus, Taurus; Syrra. Lvp. 24-34 millim.

3959. Athetis flavirena.

Caradrina flavirena, Guen. Noct. i. p. 250 (1852); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
p- 196. -

Caradrina noctivega, Bell. Ann. Soc, Et, Fr, 1&65, p. 420, pl. 9. f. 4.

Caradrina infusca, Const. Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1865, p. 194, pl. 7. ff. 10a, 6
(nec Rmbr.).

Caradrina minor, Kalchb. Iris, x. p. 176 (1597).

Head and thorax ochreous brown suffused with grey; palpi
black, white at tips; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen
ochreous white irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochreous brown
suffused with grey; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to
submedian fold, a black point beyond it in cell; antemedial line
with a small black spot on costa, oblique, waved; orbicular a
small round brown spot defined by whitish scales; reniform

NOCIUIDA.

brown with white poimts round it and a small yellow spot at
middle of outer edge; a small black spot at middle of costa;
postmedial line with small black spot at costa, bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4; subterminal
line formed of ochreous points defined on inner side by minute
dentate rufous marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle; a terminal series of slight black lunules. Hind wing
white, the veins, costal area and terminal area to vein 2 suffused
with brown; cilia with a brownish line through them from apex
to vein 2; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown,
a small discoidal spot, postmedial series of short streaks on the
veins, and terminal series of small lunules.

Ab. 1. minor. Smaller. Gen. est.—Centr. & S. Italy.

Ab. 2. infusca. Fore wing of male with the terminal area
suffused with fuscous, of female wholly suffused.

Ab. 3. Rather greyer.—Switzerland, Valais.

Hab. 8S. France, Nice, D’KEmmick & Leech Colls.; Avusrrta,
Tirol; Sparn, Catalonia, Castile; Crnrr. Irany; fierty, Zeller
Coll.; Asta Mryor, Pontus; Pauesrine, Jordan R. Hyp. 16-32
millim,

*3960. Athetis vuilschlegeli. (Plate CX XIX. fig. 3.)
Caradrina wullschlegeli, Ping. Sce. Ent. xvii. p. 145 (1903).

Head whitish mixed with grey-brown on vertex; palpi deep
black, the extremity of 2nd joint white, the 3rd joint white with
black point at side; frons with some brown at sides; antenne
black ; thorax brown mixed with grey ; tarsi blackish ringed with
white; abdomen whitish mixed with brown. Fore wing brown
mixed with grey ; subbasal line blackish, from costa to submedian
fold, a blackish point beyond it in cell; antemedial line blackish
with small black spot at costa, oblique, minutely waved; orbicular
a small round black spot; reniform blackish defined by a few
whitish scales and with a slight whitish point below on inner side
and two on outer, constricted at middle; a blackish spot on
middle of costa and an oblique diffused incurved line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line blackish defined by
grey on outer side and with black spot at costa, bent outwards
below costa, then dentate and produced to blackish points on the
veins, 1acurved below vein 4, some slight pale striz beyond it from
costa; subterminal line pale, slightly defined on inner side by
fuscous, excurved below vein 7, excurved and waved at middle
and ending on termen at vein 1; a terminal series of black points ;
a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the costal area
and terminal area to vein 2 suffused with brown, wholly suffused
with brown in female; a slight discoidal spot; cilia white with
brown line through them from apex to vein 2, the tips wholly
brown at apex; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas |
irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, diffused sinuous

ATHBYTIS. 333

postmedial line with minute black streaks at the veins, and
terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Switzeritanp, Zermatt, types f ¢ Q in Coll. Piingeler.
Exp. 3 34, 2 30 millim.

3961. Athetis selinoides.

Caradrina selinoides, Beil. Ann, Soc, Ent. Fr. 1862, p. 379, pl. 9. f. 1;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 196.

3d. Head and thorax white tinged with brown and slightly
irrorated with fuscous; palpi black, white at tips; antenne
biackish except at base ; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen
grey suffused with brown. Fore wing grey-white tinged with
brown, except on costal area, and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal
line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line
black with small spot at costa, minutely waved and slightly oblique ;
orbicular a slight dark point; reniform a dark lunule with white
point on inner side at lower extremity and two on outer; a rather
diffused dark medial line oblique from costa to reniform and
sinuous from cell to inner margin; postmedial line black with
small spot at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then
dentate, incurved below vein +; subterminal line defined by brown
on inner side, minutely dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and
slightly excurved at middle, a terminal series of small black lunules.
Hind wing white tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused
with brown; cilia white with a dark line near base; the underside
with the costal area irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal
point, diffused curved subterminal band, and terminal series of
small black lunules.

Hab. Corsica (Yerbury), 1 3. Exp. 34 millim,,.

3962. Athetis menetriesi.

Caradrina menetriesii, Kretschmar, Berl. ent. Zeit. 1863, p. 432, pl. 2,
f, 7; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 197.

Caradrina montana, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 49, pl. 4. f. 8 (1864).

Caradrina petrea, Vengstr. Ac, Soc. Flor. & Faun. Fenn, vii. p. 356 (1870).

Head white with a few brown scales ; palpi black, white at tips ;
antennee black except at base; thorax grey-white slightly mixed
with brown ; tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing pale
grey sparsely irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by a
black striga from costa; antemedial line hardly traceable, double,
oblique, sinuous, with small black spots at costa and submedian
fold; orbicular a small black spot; reniform a narrow lunule slightly
detined by black: a small black spot at middle of costa and traces
of a sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; post-
medial line black, interrupted, with small spot at costa, bent
outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, slightly angled in-
wards at discal fold and incurved below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of

334 NOCTUID®.

slight white striz defined on inner side by small dentate black
marks, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle and in-
curved at submedian fold; a terminal series of minute black lunules.
Hind wing white, the terminal area slightly irrorated with brown ;
a blackish discoidal point and terminal series of strie from apex to
vein 2; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated
with brown, a small black discoidal spot and indistinct diffused
curved subterminal line.

Hab. Swepren ; Russia, Finland, 2 g, 2 9, Livonia; W. Turx-
rsTan, Issyk Kul; W. Srppria, Altai; Moneoria, Uliassutai,
Changai Mts.; E. Srperra, Dahuria, Amurland, Ussuri. vp. 34
millim.

3963. Athetis bremusa. (Plate CXXXIX. fig. 4.)

Caradrina brenusa, Swinh. P.Z.S8. 1885, p. 451; Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 260.

Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown; palpi black, white
at tips; antenne blackish; tarsi blackish slightly ringed with
white; abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing
whitish tinged with brown and irrorated with black, the terminal
area suffused with fuscous ; subbasal line black, curved, from costa
to submedian fold; antemedial line black, oblique and minutely
waved from costa to subcostal nervure, then reduced to black points
on the veins; orbicular a black point; reniform blackish defined
by some white scales, constricted at middie and with ochreous point
on its outer edge ; traces of a waved medial line with blackish mark
at costa; postmedial line slight, with small black spot at costa,
shghtly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to
black points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub-
terminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by black forming
small dentate marks and a spot at discal fold, minutely waved,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle, a terminal series of black
points slightly defined by greyish on inner side. Hind wing
whitish tinged with brown, especially on the veins and terminal
area; cilia whitish with a shght brown line near base; the under-
side white, the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal
junule and postmedial series of points on the veins from costa to
vein 3.

Hab. Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 9, Cawnpore (Betton), 1 ¢;
Bomsay, Poona (Swinhce), 1 g type; Mapras, Belgaum ( Watson),
1 g, Gooty (Campbell), 1 3, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 2; Cryzon,
Puttalam (Pole), 1 9; Burma, Hsipaw (de Nicévilley, 1 2. Eup.
28-30 millim.

3964. Athetis multifera. (Plate CXXX. fig. 5.)

Caradrina multifera, Wik. x. 293 (1856); Smith, Cat. Noct. N, Am.
p- 196.
Segetia fidicularia, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 145 (1874).

Head and thorax grey-white slightly irrorated with black ; palpi

ATHETIS. 339
black, white at tips; antenne black except at base; tarsi black
ringed with white ; abdomen white slightly irrorated with brown.
Fore wing pale grey irrorated with black; subbasal line black,
from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black with small
spot at costa, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular
a small black spot; reniform a blackish lunule surrounded by white
points and with slight rufous mark on outer edge; medial line
blackish with small spot at costa, oblique to reniform and incurved
below the ceil; postmedial line with black spot at costa, bent out-
wards below costa, then dentate, incurved at discal fold and below
vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
whitish defined on inner side by small dentate rufous marks between
veins 7 and 2, minutely waved, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle ; a terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing white
tinged with brown, especially on the veins and terminal area;
cilia white; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
brown, a blackish discoidal spot, waved postmedial line from costa
to vein 5, and terminal scries of small lunuies from apex to
vein 2.

Hab. Canava (Worman), 1 3,1 9, Nova Scotia (Redman), 2 9
type; U.S.A., 1 ¢,1 9, Maine, New York, New Jersey, Distr. of
Columbia, Illinois, Minnesota. vp. 32-34 millim.

3965. Athetis himaleyica. (Plate CXXX. fig. 6.)
Caradrina himaleyica, Koll, Higel’s Kaschmir, iv. p.479 (1844); Hmpsn.
Moths Ind. i. p. 260.
Caradrina urenacea, Moore, P. Z.S. 1881, p. 349.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white slightly irrorated with
brown; palpi black, white at tips; antenne blackish except at
base; tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing grey-white
slightly tinged and irrorated with brown ; subbasal line represented
by a small black spot on costa ; antemedial line indistinct, double,
minutely waved, oblique, with black spot on the outer line at
costa; orbicular a brownish point; reniform a narrow lunule
defined by rufous, with some fuscous at lower extremity, two white
points on inner edge and three on outer and a rufous point beyond
it at middle; medial line with black spot at costa, oblique to the
reniform and sinuous from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;
postmedial line indistinct, with black spot at costa, bent outward
below costa, then minutely waved and with some black points beyond
it on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some white points with
slight black streaks between them beyond it ou costa; subterminal
line whitish defined on inner side by small somewhat dentate
rufous marks, angled outward at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;
the terminal area suffused with fuscous; a terminal series of
minute black lunules; cilia with a fine whitish line at base. Hind
wing white slightly tinged with reddish brown, especially on the
veins and terminal area; cilia white; the underside with the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot,

336 NOCLUID.E.

postmedial series of minute streaks on the veins, and terminal series
of small black lunules.

Hab. W. Curna, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 g; Kasuuir, Goorais Valley
(Leech), 1 3,2 2, Scinde Valley (Leech), 1 3; Punsas, Kulu,1 od,
Dalhousie (Harford), 1 2, Dharmsala (Hocking), 3 3, 3 Q,
Umballa; Sixuim Trser, Yatong (Hobson), 1 3, 3 93; Siku
(Dudgeon), 2 Q type arenacea. Exp. 32-36 millim.

3966. Athetis chinensis. (Plate CXXX. fig. 7.)

Caradrina chinensis, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soe. 1900, p. 117.

Head and thorax grey-white tinged with brown; palpi black,
white at tips; antenne black; tarsi black ringed with white ;
abdomen grey dorsally suffused with brown, ventrally irrorated
with black, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey
tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line slight
with black spot at costa, oblique, from costa to vein 1; antemedial
line slight, with black spot at costa, oblique, waved; orbicular
absent; reniform slightly defined by red-brown with a white point
above on outer side, below with a white point on inner side and
two on outer; an indistinct medial line with black spot at costa,
oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique ;
postmedial line black with black spot at costa, bent outwards below
costa, then minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4, another faint
curved line beyond it; subterminal line grey defined on both sides
ly fuscous suffusion from costa to vein 2, minutely waved, a
terminal series of slight black lunules defined by greyish on inner
side. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, especially on the
veins and terminal area; a fine dark terminal line; cilia whitish ;
the underside grey, the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a blackish
discoidal spot and rather diffused sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. W. Cun, Pu-tsu-fang,6 g,2 2 type, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt),
192. Hep. 32-40 millim.

3967. Athetis clavipalpis.

Phalena clavipalpis, Seop. Ent. Carn. p. 213 (1763).

Noctua quadripunctata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 594 (1775); Staud. Cat. Lep.
al. p. 196. E
Racin colar. Schiff. Wien. Verz. p.72 (1776) ; Borkh. Eur. Schmett.

iv. p. 212 (1792); Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 417; Dup. Lép. Fr.
vi. p. 57, pl. 76. f. 1; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. 11. p. 158.
Phalena grisea, Rott. Naturf. ix. p. 138 (1776).
Noctua segetum, Esp Schmett. iv. pl. 150. ff. 4, 5 (nee Linn.).
Noctua leucoptera, Chubg. Disc. Ent. ii. p. 41 (1791); Spangb. Ent. Tidskr.
- 1880, p. 92, pl. 1. f. 3.
Oaradrina laciniosa, Nonz. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1847, p. 529, pl. 8. f. 4.
Caradrina pulverosa, Wik. x. 295 (1856).
Caradrina milleri, Schulz, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1862, p. 367, pl. 1. ff. 6, b, e.

Head and thorax grey-white slightly tinged with rufous and
irrorated with black; palpi black, whitish at tips; antenne

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blackish except at base; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen
whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing grey tinged with ochreous
brown and irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area suffused with
fuscous; subbasal line represented by a small black spot on costa
and striga from cell; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique,
minutely waved, with small black spots on the outer line at costa
and submedian fold; orbicular and reniform small, tinged with
fuscous and defined by blackish, the former rounded, the latter a
narrow lunule with two white points on its inner edge and three
on outer; an indistinct sinuous medial line excurved in cell and
with small black spot at costa; postmedial line with small black
spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved
below vein 4, another indistinct line beyond it and some whitish
points on costa with slight dark streaks between them ; subterminal
line indistinct, pale, detined on inner side by small dentate rufous
marks, minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle; a terminal series of minute black lunules, Hind wing
white, the veins and termen slightly tinged with brown; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight dis-
eoidal point, postmedial series of minute streaks on the veins and
terminal series of small black lunules from apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. leucoptera. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with
fuscous.—Scandinavia, Finland, Urals.

Hab. Brrraix, Leech Coll.; France; Denmarx, Leech Coll. ;
Germany, Zeller & Leech Colls.; Avusrria, Frey Coll., Tirol
(Hampson); Huneary, Leech Coll.; Swirzertanp, Frey Coll. ;
Sparn ; [raty, Savoy (Hampson), Capri( Brown); Greece ; ALGERIA,
Biskra ( Walsingham), 2 2 , Khenchela ( Walsingham), 1 $; Maprira
(Wollaston), 1 9; Batkan Srates; Scanpinavta, Sondmore, Zeller
Coll., Surendal (Christy); Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Keyvr,
Cairo (Graves), 1 g; Asta Mtvor, Pontus, Bithyuia, Amanus Mts.,
1 go; W. Turxesran, Issyk Kul; W. Sreerta, Altai; EK. Turke-
san, Ili, Kashgar; E. Srperta, Amurland, 1 9; ?S. Arrica, 1 3
type pulverosa (almost certainly a European specimen). Hup. 26-
36 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep p. 122; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 293, pl. 221. f. 4.

Fuscous, sometimes dorsally tinged with greenish; dorsal line
indistinctly paler, dark-edged, sometimes interrupted; lateral line
hardly paler, sometimes dark-edged ; spiracular line pale, dark-
edged above ; head blackish or fuscous. Food-plants: Corn, Peas,
&e., especially in ricks, forming a small chamber for habitation.

3968. Athetis extima. (Plate CX XX. fig. 8.)
Caradrina extima, Wik. xxxii. 687 (1865); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am,
p- 196.
Caradrina civica, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 74 (1883).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white slightly irrorated with
brown ; palpi black, white at tips; antennee blackish except at,
base; tarsi black, riaged with white. Fore wing grey-white

VoL. VIIT. , VA

308 NOCTUIDE.

slightly irrorated with fuscous; snbbasal line black with small
spot at costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line black
with small spot at costa, oblique, waved, angled inwards at vein 1;
orbicular a small round blackish spot ; reniform a blackish lunule
with some white points on its edges; medial line blackish with
small spot at costa, oblique to the reniform and incurved below the
cell; postmedial line black with small spot at costa, bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some whitish
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish defined on
inner side by small dentate rufous marks, very slightly excurved
below vein 7 and at middle; the terminal area suffused with
fuscous; a terminal series of black points slightly defined by
whitish on inner side. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged
with brown ; a terminal series of small dark spots from apex to
vein 2; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly
irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, postmedial rather
diffused line from costa to vein 5, and terminal series of small spots.

Hab. Canada, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 2 ¢, Saskatchewan,
Regina (Willing), 1 8, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod, Baird),
6 6,19, Br. Columbia (Miss Ricardo), 1 9 , Vancouver (Hawkins,
J.J. Walken) Ise LS types U2Ssk.; Oregon, Wallessaiieer
Colorado (Cockerell), 2 g, Denver (Oslar), 1 3,1 9, Nevada, 1 ¢,
California (Walsingham), 3 $. HEwp. 32-38 millim.

Larva. Head small, shining blackish, slightly brown-mottled.
Body robust, obscure brown-mottled, with a broad paler dorsal
stripe. Cervical shield concolorous with body. Food-plants: Low
herbs; lives concealed underground or under leaves.—H. G. D.

3969. Athetis grisea. (Plate CXXX. fig. 9.)

Caradrina grisea, Ky. Bull. Mose. 1848, i. p. 215, & 1855, iv. p. 324;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 197.

Caradrina cinerascens, Tengstr. Not. Salls. Flor. & Faun, Fenn. vii. p. 809
(1870).

Head and thorax white tinged with red-brown and slightly
irrorated with fuscous ; palpi black, white at tips; antenne fuscous
except at base; tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen white
mixed with some brown. Fore wing grey slightly tinged with
reddish brown and irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area
suffused with fuscous; subbasal line represented by a black point
on costa; antemedial line very indistinct, double, with black spot
on the outer line at costa, oblique, minutely waved ; orbicular a
minute round whitish annulus; reniform defined by two white
points on inner side and three on outer, some fuscous in lower
part; traces of a medial line with small black spot at costa; post-
medial line very indistinct, double, with small black spot at costa,
bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique below
vein 4; subterminal line represented by a series of yellowish-white
strie defined on inner side by small rnfous dentate marks, ex-
curved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of blackish

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points; cilia with a fine pale line at base. lind wing white, the
apical area and termen to vein 2 tinged with brown ; the underside
with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, an indistinct
rather diffused postmedial line from costa to vein 6 and terminal
series of points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Scanptnavia; Rvussta, Finland, 1 9, Urals, Sarepta
(Christoph), 2 3,22. Hzxp. 30-32 millim.

3970. Athetis hispanica.
Caradrina hispanica, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1906, p. 31, pl. 3. f. 1.

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey slightly mixed with
fuscous ; palpi black, white at tips; antenne black except at base;
tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing pale grey irrorated with
black, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; subbasal line black,
with small spot at costa and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial
line black with spot at costa, oblique, minutely dentate and angled
inwards at vein 1; orbicular a small round fuscous spot; reniform
a fuscous Innule; medial line fuscous with small black spot at
costa, excurved at median nervure and angled outwards at vein 1;
postmedial line black with small spot at costa, slightly bent out-
wards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4; subterminal
line grey defined by rufous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules
slightly defined by grey on inner side; a fine grey line at base of
cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area to submedian
fold suffused with brown; a discoidal point; cilia white with a
brown line near base from apex to vein 2; the underside with the
costal area irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot, postmedial
series of minute streaks on the veins, and terminal series of black
points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. S. France, Hautes Alpes (Hampson), 2 2; Sprain, La
Granja, type T @ in Coll. Dumont. vp. 32 millim.

3971. Athetis ingrata.

Caradrina ingrata, Staud. Iris, x. pp. 175, 286, pl. 4. f. 13 (1897); id.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 196.

Head and thorax white slightly mixed with brown; palpi black
at sides, white in front and at tips; antenne black except basal
joint; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen white slightly
irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with brown,
the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; subbasal line indistinct,
double, with black point on outer line at costa, from costa to sub-
median fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, with black point on
the outer line at costa, somewhat oblique and slightly angled out-
wards below costa and inwards on vein 1; orbicular a dark point ;
reniform a narrow brown lunule with some white scales on its
edges; traces of a diffused dark medial line with black spot on

Z 2

340 NOCTUID.

costa ; postmedial line blackish with black spot at costa, slightly
bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, slightly angled
inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and angled cutwards
at vein 1, some pale points with slight dark streaks between them
beyond it on costa; subterminal line formed of slight white marks
defined by fuscous on inner side, minutely waved, angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points ;
cilia with fine white line at base. Hind wing white, the termen
tinged with brown from apex to vein 2; the: underside with the
apical area slightly irrorated with brown.
Hab. Syria; Parestine, 1 ¢,1 9. Hxp. 22 millim.

3972. Athetis albina.

Caradrina peas Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 425 (nee Schiff.).

Caradrina albina, Kv. Bull. Mose. 1848, iii. p. 215, & 18565, iv. p. 325 ;
Staud. Cat. Lep. al p- 196.

Charadrina congesta, Led. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 1853, p. 372, pl. 5. f.2.

Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi blackish, white at tips ;
antenne tinged with fuscous except at base; tarsi tinged with
fuscous and ringed with white; abdomen white slightly tinged
with ochreous. Fore wing pale ochreous, the terminal area tinged
with fuscous : subbasal line represented by a fuscous point on costa,
the antemedial line by a small black spot on costa and fuscous
points in submedian fold and on inner margin; orbicular absent ;
reniform faintly tinged with fuscous, with two white points on
inner side and three on outer; a medial fuscous point on costa ;
postmedial line indistinct, with small black point at costa, bent
outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved
below vein 4; subterminal line whitish slightly defined by rufous
on inner side and slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;
a terminal series of slight fuscous points. Hing wing pure white.

Ab. 1. congesta. Fore wing greyer and irrorated with black.

Hab. Russta, Urals, Orenburg, 2 5,292; 8. Russta (Grum-Grish-
mailo), 1 9, Odessa, 2 g¢; Asta Minor, Pontus; Persta, Shahkuh
(Christoph), 1 2; W.Turxesran, Ferghana, Saisan, Issyk Kul, Ala
Tau; W. Sreeria, Altai; Trprr, Kuku Nor. “vp. 32-34 millim.

Larva. Ochreous faintly mottled and striated with brown
except on ventral surface; subdorsal line indistinct, pale; stigmata
black; head brownish.

3973, Athetis terrea.
Noctua terrea, Frr. Neue Beitr. Schrett. iv. p. 26, pl. 303. ff. 3, 4 (1842);
Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 90, 409 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 197.
Caradrina ustirena, Boisd. Gen. & Ind. Meth. p. 187 (1840); Dup. Lép.
Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 221, pl..69. f. 3.
Caradrina dubiosa, Staud. Cat. Lep. Eur. p. 111 (1871).

Head and thorax pale red-brown; palpi black, white at tips ;
antenne blackish except at base ; tarsi blackish ringed with white;

ATHETIS. d41

abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown. Fore wing pale reddish
brown slightly irrorated with black, the terminal area suffused
with fuscous; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa ;
antemedial line double, the inner line very indistinct, slightly
angled outwards below costa and inwards on vein 1], with small
black spot at costa; orbicular small, round, defined by blackish ;
reniform narrow, detined by blackish, with white point on inner
side below, one on outer above and two below; an indistinct medial
line oblique trom costa te median nervure, then sinuous; post-
medial line double, the outer line indistinct, with black spot at
costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved at discal
fold and below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on
inner side by small dentate black marks between veins 7 and 3,
very slightly excurved below costa and at middle; a terminal
series of slight blackish strie. Hind wing white, the termen
suffused with fuscous from apex to vein 2, diffused inwards on the
veins ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a
slight discoidal point.

Ab. 1. dubtosa. Fore wing with the dentate black subterminal
marks obsolete.

Ab. 2. usterena. Paler; fore wing more ochreous brown, the
markings less developed.S. France.

Ab. 3. Head, thorax, and fore wing grey without any brown or
ochreous tinge.—Zermatt.

Hab. 8. France, Zeller & Leech Colls.; Guruany, Leech Coll. ;
Austria, Tirol; Hungary, Zeller, Frey & Leech Colls.; Swirzer-
Lanb, Zermatt; Datmarra; 8. Russta, Sarepta (Christoph); Astra
Minor, Taurus; Persta; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk Kul ;
Moneoira, Urga; E. Siserra, Amurland. Hap. 34-38 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 173 ; Hffm. Raup. p. 109.

Pale grey mottled with brown; dorsal line and segmental rings
whitish; stigmata black ; headdark brown. Food-plants: Taraai-
cum and other low-growing herbs.

3974. Athetis fusicornis.

Caradrina fusicornis, Rmbr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1832, p. 286, pl. 9. f. 5;
Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. ii. pl. 29. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lép. pal. p. 196.

Noctua kadentt, Frr. Neue Beitr. Schmett. ii. p 147, pl. 186 (1836); Fisch.
von Rosl. Schmett. pl. 36. ff. 2¢@,6.; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. pl. 29.
ff. 2,a,6; Herr.-Schatf. Kur. Schmett., Noct. f. 408; Hmpsn. Moths
Ind. ii. p. 260; Staud. Cat. Lép. pal. p. 197.

Caradrina proxima, Rmbr, Faun. And. pl. 18. f. 7 (18389).

Caradrina variabilis, Bell. Ann. Soc. Hnt. Fr. 1865, p. 104. pl. 2. f. 1.

Caradrina farinacea, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 411.

Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale reddish brown; palpi
black, white at tips; antenme blackish except at base ; tarsi
blackish, ringed with white; abdomen whitish tinged with ochreous
brown. Fore wing whitish tinged with pale reddish brown and with
slight dark irroration; subbasal line represented by a black point
on costa and striga from cell; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique,

o42 NOCIUIDE.

sinuous, with black spot at costa; orbicular a rufous point;
reniform a rufous lunule defined by whitish points; faint traces of a
sinuous medial line; postmedial line very indistinct, with series of
black points on it and spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then
minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4+; subterminal line repre-
sented bv a serics of slight whitish striz defined on inner side by
small rufous dentate marks at middle, shghtly excurved below
vein 7 and at middle and more or less angled inwards at discal
fold; a terminal series of black strie. Hind wing pure white with
some blackish strize on termen from below apex to vein 2; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal lunule, postmedial series of points on the veins, and
terminal series of black strize.

Ab. 1. proaima. Paler; fore wing whitish grey.

Ab. 2. variabilis. Fore wing whitish grey slightly irrorated
with pinkish or yellowish.—Corsica.

Ab. 3. farinacea. Fore wing with the centre of reniform
fuscous with black points round it.

Hab. 8. Francn, Frey Coll; Avsrria. Tirol; Huneary, Zeller,
Frey & Leech Colls., Carniola; Sparx; Corsica, type ft @ in Coll.
Mabille; Ivary; Sicmy, Zeller Coll; Datmaria; Turkey, Leech
Coll.; S. Russta; Asta Minor, Pontus, Taurus; Japan, Yokohama
(Manley), 1 3,1 9; Corza ; Kasumrr, Narkundah (McArthur),
2 9 ; Ponsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 ¢,1 9, Simla, 1 9
iype farinacea, Dharmsila (Hocking), 3 6, 5 2, Umballa, 2 ¢.
Hap. 32-36.
nice Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p.173; Hffm. Raup. p. 109, pl. 30.
lig dl

Grey-brown ; dorsal line whitish; lateral lines dark; head and

thoracic shield dark brown. Feeds on various low-growing plants.
3-4.

3975. Athetis melanosticta, n. sp. (Plate CXXX. fig. 10.)

Head and thorax ochreous white slightly irrorated with brown;
palp. black, white at tips; antennee fuscous except towards base ;
tibiee and tars: fuscous, the latter with slight pale rings: abdomen
ochreous white, the anal tuft tinged with rufous, the ventral surface
suffused with fuscous except at base. Fore wing pale ochreous
thickly irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area suffused with
fuscous from apex to vein 4; subbasal line absent ; antemedial line
represented by biack points on the veins; orbicular a black point ;
reniform small, defined by black and whitish points; traces of a
medial line, oblique and sinuous from costa to lower angle of cell ;
postmedial line indistinct, with black point at costa, bent outwards
below costa, then oblique, dentate and produced to black points on
the veins; subterminal line represented by small dentate black
marks from costa to vein 4, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7;
a terminal series of prominent black points. Hind wing pure
white; the underside with tue costal area tinged with ochreous
and irrorated with brown.

ATHETIS.

Ab. 1, Fore wing much more thickly irrorated with fuscous, the
markings obscured.

Hab. Br. EH. Arica, Taveta (Rogers), 3 2, Athi-ya~Mawe
(Betton), 1 3 type; Masnonanann (Dobbie), 1 ¢ ; Navat, Estcourt
(Hutchinson), 1 2, Durban (Leigh), 1 6. Hap. 24-26 millim.

3976. Athetis flavipuncta, n. sp. (Plate CX XX. fig. 11.)

Head and thorax ochreous white; palpi with the 2nd joint black
behind ; antenne black ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen
white irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochreous white with slight
dark irroration ; subbasal line represented by slight black points on
costa and median nervure with a black point beyond them in cell;
antemedial lne indistinct, blackish, curved, with black point at
costa and angled inwards to black points on median nervure and
vein 1; orbicular an indistinct small round brown spot; reniform
indistinct, fuscous, constricted at middle, with orange spot on its
outer edge with white point above it and two below it; postmedial
line indistinct, blackish, interrupted, with black point at costa, bent
outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to slight blackish
points on the veins, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line
yellowish defined on inner side by fuscous, slightly angled out-
wards at vein 7 and incurved at submedian fold; the terminal area
tinged with fuscous; a terminal series of black strie defined on
inner side by slight yellowish marks; cilia fuscous mixed with
grey and with slight grey line through them. Hind wing pure
white, the apical area tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal
line; cilia tinged with brown at apex; the underside with the
costal area slightly tinged with yellow and irrorated with brown, a
small discoidal spot and terminal series of black strie.

Hab. Masnonatann, Salisbury (Marshall, Dobbie), 35,2
type. Hxp. 28-30 millim.

3977. Athetis croceipuncta, n. sp. (Plate CXXX. fig. 12.)

¢. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with some grey ;
palpi black, the extremity of 2nd joint and the 3rd joint in front
white; antenne black; tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen
whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing greyish tinged with red-
brown; subbasal line represented by black points on costa and
below cell with a point beyond them in cell; antemedial line fine,
blackish, with black point on costa, slightly angled outwards below
costa and in submedian fold and inwards on median nervure and
vein 1; orbicular a round brown spot, faintly defined by whitish ;-
reniform defined by brown and with some white points round it and
orange point on outer edge, somewhat constricted at middle; an
indistinct oblique brown line from lower angle of cell to inner
margin; postmedial line fine, blackish, with black. point at costa,
bent outwards below costa, then oblique, dentate and produced to

344 NOCTUID ®,

black points on the veins; subterminal line faintly defined by
brown suffusion on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle; a terminal series of black strie ; cilia greyish
tuscous. Hind wing white, the costal area tinged with brown; a
fine brown terminal line; cilia brown towards apex; the underside
with the costal area irrorated with fuscous brown.

Hab. Transvaat (Cholinley), 1 & ; C. Cotony, Transkei (Miss F.
Barrett), 2 $ type. Hwp. 24-30 millim.

3978. Athetis germaini.

Bryophila germainit, Dup. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1835, p. 194, pl. 4a. f. 2;
id. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iu. pl. 28. f.5; Rmbr. Faun. And. pl. 18. f. 8 ;
Frr. Neue Beitr. Schmett. pl. 467. f. 3; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett.,
Noct. f. 143; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 197.

Head and thorax whitish suffused with pale red-brown; palpi
black, white at tips; antennze blackish except at base; tarsi
blackish ringed with white ; abdomen white tinged with brown.
Fore wing pale red-brown irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area
suffused with fuscous; a slight subbasal line trom costa to sub-
median fold with black point at costa; antemedial line very
indistinct, oblique, sinuous, with small black spot at costa;
orbicular represented by a few black scales ; reniform a brown
lunule with two white points on inner edge and three on outer and
a small yellowish lunule at middle of outer side; faint traces of a
curved medial line; postmedial line hardly traceable, double, with
small black spot at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa and
incurved below vein 4, some yellowish points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly defined by fuscous on
inner side, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle; a terminal series of minute blackish points with whitish
points on their inner side: a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind
wing white, the veins and marginal areas suffused with reddish
brown ; cilia white, brown at apex and with brown line near base
from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal area irrorated
with brown, a discoidal point, postmedial series of points on the
veins, and terminal series of points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. 8. Francz, Zeller Coll; Spatn, Catalonia; Srctty ; ALGERIA.
Ep. 30 millim.

3979. Athetis obtusa.

Caradrina obtusa, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 79, pl. 145. f. 6 (1891) ;
id. Moths Ind. i. p. 261.

Head and thorax whitish tinged with red-brown; palpi black,
white in front and at tips; antennee fuscous except at base; tarsi
fuscous ringed with white; abdomen grey tinged with brown and
irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey slightly tinged with red-
brown and irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line blackish, curved,
from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line blackish, curved,
minutely dentate; orbicular a black point; reniform indistinct,

ATHETIS. 345

fuscous brown, constricted at middle where there is a slight yellowish
point on its outer edge with traces of white points above and below
it; traces of a sinuous brown medial line; postmedial line black,
oblique from costa to vein 7, then dentate, slightly incurved at
submedian fold; subterminal line defined by fuscous suffusion on
inner side, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6, excurved and
waved at middle; a terminal series of black strize; cilia with a
yellowish line at base. Hind wing white, the costal area tinged
with brown; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
brown, a discoidal point and postmedial and terminal series of
points from costa to vein 2.

Hab. Hone Kone (J. J. Walker), 1 2 ; Manras, Nilgiris (Hamp-
son), 4 2 type; Bornzo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 9, Mt. Marapok,
1 $ ; Queenstanp, Townsville (Dodd), 1 2, Mackay, 1 9, Bris-
bane (Turner), 1 9,19. Hp. 34-36 millim.

3980. Athetis ignava. (Plate CXXX. fig. 13.)
Caradrina ignava, Guen. Noct. 1. p. 247 (1852).
Caradrina pervicax, Wilgrn, Ofv, Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1875. i. p. 107.
Caradrina partiia, Hmpsn. Nat. Hist. Sokotra, p. 323, pl. uO. f. 24
(nec W1k.).

Head and thorax pale grey tinged with reddish brown ;_ palpi
black, the 2nd joint white in front and at tips; antennz with the
basal half white, the terminal half fuscous; pectus and legs grey
mixed with fuscous, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen
grey dorsally suffused with fuscous, ventrally irrorated with fuscous.
Fore wing grey tinged with reddish brown and irrorated with
fuscous ; subbasal line slight, fuscous, curved, from costa to sub-
median fold; antemedial line indistinct, fuscous, oblique, sinuous ;
orbicular a small round black sput; reniform slightly defined by
fuscous, with small yellow spot on its outer edge with one white point
above it and two below it ; an indistinct oblique sinuous medial line ;
postmedial line slight, blackish, oblique from costa to vein 7, in-
curved at discal fold, oblique from vein 4 to submedian fold and
excurved above inner margin, a series of slight black points beyond
it on the veins followed by a faint curved line; subterminal line
indistinct, pale, slightly defined by brown on inner side, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of slight black points ;
cilia with a fine yellow line at base. Hind wing pure white; the
underside with the costal area tinged with yellow and slightly
irrorated with brown, postmedial black points on veins 8 to 6.

Hab. Soxorra, Adho Dimellus (0.-Grant), 2 9 ; Br. EK. Arrica,
Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 9 , Lagari (Betton), 2 2 , Ndimu (Betton),
5 9, Nairowa (Betton), 3 9 , Kikuya (Crawshay), 1 2 ; GazaLann,
Chirinda Forest (Murshall), 1 3; Transvaat (Cholmley), 2 3,
1 &, Pretoria (Janse), 1 3, Piet Retief (Crawshay), 1d, 1 235
Natar, Tugela R. (Reynolds), 1 Q, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 2 3 ;
Mavrritus, Curepipe (7ulloch), 2 ¢. Eup, 30-32 millim, Type +
in Mus. Paris.

546 NOCTUIDE.

3981. Athetis pigra. (Plate CXXX. fig. 14.)
Caradrina pigra, Guen, Noct. i. p. 248 (1852).
Caradrina partita, Wik. x. 294 (1856).
Caradrina orbata, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxiii. p. 293,
pl. xvi. f. 7 (1883).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous mixed with greyish;
palpi black, greyish at tips; antenne fuscous except at base;
pectus and legs fuscous brown, the tarsi with pale rings. Fore
wing greyish suffused and irrorated with rufous; subbasal line
shght, angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold ;
antemedial line indistinct, double, the lines widely separated, bent
inwards to costa, then erect, sinuous; orbicular absent; reniform
faint, brownish, with minute yellow lunule on outer edge with’
white point above it and three below it; an oblique sinuous brown
medial Jine ; postmedial line brown, excurved from costa to vein 3
and incurved in submedian interspace, with series of slight dark
points beyond it on the veins followed by a faint curved line
approximated to the indistinct brown subierminal line, which is
slightly angled outwards at vein 7; a fine dark terminal line and
yellow line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the apex faintly
tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal line; cilia brownish at
apex; the underside with the costal area strongly irrorated with
brown, a postmedial series of minute dark streaks on the veins
from costa to vein 2 with dark line on costal area.

Hab. W. Arrica, Congo (itichardson), 1 2 type partita; Br. KE.
Arrica, Mombasa (de la Garde), 3 9; Transvaat, White R.
(Cooke), 1 9; Natat (Gooch), 1 6,1 93 C. Cotony, Caffraria ;
Rerunton ; Mavrirrus, Curepipe (Tulloch), 2 ¢. Hap. 30-32
millim.

3982. Athetis sincera. (Plate CX XX. fig. 15.)
eae sincera, Swinh. P.Z.S. 1889, p. 411; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii,
p- 261
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous; palpi black at sides except
at tips; antennee blackish except at base; tarsi tinged with fuscous
and with slight pale rings. Fore wing ochreous tinged with
fuscous and irrorated with whitish; subbasal line represented by
slight dark pints below costa and cell; antemedial line indistinct,
waved; orbicular a dark point; reniform indistinct, fuscous
surrounded by some white points, narrow above and constricted at
middle; medial shade indistinct, waved; postmedial line indistinct,
minutely dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ;
subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly defined by fuscous on
inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a
terminal series of slight dark points. Hind wing white slightly
tinged with ochreous; the underside with the costal area slightly
irrorated with brown.
Hab, Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 5 3, 292, Simla
(Swinhoe), 1 2 type. LHvp. 30-34 millim.

ATIETIS, 347

3983. Athetis placida.

Radinacra placida, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 380, pl. 147. f. 4 (1884) ;
Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 261.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous mixed with greyish ; palpi
black, white at tips; antennee black ; tarsi biack ringed with white.
lore wing greyish suffused with rufous and with slight dark
irroration; subbasal line slight, dark, curved, from costa to sub-
median fold; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique, sinuous ;
orbicular a black point; reniform indistinct, diffused, blackish,
constricted at middle, with an ochreous point on its outer edge
and slight whitish points round it; traces of a dark medial line,
oblique from costa to reniform and sinuous below the cell; post-
medial line slight, blackish, bent outwards below costa, then
minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line defined
by blackish suffusion. on inner side, minutely dentate, excurved
helow vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black stria.
Hind wing white, the apex slightly tinged with brown; the under-
side with the costal area tinged with ochreous, a dark discoidal
point and postmedial points on the veins from costa to vein 4.

Hab. Cryton, 3 3,1 9 type. Havp. 26-30 millim.

3984. Athetis cognata. (Plate CXXX. fig. 16.)

Graphiphora cognata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 119 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths
Ind. ii. p. 259.

Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown; palpi black at
sides, whitish in front aad at tips; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ;
abdomen grey suffused with brown. Fore wing grey tinged with
ochreous and irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with
fuscous ; subbasal line black, curved, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line black, excurved below costa and slightly incurved
below submedian fold; orbicular a black point; reniform a minute
yellow spot with white point above it; medial line fuscous, oblique
from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; postmedial line
black, oblique from costa to vein 7, then produced to slight streaks
on the veins, iucurved below vein 4 and bent outwards above inner
margin, traces of a curved line beyond it and some pale points on
costa; subterminal line defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a slight black terminal line
and slight pale lines at base and middle of cilia. Hind wing white,
the veins, costal area, and termen tinged with brown; a fine
brown terminal line; cilia white with a brown line through them;
the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal spot and postmedial series of points on the veins from
costa to vein 3.

Hab. Punsas, Jubbulpore, 1 9 ; Sixuim (Atkinson, Dudgeon),
1 3,1 2 type; Bomsay (Swinhoe), 5 9 ; Mapras, Bellary, Raman
drug (Campbell), 1 3, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3. Hxp, 22 millim.

348 NOCTUID 4.

3985. Athetis singula. (Plate CXXX. fig. 17.)
Caradrina singula, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges, Wien, xxxili. p. 292,
pl. xvi. f. 6 (1883).

Head and thorax rufous; palpi black, whitish at tips; antenne
black except basal joint; pectus and legs ochreous mixed with
fuscous, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen pzle rufous
tinged with fuscous. Fore wing yellowish suffused with rufous ;
subbasal line black, excurved below costa and ending at submedian
fold; antemedial line black with small spot at costa, slightly angled
outwards below costa, excurved below cell and above inner margin and
angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular an indistinct round fuscous
spot; reniform fuscous with small ochreous white lunule on its
outer edge, usually with points above and below it; medial line
diffused, fuscous, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then
incurved; postmedial line black with small spot at costa, bent
outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to slight
streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; sub-
terminal line defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side, angled
outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of
black points with white points on their inner side; cilia greyish
fuscous with fine pale lines at base and middle. Hind wing white,
the costal area and termen to vein 2 tinged with ochreous brown,
a fine brown terminal line; cilia brownish at apex; the underside
with the costal area irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot,
slight postmedial line on costal area, and black terminal line.

Hab. Masnonatann, Salisbury (Marshall, Dobbie), 1 ¢, 3 9:
Becnuanatann, N’Gami (Lugard), 1 g¢; Naat, Maritzburg
(Burnup), 1 6, 1 @, Duff Road, 1 g¢3; C. Conony, Caffraria.
Exp. 28-30 millim,

3986. Athetis heliastis, n. sp. (Plate CXXX. fig. 18.)
3. Head whitish; palpi black, white at tips and with black

point on 8rd joint; frons with lateral black spots; antennve
blackish ; thorax black-brown with a slight greyish tinge ; pectus
and legs grey mixed with black, the tarsi black ringed with white ;
abdomen fuscous mixed with grey. Fore wing black-brown
irrorated with grey; subbasal line black slightly defined by
ochreous on outer side, from costa to submedian fold, a white point
beyond it in cell: antemedial line black with ochreous point on
costa, oblique, waved; orbicular with ochreous points on inner and
outer edges ; reniform asmall round orange spot with ochreous point
on inner side above, white point on outer, and three white points below
all defined by black; a faint dark line from lower angle of cell to
inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, blackish slightly defined
by grey on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then with black
points beyond it on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,
some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented
by a series of faint pale points, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

ATHETIS. 349

a terminal series of black points with white points on their inner
side ; cilia fuscous black. Hind wing white, the apical area and
termen tinged with fuscous; a black terminal line; cilia white
with fuscous line through them from apex to vein 2; the underside
white, the costal area irrorated with black, the apex tinged with
brown, a black discoidal spot, and sinuous postmedial lne from
costa to vein 3.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 ¢ type. Exp. 30 millim.

3987. Athetis anomeosis, n. sp. (Plate CX XX. fig. 19.)

Q@. Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with grey; palpi
black, white at tips; lower part of frons whitish ; antenne black ;
pectus and legs whitish mixed with brown, the tarsi fuscous
ringed with white; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral surface
white irrorated with brown. Fore wing reddish brown suffused
with fuscous and irrorated with grey; subbasal line black,
excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial
line indistinct, blackish, oblique, waved, with small black spot at
costa; orbicular a faint dark mark; reniform a minute whitish
lunule with white points above and below it; traces of a slight
dark medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, slight, faintly defined
by grey on outer side, with small black spot at costa, bent outwards
below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some pale
points with slight blackish streaks between them beyond it on
costa; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, faintly defined by
brown suffusion on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle; a fine dark terminal line and pale line at base of cilia.
Hind wing pure white; a fine brown terminal line from apex to
vein 2; cilia yellowish with brown tips from apex to vein 2; the
underside with the costal area irroratcd with dark brown, a dark
discoidal spot, diffused postmedial line from costa to vein 6, and
terminal series of minute lunules.

Hab. Br. EK. Arrica, Gwelil (Betton), 2 2 type. Exp. 28
millim.

3988. Athetis albirena.
Curadrina albirena, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 302 (1902).

¢. Head white mixed with some fuscous ; palpi blackish, white
at tips ; thorax fuscous mixed with some white: pectus and legs
whitish, the tibize banded with fuscous, the tarsi fuscous ringed with
white ; abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the anal tuft tinged with
rnfous. Fore wing fuscous mixed with white; antemedial Jine
whitish, ill-defined and diffused, slightly waved, erect; orbicular
absent ; reniform white defined by black and tinged with yellow at
middle; postmedial line hardly traceable, defined by afew white scales
and with white spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then

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minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, a white point beyond it on
costa; subterminal line represented by slight white points and
small white spots on costa just before apex and above tornus.
Hind wing white irrorated with brown especially on terminal area ;
a slight discoidal spot; cilia white with a slight brown line near
base; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated
with brown, a small discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial
line.

Hab. Becuvanatanp, N’Gami (Lugard), 1 g type. Exp. 20
millim.,

3989. Athetis leuconephra, n. sp. (Plate CX XX. fig. 21.)

3S. Head and tegule white tinged with rufous; palpi black at
base ; antenne black ringed with white; thorax dark brown with
some white scales, the metathorax blue-black; pectus and legs
ochreous white, the tibiz banded with black, the tarsi black ringed
with white; abdomen brown mixed with ochreous, the ventral
surface ochreous white irrorated with brown. Fore wing greyish
fuscous irrorated with white and with some ochreous below
costa and in submedian fold to postmedial line; subbasal line black
defined by white on outer side, minutely waved, from eosta to
submedian fold; antemedial line black slightly defined by white on
inner side on costal half, angled outwards below costa, then oblique,
sinuous; orbicular a small round black spot with white annulus, a
black patch beyond it before the reniform, which is pure white
slightly defined by black and with slight black lunule in centre; a
diffused oblique sinuous dark line from lower angle of cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line black defined by ochreous on outer side,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line formed of white scales with minute black
streaks before it from below costa to vein 3, angled outwards at
vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards at discal and sub-
median folds ; a terminal series of black striz. Hind wing ochreous
suffused with brown; cilia ochreous white, brown at apex; the
underside white slightly irrorated with brown, the costal area
tinged with ochreous, a dark discoidal point, curved postmedial line,
and terminal series of dark strie. :

Hab. Maswonatand, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 ¢ type. Hxp. 26
millim.

3990. Athetis bicornis.
Orthosia bicornis, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. viii. p. 77, pl. 145. f. 18 (1891);
id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 262.

Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with brown; palpi
black at sides except at tips; tarsi fuscous ringed with white.
Fore wing grey suffused with brown and irrorated with fuscous, the —

ATHETIS. 351

terminal area rather browner; subbasal line black, from costa to
submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, blackish, oblique from
costa to median nervure, then slightly sinuous; orbicular repre-
sented by an oblique black bar on inner side touching the
antemedial line, with two points beyond it ; reniform a black lunule
slightly defined by whitish and with two black points on its inner
side; a faint dark medial line oblique from costa to reniform, then
erect ; postmedial line very indistinct, with small black spot at costa
and slightly defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond
it on costa; subterminal line prominent, whitish, excurved at vein 7
and slightly incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of minute
black points ; cilia with white line at base. Hind wing white, the
veins and marginal areas tinged with brown, a slight discoidal
point ; cilia white with a slight brown line through them; the
underside with the costal and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with
brown, a black discoidal point, postmedial series of points on the
veins, and terminal series of points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Mapras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 3, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3
2 © type. Heep. 30 millim.

3991. Athetis meralis. (Plate CXXX. fig. 22.

Caradrina meralis, Morr. Can. Ent. vil. p. 215 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 195.
Carairina bilunata, Grote, Can. Ent. ix. p. 199 (1877).

@. Head and thorax pale brown tinged with rufous and
mixed with whitish; palpi black at sides, the tips whitish ; tarsi
blackish ringed with whitish; abdomen pale reddish brown.
Fore wing grey tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with
black; subbasal line black defined by greyish on outer side, from
costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in
with grey, oblique, minutely and irregularly sinuous; orbicular
absent ; reniform a small black lunule ; postmedial line indistinctly
double filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, then
minutely waved, oblique below vein 4; traces of a minutely waved
subterminal line; a terminal series of black strive. Hind wing
white, the veins and marginal areas slightly irrorated with brown;
the nalenedele with the Costa area irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal lunule aud traces of postmedial line from costa to vein 4.

Hab. Canava, Br, Columbia, Kaslo (Cockle), 1 9; ULS.A.,
N. & E. States, Maine, Massachusetts, Magnolia (Thawter), 2 2 type
bilunata, New Mexico. vp. 34 millim,

3992. Athetis melanopis, n. sp. (Plate CXXX. fig. 23.)

3g. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some grey ;
pectus and legs paler; abdomen grey irrorated with brown. hagre

352 NOCTUID A.

wing greyish thickly suffused and irrorated with fuscous brown ;
subbasal line blackish, waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-
medial line indistinct, dark, oblique from costa to median nervure,
then slightly incurved; orbicular a somewhat oblique black spot
touching the antemedial line; reniform rather oblique elliptical with
small black spot on upper edge ard two at lower extremity ; a rather
diffused dark line from lower angle of cell to innermargin; postmedial
line indistinct, dark, defined by whitish on outer side, excurved from
costa to vein 4, then oblique; a faint pale curved subterminal line
defined by some black scales on inner side; a terminal series of
slight black points; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing
white; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with
brown, a black discoidal point.

Hab, Masuonauanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 g type. Kap. 30
millim.

3993. Athetis glauca. (Plate CXXX. fig. 24.)
Caradrina glauca, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. 11. p. 804 (1902).

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; palpi black, white at
tips; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen. grey suffused with
brown. ~Fore wing grey-brown slightly irrorated with white and
with faint ochreous streaks in discal and submedian folds; subbasal
line blackish, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line
blackish, oblique, sinuous, angled outwards in submedian fold and
inwards on vein 1; orbicular asmall round blackish spot; reniform
small, defined by blackish and rather constricted at middle; post-
medial line black, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and
produced to white points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved ; subterminal line faint, whitish, slightly defined on inner
side by fuscous suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a
terminal series of black striae. Hind wing pure white, the costal
area and veins of terminal area tinged with brown, a fine brown
terminal line; the underside with the costal area suffused with
brown and irrorated with white, traces of a punctiform postmedial
line from costa to vein 3.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the orbicular elongate.

Hab. Br. HK. Arrica, Machakos (Crawshay), 56 ¢, Kikuyu
(Crawshay), 1 9, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 9; Transvaat (Pead), 1 3,
Piet Retief (Crawshay), 2 3, Johannesburg (Cooke), 1 9; Naat,
Esteourt (Hutchinson), 1 3,1 2 type. Exp. 24-32 millim.

3994, Athetis melanephra, n. sp. (Plate CX XX. fig. 25.)

Head and thorax fuscous mixed with grey-white; palpi with the
third joint whitish; antennze whitish; tegule tipped with white;

ATHETIS. 353

tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen white tinged with brown.
Fore wing whitish suffused with brown and irrorated with fuscous,
the veins with slight dark streaks; subbasal live double filled in
with whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold in which there
is aslight blackish streak beyond it; antemedial line black defined
by white on inner side, angled outwards below costa, then oblique,
sinuous; orbicular a rather elongate black spot; reniform a black
lunule; postmedial line black defined by white on outer side and
with small black spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then
dentate, incurved below vein 4, a fuscous patch beyond it on costal
area with white points on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, whitish,
defined on inner side by fuscous suffusion, slightly angled cutwards
at vein 7 and angled inwards at submedian fold where there is a .
diffused blackish mark before it; a terminal series of black striz.
Hind wing pure white, the apex slightly tinged with fuscous; the
underside with the costal area suffused and irrorated with fuscous,
a slight discoidal spot and fine brown terminal line. .

Hah, Bacavanatann, N’Gami (Lugard), 1 2; Transvaat, Modder-
fontein (Cruger), 1 9; Navat, Mooi R.,1 9; Basvrotanp, Maseru
(Crawshay), 1 3,1 9 type, Masite (Crawshay), 1 S. Hep, 28
millim.

3995. Athetis atrirena. (Plate CXXX. fig. 26.)
Caradrina atrirena, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 804 (1902).

Head and thorax pale rufous; palpi black, whitish at tips; fore
tibie blackish, the tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen whitish
tinged withred-brown. Forewing palerufousirrorated with fuscous ;
subbasal lineblack expanding into a spot at costa, waved, from costa to
submedian fold; antemedial line black with small spot at costa,
angled inwards below costa, then oblique, waved ; orbicular absent ;
reniform a narrow black lunule; a diffused fuscous medial line,
oblique from costa to reniform and slightly incurved from lower
angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line black with small
spot at costa, oblique from costa to vein 7, then minutely dentate,
somewhat incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some slight
pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined by fuscous
suffusion on inner side, oblique towards costa, excurved below
vein 7, excurved and minutely waved at middle; a terminal series
of minute black lunules. Hind wing pale reddish brown; cilia
yellowish at base, with diffused brown line at middle and whitish
tips; the underside whitish tinged with ochreous and slightly
irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule and indistinct
curved postmedial line.

Hab. Cars Cotony, Worcester Distr., Matjesfontein, 1 ¢ type,
Deelfontein (Sloggett), 1 9. Exp, 32 millim,

VOL. VIIi. D ir

3804 NOCTUID A.

3996. Athetis absorbens. (Plate CXXX. fig. 27.)
Graphiphora absorbens, W1k. x. 403 (1856).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous mixed with whitish;
palpi tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale rufous; traces of a
subbasal dark striga from costa ; an oblique sinuous antemedial line
angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform fuscous brown,
undefined, the former round, the latter elliptical; traces of a dark
medial line oblique from costa to reniform and sinuous from cell to
inner margin; postmedial line indistinct, dark, oblique from costa
to vein 6, then, dentate and produced to points on the veins,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line slightly defined
by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle; a terminal series of dark stria; cilia fuscous at tips.
Hind wing whitish suffused and irrorated with reddish brown, the
underside with dark discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial
line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial area suffused with
fuscous.— Kokstad.

Hab. Carg Cotony (Sir A. Smith), 1 3, 2 @ type, Kokstad
(Mrs. Pringle), 1 3. Exp. 32-38 millim.

3997. Athetis pallicornis.
Caradrina pallicornis, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 109. f. 20 (1874).

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey-white ; palpi and front
of pectus fuscous brown; fore tibiz banded with fuscous, the tarsi
fuscous ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with brown.
Fore wing grey-brown; subbasal line slight, blackish, curved, a
black point beyond it in cell; antemedial line blackish, angled
outwards below costa and excurved in submedian interspace ;
orbicular a minute dark point; reniform a diffused round black
spot; medial line blackish, sinuous, oblique from costa to reniform ;
postmedial line blackish, oblique from costa to vein 6, then dentate
and produced to black points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then
oblique, subterminal line faintly defined by fuscous on inner side
and with fuscous mark before it below vein 7, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of minute dark lunules.
Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous brown, an indistinct
discoidal spot and curved postmedial line; the underside- somewhat
paler with blackish discoidal lunule, diffused curved postmedial line,
and termina. series of minute blackish lunules.

Hab. Basuronanp, Maseru (Crawshay), 1 2; C. Cotony, Transkei
(Miss F. Barrett), 1 S$, 1 2, Knysna (7rimen), type to in Coll.
Rothschild. #wp, 32-36 millim,

ATHETIS. 355

3998. Athetis pertinax.

Caradrina pertinax, Staud. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiv. p. 887 (1878); id. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 199.

Caradrina vicina, Rom. Mém. ii. p. 55, pl. 3. f. 3 (1885), nee Staud.

Caradrina melanura, Alph. Rom. Mém. ix. p. 34 (1897).

Caradrina expansa, Alph. Rom. Mém. ix. p. 34 (1897).

Caradrina morosa, Alph. Rom: Mém. ix. p. 34 (1897), nec Led.

Agrotis inumbrata, Staud, Iris, xii. p. 563 (1899).

Head and thorax white slightly tinged with ochreous brown ;
palpi black, white in front and at tips; tarsi black rmged with
white; abdomen white. Fore wing ochreous white slightly
irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with pale brown ;
subbasal line represented by a small black spot on costa; ante-
meilial line indistinct, double, with black spot on the outer line at
costa, oblique, waved ; orbicular a brown point; reniform a brown
lunule with greyish centre ; a slight medial dark shade with black
spot at costa, obliqne from costa to reniform; postmedial line
indistinct, double, with black spot on inner line at costa, minutely
waved, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, some ochreous
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous, minutely
waved, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and angled
inwards at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of minute
black lunules ; cilia white, the bases yellowish followed by a slight
brown line. Hind wing pure white, the termen slightly tinged with
brown from apex to vein 2; the underside with slight brown patch
at apex.

Ab. 1. inumbrata. Fore wing more ochreous, the terminal area
broadly suffused with fuscous; hind wing with the terminal area
suffused wilh fuscous.—Taurus.

Ab. 2. melanura. Fore wing whitish, the terminal area broadly
black.—Armenia.

Ab. 3. expansa. Fore wing with the markings more distinct, the
underside almost without dark suffusion on terminal area.—W. and
HK. Turkestan.

Hab. ArmMenta, 1 3; Asta Mrvnor, Pontus, 2 2, Taurus, Zeitun ;
Syrra, 1 9; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk Kul; EK. Turxesran,
Thian-Shan Mts, Hap. 30 millim,

3999. Athetis vicina. (Plate CXXX. fig. 28.)

Caradrina vicina, Staud. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1870, p. 118; id. Cat. Lep. pal.
ps 196.

Caradrina belucha, Swinh. Trans, Ent. Soc. 1885, p. 348. pl. 9. f. 2;
Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 261.

Caradrina syriaca, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 294 (1892).

Caradrina fergana, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 204 (1892).

$. Head and thorax ochreous white slightly irrorated with red-

brown ; palpi with black-brown patch at side of 2nd joint; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen white. Fore wing yellowish

white slightly irrorated with brown, the terminal area sutfused with
2aZz

356 NOCTUID 2%.

fuscous brown ; subbasal line represented by black striz from costa
and median nervure ; antemedial line blackish with black spot on
costa, oblique, interrupted ; orbicular a small round brown spot ;
reniform a small lunule defined by blackish ; medial line with black
spot at costa, oblique to reniform, slightly sinuous from cell to inner

margin; postmedial line much interrupted with small black spots at
costa, submedian fold and inner margin, strongly bent outwards
below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4,
some yellow points beyond it on costa; traces of a pale subterminal
line. excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of
small black lunules; cilia brownish with a fine pale line at base.
Hind wing white, the veins of terminal area and termen slightly
tinged with brown from apex to vein 2; a fine brown terminal line
from apex to submedian told; cilia tinged with brown at apex;
the underside with small apical brownish patch and terminal series
of small blackish lunules from apex to vein 2.

2. Fore wing with the terminal area hardly suffused with
fuscous except before subterminal line.

Ab. 1. fergana, Fore wing more distinctly marked but without
the dark sutfusion on terminal area.— Armenia, W. Turkestan.

Ab, 2. syriaca. Darker, the hind wing wholly tinged with
fuscous.—Asia Minor, Syria.

Hab. Sparx, Murcia; 8. Russta, Sarepta, 1 ¢,3 9, Zeller and
Frey Colls.; Anrmenta; Asta Minor, Pontus, Taurus: Syria;
Prrsta; W. Tornesran, Turcomania, Ferghana, Issyk Kul;
K. Turxesran, Ili; Brnucuistan, Quetta (Swenhoe), 1 2 type
belucha. Evp. 3 30, 2 32 millim.

4000. Athetis flavitincta, n. sp. (Plate CXXX. fig. 29.)

Head and thorax whitish mixed with brownish ochreous ; palpi
blackish at sides ; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen pale
red-brown. | Fore wing whitish tinged with reddish ochreous and
irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with pale fuscous ;
subbasal line represented by a black point on costa; antemedial line
indistinct, double, with black point on the outer line at costa, then
oblique and shghtly waved; orbicular absent; reniform narrow,
faintly defined by fuscous ; a diffused curved waved medial shade;
postmedial line indistinct, dou! ole, with black point on the inner line
at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate,
oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub-
terminal line indistinct, pale, minutely waved; cilia greyish
ochreous mixed with brown and with fine ochreous line at base.
Hind wing white tinged with brown, the veins and termen brown ;
cilia white with a brown hne through them from apex to vein 2;
the underside white, the costal area irrorated with brown, the
termen suffused with brown from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2g, 2 @ type.
Fep. 32 millim.

ATHETIS. 351

4001, Athetis stygia, n.sp (Plate CXXX. fig. 30.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey; palpi
blackish, whitish at tips ; tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish. ore
wing grey tinged with brown and thickly irrorated with dark
brown ; subbasal line brown, curved, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line brown, angled outwards below costa, then obliquely
excurved; orbicular a small round brown spot with faint pale
annulus; renifurm elongate elliptical, brown with faint pale
annulus; a rather diffused dark medial line, oblique from costa to
median nervure, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line indistinct,
dark, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to dark
points on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond
it on costa; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by red-
brown, oblique, almost straight ; a terminal series of slight black
points. Hind wing grey suffused with brown; a terminal series of
slight dark striz ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base ; the under-
side whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule
and rather diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (@. Young), 3 ¢, Simla (Swanhoe,
Harferd, Nurse), 3 §,1 2 type, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 2 g,2 2,
Kala Pani (Yerbury), 4 g. Hvp. 26-36 millim.

4002. Athetis paupera.
Caradrina paupera, Christ. Rom. Mém. ii. p. 56, pl. 3. f. 4 (1885); Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 204.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown; tarsi slightly
ringed with white; abdomen grey-white suffused with brown except
ut base. Fore wing glossy grey-white tinged and irrorated with
brown, the terminal area slightly darker; traces of a subbasal line
from costa to submedian fold with dark point at costa; antemedial
line very indistinct, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform indis-
tinct, fuscous, undefined, the former round, the latter elliptical ;
postmedial line indistinct, dark, with dark point at costa, bent
outwards below costa, then sinuous, incurved below vein 4, some
whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined by
slight dark suffusion on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing whitish
suffused with brown, the cilia whitish; the underside whitish, the
costal and terminal areas slightly tinged with brown, a faint dark
discoidal lunule and indistinct sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Axmpnia; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 ¢, Ferghana ;
E. Turxestan, Li. xp. 32 millim.

4003. Athetis morpheus.

Phalena morpheus, Hifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 3802 (1767); Steph. Ill. Brit.
Ent.. Haust. it. p. 157; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 197.

Noctua pulla, Beckw. Trans. Linn. Soe. 1, 2, p. 5, pl. 1. ff. 7, 9 (1794).

Noctua sept, Hibn. Kur. Schmett., Noct. f. 161 (1802); Sepp, Ins. iv.
p- 117, pl. 34; Dup. Lép. Fr, vi. p. 52, pl. 75. f. 5; Steph. Ill. Brit.
Hnt., Haust. 1i. p. 158.

308 NOCLUIDA,

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with greyish ; palpi blackish,
greyish at tips; antenne ringed with whitish at base; abdomen
ochreous suffused with brown, whitish at base. Fore wing greyish
ochreous thickly suffused and irrorated with dark brown, the post-
medial area rather darker; subbasal line represented by a slight
dark striga from costa ; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique,
waved, with small black spot on the outer live at costa ; orbicular and
reniform indistinct, brown, the former irregular, the latter con-
stricted at middle and with slight yellowish mark on its outer edge
at middle; an indistinct diffused sinuous line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin; postmedial line indistinct, double, the lines
widely separated, the inner line minutely dentate, the outer even,
bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4: subterminal
line indistinct, greyish, defined on inner side by Gark brown, angled
outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, then incurved; a terminal
series of black points; cilia with a dark brown line near base.
Hind wing white, the veins of terminal area irrorated with brown ;
a slight discoidal spot, traces of a diffused subterminal line and
terminal series of dark strie; cilia with a slight brownish line
through them from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal
area suffused with brown, a blackish discoidal spot and curved
subterminal line from costa to vein 4.

Hab. Brirain, Leech Coll.; France; Gurmany, Zeller, Frey, and
Leech Colls.; Ausrrra; Hungary; Swirzrrtanp; vary, Savoy
(Hampson); ? Sicity ; Russta, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Urals; ARMENIA ;
K. Turresran, Ii; E. Sipurta, Amurland, Ussuri, Corea. ap.
30-34 millim.

Sarva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 122; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 282, pl. 220. f. 3.

Brown or grey-brown ; dorsal line paler with interrupted dark
edges; subdorsal series of blackish sagittate marks ; spiracular line
obscurely darker; head brown with dark freckles. Food-plants :
Sedum, Salix, Rubus, &e. 9-10.

4004, Athetis eschria, n. sp. (Plate CX XX. fig. 31.)

¢. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with black; palpi
with the 2nd joint black at sides; tarsi black ringed with white ;
abdomen greyish suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing reddish
brown thickly irrorated with black; subbasal line black, waved,
from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black, slightly
oblique and very minutely dentate ; orbicular and reniform fuscous,
undetined, the former round, the latter elliptical ; postmedial line
indistinct, blackish, slightly defined on cuter side by ochreous, bent
outwards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique below vein 4,
with small black spot at costa; faint traces of a dark subterminal
line excurved at middle; a terminal series of slight dark points.
Hind wing whitish tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown,
the apex suffused with brown ; the veins, a shght discoidal lunule

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and fine terminal line brown; the underside with the costal area
strongly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule.
Hab. Carn Cotony, Deelfontein (Sloggett), 1 $ type. Eup. 28
millim.
4005. Athetis nitens.
Caradrina nitens, Saalm. Lep, Madag. p. 276, f. 232 (1891).

Head and thorax dark red-brown; palpi black-brown; abdomen
brown mixed with greyish. Fore wing red-brown tinged with
grey and irrorated with blackish; subbasal line represented by
indistinct double dark strive from costa; antemedial line indistinct,
double, obliquely excurved; orbicular and reniform faint dark
marks, the latter with ochreous point on its outer edge; an indis-
tinct oblique sinuous dark line from lower angle of cell to inner
margin; postmedial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa,
then oblique, minutely waved, with traces of another line beyond
if and some pale points on costa; subterminal line represented by
a series of faint pale points defined by black on inner side, very
slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6 and excurved at middle; a
fine black terminal line and fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind
wing whitish suffused with brown, the terminal area darker, a fine
dark terminal line and ochreous line at base of cilia; the underside
white strongly irrorated with dark brown, a blackish discoidal spot,
curved postmedial line, and terminal series of slight lunules.

Hub. Br. E. Arrica, Masailand, E. Quaso (Betton), 2 3,2 9,
Uganda Ry., Mile 478 (Betton), 1 9 ; Mapagascar, Betsileo, Lup.
26-23 millim.

4006. Athetis funesta.

Caradrina funesta, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 256 (Oct. 1888); id.
Rom. Mém. vi. p. 489, pl. 8. 1. 10; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 198.

Acosmetia tugubris, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 851 (Feb. 1889).

Glottula squalida, Leech, P.Z. 8. 1859, p. 490, pl. 52. f. 3.

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some grey ; abdomen
grey sutfused with fuscous. Fore wing fuscous brown slightly mixed
with grey; antemedial line indistinct, greyish, slightly angled out-
wards below costa and inwards on vein | ; orbicular a small rather
oblique elliptical black spot slightly defined by grey; reniform a
small black lunule defined by grey on outer side; traces of a dark
medial shade; postmedial line blackish slightly defined by grey on
outer side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate,
incurved below vein 4; subterminal line greyish slightly defined
by fuscous on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a
terminal series of slight black stria. Hind wing greyish suffused
with fuscous brown; the underside fuscous brown slightly mixed
with grey, an indistinct blackish discoidal lunule and traces of a
rather diffused curved postmedial line.

.. Hab, EK. Stpuria, Amurland, 1.¢,1 9, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake
(Pryer),1 ¢,3 @ type squulida. Exp. 32-34 millim.

360 NOCTUIDAE.

4007. Athetis gluteosa.

Caradrina gluteosa, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. ii. p. 80 (1835); Hffm. Gr.
Schmett. Eur. ed, ii. pl. 44. f. 18; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 198.

Hydrilla uliginosa, Boisd. Ind. Meth, p. 138 (1840); Herr.-Schaff. Eur.
Schmett., Noct. ff. 293, 29.

Caradrina grisescens, Pouj. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. clvii.

3. Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with grey; palpi
black-brown, pale at tips; pectus and legs brown; abdomen
whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing glossy greyish ochreous
irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ;
subbasal line brown, from costa to median nervure; antemedial
line brown, rather near base, oblique, waved; orbicular a dark
point; reniform small, brown, with somewhat darker outline; a
medial brown shade, oblique from costa to reniform, then waved ;
postmedial line dark, strongly bent outwards below costa, then
dentate and produced to points on the veins, oblique below vein 4;
subterminal line pale defined on inner side by brown, angled out-
wards at vein 7 and oblique below vein 3; a terminal series of dark
strive ; cilia with slight greyish line near tips. Hind wing whitish
tinged with red-brown especially on terminal area from apex to
vein 2; the underside with the costal area suffused and irrorated
with brown, a slight dark discoidal spot, traces of a diffused post-
medial line from costa to discal fold and a fine dark terminal line.

©, Head, thorax, and fore wing rather greyer, the last with the
pale subterminal line more prominent.

Hab. Bererom ; Germany; Avsrria, Tirol, Carinthia; Huneary,
Leech Coll.; Swirrzertann, Valais; 8. Russia; Armenta; W. Turx-
ustan, Ferghana; KE. Turxustan, Ili; Moneonta, Urga; ‘ipxr,
Kuku-nor, Amdo; E. Srseria, Dahuria, Ussuri; Corna, Gensan
(Leech), 19 ; W.Cutna, Moupin. xp. g 32-86, 9 26—-%8 millim,

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 175; Hffm. Raup. p. 110.

Grey, with indistinct pale dorsal and subdorsal lines with oblique
dark streaks between them. Food-plants: Low-growing herbs. 3.

4008. Athetis tarda. (Plate CXXX. fig. 32.)

Caradrina tarda, Guen, Noct. i. p. 243 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 195.

Anorthodes prima, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 115 (1891); id.
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 198.

Head and thorax reddish brown slightly tinged with grey; palpi
dark brown, pale at tips; abdomen greyish suffused with rufous.
Fore wing pale glossy red-brown tinged with grey, the terminal
area rather darker; subbasal line blackish, curved, from costa to
median nervure; antemedial line blackish, angled outwards below
costa, incurved in cell, then oblique; orbicular a rather elongate
black point; reniform a faint dark bar; medial line rather indis-
tinet, oblique from costa to reniform, sinuous from cell to inner

ATHETIS. 361

margin; postmedial line blackish, oblique from costa to vein 6,
then dentate and produced to points on the veins, incurved below
vein 4; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by dark
brown suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and incurved
at submedian fold. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown, the
apical area slightly darker; the underside with the costal area
suffused and irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and
faint diffused postmedial line from costa to vein 4.

Hab, U.S.A., Distr. of Columbia, Washington, 1 ¢, Ohio,
Illinois, Quincey (Poling), 1 ¢, 1 2, W. Virginia, Florida. Lap.
26-30 millim.

Larva. Head small, thickly reticulated with dark brown. Body
robust, joint 13 enlarged; obscure brown with a narrow linear
whitish dorsal line; a series of faint oblique subdorsal streaks, the
dorsum reddish-shaded, with brown triangular spots on the poste-
rior edges of the segments; a large brown lateral spot on joint 13 ;
substigmatal band broad, pale, with a series of brown spots below ;
cervical shield concolorous.—H. G. D.

4009. Athetis smintha. (Plate CX XXL. fig. 1.)
Caradrina smintha, Hmpsu. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 305 (1902).

dg. Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with grey ; abdomen
rufous, whitish at base. Fore wing grey-brown with slight dark
irroration; subbasal line indistinct, blackish, from costa to sub-
median fold ; antemedial line black, interrupted, oblique, sinuous ;
orbicular a black point; reniform slightly defined by black at sides
only ; traces of a dark medial shade, oblique from costa to lower
angle of cell, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line blackish, bent
outwards below costa, then produced to slight streaks on the veins;
excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line faintly defined
by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle; a terminal series of slight black strive; a fine pale line
at base of costa. Hind wing white, the costal area suffused with
brown; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown
towards apex, a slight discoidal point.

@. Hind wing with the terminal area more or less suffused
with fuscous. |

Hab. Natat, Maritzburg (Burnup), 1 g; C. Cotony, Transkei
(Miss F. Barrett), 1 $,1 Q type. Hap. 28-36 millim.

Larva. Greyish thickly mottled with brown and with pale seg-
mental bands; subdorsal line indistinct, pale, edged by black marks
above, with more prominent marks on 2ud somite and small pale
spot on 3rd somite; lateral line indistinct, pale, edged with brown
above and with brown marks above it; stigmata blackish; ventral
surface paler; head red-brown.

362 NOCTUID®.

4010. Athetis aspersa.
Caradrina aspersa, Rmbr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1834, p. 385, pl. 8. f. 3;
Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. ili. pl. 29. f.3; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct.
f. 458; Hrr. Neue Beitr. pl. 467. ff. 1,2; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 197.
Caradrina anceps, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schinett. it. p. 209, Noct. f. 417
(1815).

Head and thorax whitish mixed with some brown and fuscous ;
palpi black, white at tips; antennee blackish except at base; tarsi
black ringed with white; abdomen white irrorated with brown.
Fore wing whitish tinged with red-brown and thickly irrorated
with dark brown; subbasal line represented by a black point on
costa and striga from cell; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique,
sinuous, with black spot at costa; orbicular represented by a brown
point; reniform very narrow, defined by brown and with some
whitish on its inner and outer sides; postmedial line indistinct,
double, with small spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then
the inner line dentate, oblique below vein 4 and angled outwards
at vein 1, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
represented by a series of white points defined on inner side by
fuscous, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series
of black points; cilia with a fine yellowish line at base. Hind
wing white, the termen suffused with pale brown ; cilia white; the
underside with the costal area and termen irrorated with brown, a
small discoidal spot.

Hab, S. France; Austria, Tirol; Hungary, Leech Coll;
SwitzeRLanp, Valais; Irary, Liguria; ?Srctry; Armenia; Asia
Minor, Pontus, 1 6,1 9, Taurus; Syria. Hep. 34 millim.

4011. Athetis maculatra. (Plate CXXX1I. fig. 2.)
Caradrina maculatra, Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvi. p. 651 (1902).

Q. Head and thorax white tinged with pale purplish brown and
irrorated with a few black scales; palpi with black patch at side of
2nd joint; tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen pale grey-
brown. Fore wing pale purplish grey tinged with brown and
sparsely irrorated with black; subbasal line black, from costa to
submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, biack, dentate, rather
oblique, with traces of another dentate line before it; orbicular a
black point; reniform a very indistinct minute blackish lunule ;
medial line indistinct, curved ; postmedial line very indistinct, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, waved, with
traces of another curved Jine beyond it with prominent rather elon-
gate black spot on it at discal fold; subterminal line faintly defined
by brown on inner side and very shghtly excurved below vein 7
and at middle; a terminal series of minute black spots. Hind
wing white, the veins, costal and inner areas, and termen tinged
with ochreous brown; the underside with the costal area slightly

ATHETIS. 363

irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point and postmedial series
of points on the veins from costa to vein 4.
Hab. Querxstann, 1g. Hvp.32 milllim, Type tf in Coll. Lower.

4012. Athetis bimacula.

Nebrissa bimacula, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 194 (1862) ; Swinh.
Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 41, pl. 1. f. 22.
Caradrina terminata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Soc. Nat. Hist. xi. p. 444 (1897).

d. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish irrorated with purplish
brown ; palpi black, white at tips: antenne blackish ; tarsi fuscous
ringed with white. Fore wing ochreous whive slightly irrorated
with purplish brown; subbasal line blackish, curved, from costa
to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, sinuous;
orbicular a black point; reniform represented by two obliquely
placed dark points; medial line dark, diffused, sinuous, oblique
towards costa; postmedial line represented by a series of blackish
points with dentate line between them, oblique to vein 7 and
slightly angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; terminal
area suffused with dark reddish brown, its inner edge running
obliquely from costa before apex to discal told in which there is a
blackish spot beyond postmedial line; traces of a diffused dark
subterminal line oblique from apex to vein 6 and execurved at
middle; a terminal series of minute black lunules ; a fine pale line
at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown especially
on the veins and terminal area; a slight brown terminal line; cilia
whitish with a brown line near base irom apex to vein 2; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small
discoidal spot, postmedial series of minute streaks on the veins, and
terminal series of striz.

@. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing more thickly irrorated
with purplish brown.

Hab, Buurdn (Dudgeon), 1 3 type terminata; Borneo, Sarawak
(Wallace), 1 G ; Purtrepines, Luzon, Benquet Prov. (McGregor),
29. EHvp. 24-30 m lim.

4013, Athetis maurella.

Caradrina maurella, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 255; id. Rom. Méin.
vi. p. 489, pl. 8. f. 9; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 198.

3 . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with some grey especially
on head; palpi black-brown, whitish at tips; pectus and legs black-
brown, the tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen brown, the ventral
surface darker. Fore wing dark brown with a cupreous gloss and
irrorated with grey; traces of a sinuous subbasal line from cesta
to submedian fold; antemedial line blackish, oblique, sinuous,
excurved below costa and above inner margin; claviform and
orbicular absent ; reniform an ill-defined blackish spot; an indis;
tinct diffused dark medial shade; postmedial line blackish slightl.

onpe

364 NOCTUID.

detined by grey on outer side, slightly bent outwards below costa,
obliquely excurved to vein 4, then sinuous, some white points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line faint, pale, angled outwards
at vein 7, then minutely waved; cilia greyish with a faint dark
line through them. Hind wing pale suffused with brown, a fine
whitish line at base of cilia; the underside whitish irrorated with
brown, the costal and terminal areas brown irrorated with somo
white, a slight discoidal spot and indistinct diffused postmedial line.
Hab. ¥E. Steerra, Amurland, 1 ¢, Ussuri. Hap. 32 millim.

4014. Athetis hypereschra, n. sp. (Plate CXNXXLT. tig. 3.)

Head and thorax dull reddish brown mixed with dark brown ;
antennee blackish; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen greyish
brown, Fore wing dull reddish brown irrorated with fuscous, the
medial and terminal areas rather darker; subbasal line represented
by blackish points below costa and cell; antemedial line blackish,
indistinct, oblique, sinnous ; orbicular absent ; reniform very indis-
tinct with faint pale centre defined by fuscous; traces of a dark
medial line, oblique from costa to subcostal nervure; postmedial
line diffused, blackish, oblique from costa to vein 6 just beyond the
reniform, then inwardly oblique and minutely waved ; subterminal
line indistinct, pale, slightly defined by fuscous suffusion on inner
side, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;
a terminal series of slight dark striae; a fine pale line at base of
cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; cilia ochreous
white; the underside ochreous whitish thickly irrorated with
brown, traces of a discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial
line.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Munisu (Lord Delamere), 1 3 , Gwelil (Betton),
3 2 type. Hxp. 32 millim.

4015. Athetis variana.

Radinacra variana, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1886, p. 444, pl. 40. f. 10; Hmpsn.
Moths Ind. ii. p. 266.

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous whitish slightly tinged
with brown ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing ‘greyish
tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with brown; subbasal
line blackish, slightly curved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-
medial line blackish, oblique, strongly sinuous ; orbicular absent ;
reniform defined at sides by fuscous; a rather diffused blackish
medial line, oblique from costa to reniform, incurved from cell to
inner margin; postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards below
costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,
some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indis-
tinct, pale, slightly defined on inner side by brown suffusion,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a fine dark terminal line
and whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish, tinged with

ATHETIS. 365

ochreous brown especiilly on the veins, costal and terminal areas ;
a slight brown terminal line; cilia yellowish white with a faint
brown iine through them; the underside with the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule.

Hab. Bomsay (Swinhoe), 1 2 type. Hvp. 16 millim.

4016. Athetis gilva.

Agrotis gilva, Donz. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1837, p. 473, pl. 18. f. 12; Geyer,
Kur. Schmett., Noet. f. 877; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 461, pl. 40.
ff. 4, 6; Herr.-Schaft, Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 410, 411; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 197.

@. Head white; palpi fuscous except at tips; antennee fuscous
except at base; thorax grey mixed with brown; legs tinged with
fuscous; abdomen grey tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish
irrorated and suffused with pale fuscous ; subbasal line represented
by a slight blackish spot on costa; antemedial line indistinct,
oblique, fuscous with blackish spot at costa ; orbicular with hardly
traceable dark outline, small, round; reniform an indistinct fuscous
lunule; faint trace of a dark medial line; postmedial line indis-
tinct, dark, slightly defined by whitish on outer side and with
blackish spot at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then
sinuous, incurved below vein 3; subterminal line very faint,
whitish, excurved below costa and at middle and bent outwards to
tornus; cilia white, tinged with ochreous at base and with dark
lines near base and at middle. Hind wing whitish tinged with
brown, the veins, costal area, and termen tinged with pale brown ;
cilia white with brown line near base except towards tornus; the
underside white, the veins, costal area, and termen tinged with
brown, a slight discoidal spot.

Hab. TRAD. Alps; Avsrrta, Tirol; Swirzernanp, Engadine,
19; Spar, Andalusia. xp. 38 millim.

*4017. Athetis drasteroides. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 4.)
Caradrina drasteroides, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxv. p. 18 (1903).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white. Fore wing
creamy white irrorated with black, the postmedial and terminal
areas greyer; subbasal line absent or represented by a point on
costa ; antemedial line represented by a few black scales and a point
on costa, excurved at median nervure and angled inwards at vein | ;
elaviform and orbicular absent ; renitorm oblique, dusky, undefined,
obscured by the medial shade which is oblique from costa to lower
angle of cell, then approximated to the postmedial line, which is
blackish defined by whitish on outer side, a black spot on it at
costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line whitish,
defined on inner side by a faint dark shade at costa, very slightly
excurved below vein 7 ; a terminal series of black points, sometimes _
absent. Hind wing pure white; a dark discoidal point sometimes ~

366 NOCTUID ®.

present and some dark scales at base of cilia; the underside with
incomplete postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., S. California, Arizona. Hap. 30-34 millim. This
species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in Coll.

J. B. Smith.

*4018. Athetis fixseni.

Pseudophia fixseni, Christ. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 118 (1883); id.
Rom. Méum. ii. pl. 4. f. 6; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 196.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow, the last slightly
irrorated with brown on dorsum ; palpi with some black at sides ;
antenne blackish ; tarsi black ringed with yellowish white. Tore
wing pale yellow, a waved blackish subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold; antemedial line reddish brown, expanding into
small black spots at costa and submedian fold, oblique, waved ;
claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform with shght blackish point
in centre and faintly defined by blackish, minute ; postmedial line
reddish brown, with small black spot at costa, shghtly bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4; subterminal line
defined by slight dark suffusion on inner side, more prominent at
costa where there is a pale point on it, angled outwards at veins
7, 6 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points ;
cilia yellowish at base, white at tips. Hind wing yellowish white,
the terminal area suffused with reddish brown narrowing to tornus ;
cilia white; the underside white, the costal area tinged with
yellow, the terminal area suffused with brown from apex to sub-
median fold, a faint discoidal point.

@. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines much stronger ;
the reniform a biackish lunule; a rather diffused reddish medial
line expanding into a black spot at costa, obliquely incurved to
lower angle of cell, then waved.

Hab, Axnmenta; 8. Panesrinet; W. Turxestan, Aschabad, Sum-
bar in Coll. Piingeler. Aap. 28 millim.

4019. Athetis casearia.

Caradrina casearia, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 875, pl. 5. f. 1 (1899); id. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 196.

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen white with a faint yellowish
tinge; palpi with the 2nd joint irrorated with fuscous at sides ;
antennee tinged with rufous. Fore wing yellowish white very
slightly irrorated with red-brown ; subbasal and antemedial lines
absent ; orbicular a small round rufous spot, the reniform a slight
rufous lunule ; postmedial line very indistinct, rufous, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal ijine
represented by rather diffused brown scales, slightly angled outwards
at vein 7; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure

ATHETI?:.—PROMETLOPUS. 367

white; the underside with the costal area slightly tinged with
yellowish, a slight dark discoidal striga.
Hab, Patxstine, Jordan, 1 ¢. Hvp. 28 millim.

4020. Athetis melanurina. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 5.)
Agrotis melanurina, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 146 (1901).

Head and thorax ochreous white; palpi fuscous at sides ; abdomen
ochreous with more or less developed fuscous dorsal bands. Fore
wing ochreous white; the costal edge fuscous at base; subbasal line
represented by a black point on costa and faint traces of a line to
submedian fold ; traces of a minutely waved antemedial line with
a black point at costa ; traces of a waved line from lower angle of
cell to inner margin ; postmedial line very indistinct, irregularly
waved, arising from a black spot at costa, strongly bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; terminal area
fuscous black with a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing
white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous except at apex
and towards tornus; cilia fuscous with a fine white line at base.

Hab, Patestine, 1 $,192. Hap. 3 30, o 34 millim.

Genus PROMETOPUS. TT
JE OMONO/ PIS, EnWeB. INOEk, to Os Bis} (USDZ)) acecacoasocaccaconosqacecsece inassueta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi with the 2nd joint upturned, reaching
about to middle of frons, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons with short truncate
conical prominence with somewhat raised edges and corneous plate below it ;
eyes large, round ; antennz of male somewhat laminate and minutely ciliated ;
thorax clothed with rough hair and hair-like scales, the prothorax with
spreading crest, the metathorax with divided crest; tibize moderately fringed
with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rect-
angular, the termen somewhat excised below apex and excurved at middle ;
vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from below upper
apele; 7, 8.9, 10, stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, and 6,7
shortly stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the reniform white or defined by whiie.
a. Fore wing with the ground-colour olive-yellow,
@, Fore wing with the reniform strongly constricted at

HMI GUIG oiconduatayeron So pSa no mEeBErCreOn ET cmCHa COR Man neGr re flavicollis.
il, Fore wing with the reniform not constricted at

MNO eteerawerese ke cake cectie dngseseoronsemaeccaueemnatanaan albistigma.

6. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey.
a, Fore wing with the orbicular present ..............0..- horologa.
61. Fore wing with the orbicular absent................+-..- imassueta,
B. Fore wing with the reniform not white or defined Ly

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4021. Prometopus flavicollis.
Erastria flavicollis, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 525, pl. 53. f. 4.

g. Head white irrorated with black; palpi and antennx black-
brown; teguia olive-yellow ; thorax brown mixed with whitish ;

368 NOCTUID™®.

pectus and legs black- brown, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen
brown. Fore wing olive-yellow mostly suffused and irrorated with
black-brown to submedian fold, the inner area pale reddish brown ;
subbasal line represented by slight double dark strize from costa ;
a slight black streak below base of cell; antemedial line double
filled in with yellowish, angled outwards below costa, incurved in
cell and obsolescent on inner area; orbicular absent; reniform a
white patch extending to costa, defined at sides by black above,
excised at middle and with dark mark on lower edge ; postmedial line
indistinctly double filled in with yellowish, slightly bent outwards
below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly
oblique, angled inwards in submedian fold and obsolescent on inner
area, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line oblique
and whitish towards costa, then indistinct, defined on each side by
some black suffusion, minutely waved and obsolescent on inner area ;
a blackish terminal line except towards tornus with some whitish
scales on inner side. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown ;
cilia whitish at tips ; the underside whitish tinged with brown, the
costal area irrorated with brown, a brown disco.dal spot and curved
minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Javan, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 3 type, Tsu-shima (Holt), 1 3.
Exp. 22-3) millim.

4022. Prometopus albistigma. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 6.)
Caradrina albistigma, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1904, p. 139,

Head and thorax olive-yellow mixed with white, the tegule with
diffused brown bands near base and tips, the patagia mostly brown,
palpi black-brown, whitish in front and at tips; pectus and legs
mostly daik brown; abdomen dark brown, the anal tuft ochreous
white. Fore wing olive-yellow, the costal edge blackish, the inner
area irrorated with brown ; subbasal line represented by a whitish
point on costa; a slight black streak below base of celi ; antemedial
line represented by a whitish point on costa and an indistinct, double,
minutely waved dark line from cell to inner margin; orbicular
absent ; reniform an oblique oblong white patch extending to costa ;
postmedial line very indistinct, pale, minutely waved and excurved
from costa to vein +, then oblique, dark, waved, some white points
beyond it on costa and blackish streaks from bey ond it to termen in
discal fold and below vein 3; a terminal series of small blackish
lunules ; cilia black-brown with slight white lines at base and middle.
Jind wing greyish suffused with brown; the underside paler, the costal
area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point, oblique somewhat
dentate postmedial line, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. SiNGAPoRE (Ridley), 2 3,1 9; Borneo, Malang (Shelford),
1 9, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 30- 32 millim.

PROMETOPUS. 369

*4023. Prometopus horologa. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 7.)
Orthosia horologa, Meyr, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 367.

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with black and
slightly with grey ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen pale.
Fore wing clothed with grey, brown, and black scaies; an indis-
tinct obliquely waved black antemedial line; orbicular indistinct,
rounded, with brownish centre, white annulus and black outline ;
reniform strongly constricted at middle, white with brownish centres
to upper and lower lobes; the postmedial line black defined by
whitish on outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, then
minutely waved; some white points on apical part of costa; an
indistinct sinuous subterminal line with some dentate black marks
on it; some black points on termen. Hind wing fuscous, whitish
towards base; the underside white with the terminal area
fuscous.

Hab. QunEnstand, Brisbane in Coll. Turner. Zap. 30 millim.

4024. Prometopus inassueta.

Prometopus inassueta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 38 (1852).

Lryophita dorsivaria, W\k. xv. 1648 (1858).

Agrotis scotti, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f. 16 (1874).

Caradrina chromoneura, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 86
(1902).

Erastroides lichnomima, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 110
(1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with black and brown ;
tibize and tarsi banded black and white. Fore wing grey tinged
with green and irrorated with black and suffused at base and on
disk with brown ; a curved black subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold, then bent outwards above vein 1 ; an oblique

Fig. 96.—Prometopus inassueta, G. 4.

black antemedial line, angled inwards on vein 1; reniform outlined

in white and constricted at middle; a curved crenulate black

postmedial line angled inwards in submedian fold; some whitish

points on costa towards apex; an obscure dentate subterminal

line and black streaks in the interspaces before termen and

terminal series of points. Hind wing fuscous brown :.the under-
VOL. VIII. 28

370 NOCLUID®.

side whitish irrorated with fuscous; a prominent black discoidal
spot; a dentate postmedial line bent outwards below costa and
incurved below vein 3.

Hab. QuuEnstann, Brisbane (Turner), 2 9; Tasmanra (Butler),
15,19, type dorsivaria; Ausrratia (Harrington), 1 2. Hep.
34-44 millim,

*4025. Prometopus nodyna. (Plate CX XXI. fig. 8.)
Prometopus nodyna, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxviii. p. 215 (1904).

6. Head and thorax grey mixed with black ; palpi with black
band on 2nd segment; tibiee and tarsi banded with black ; abdomen
brownish grey with the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing grey
thickly irrorated with black; a diffused irregular black fascia
above base of vein 1; the subbasal line represented by an oblique
black striga from costa, with an oblique blackish band beyond it
from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, waved,
oblique ; orbicular rounded, incompletely defined by black points ;
a broad oblique medial black band; reniform large, brownish
defined by a waved blackish line; postmedial line black, minutely
dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved ; subterminal lne greyish, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle, defined on outer side by small dentate
blackish marks, stronger above tornus; cilia chequered grey and
blackish. Hind wing grey tinged with fuscous brown; the
underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
fuscous, a medial fuscous bar on costal area and waved postmedial
line.

Hab. Qurensiann, Brisbane (Turner), type 7 ¢ in Coll. Turner.
Exp. 32 millim.

Genus EREMOCHROA. i
ype.
Eremochroa, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 368 2.2.0.0... .. cease psamumias,

Proboscis absent; palpi porrect, extending about the length of head and
moderately fringed with hair below; frons with truncate conical prominence
with raised edges and corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antennz
of male bipectinate with long branches to apex; thorax clothed chiefly with
scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with spreading crest ;
build slender; tibize smoothly scaled ; abdomen without crests, long. Fore
wing long and narrow, the costa nearly straight, the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole;
11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent
from middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with
the cell to middle.

A. Fore wing mostly suffused with rufous.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular very indistinct, the clavi-
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b. Fore wing with the orbicular distinct.
a', Fore wing with the claviform rather short, the lines
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&1. Fore wing with the claviform narrow and elongate,

HS MNES WEY CUEING Gocncccoege onso2s 400 sbb0n00Deg9hs00005 macropa.
B. Fore wing brownish grey, the submedian fold and stigmata
HINETSCl WA TAUROUIS. (gocccoosncosacaonacadansoanodoansenedasoesoo ob paradesina.
C. Fore wing white irrorated with brown and not tinged
with rufous ........... dain a Siremtoe Aaa R eee eam elt cis eitaicis alphitias.

*4026. Eremochroa psammias. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 9.)

Eremochroa psammias, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 363.

3. Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with
brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen white tinged with ochreous.
Fore wing ochreous white slightly tinged with rufous; traces of
a white antemedial line, oblique from costa to submedian fold,
then inwardly oblique, with black point on its outer edge in
submedian fold and some black scales at inner margin; orbicular
and reniform hardly traceable and very faintly defined by brown,
the former round ; postmedial line very indistinct, whitish defined
by a few brownish scales, oblique from costa to vein 6, obliquely
incurved below vein 4; traces of a curved whitish subterminal
ne. Hind wing white tinged with reddish brown except on
costal area; cilia white ; the underside white tinged with ochreous.

Hab. W. Ausrrauia, Carnarvon, type ¢ ¢ in Coll. Meyrick.
Exp. 32 millim.

4027. Eremochroa thermidora, n. sp. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 10.)

6. Head and thorax white tinged with rufous; antenne and
a bar between them rufous; tegule except at tips and metathorax
rufous ; palpi rufous; tibiee and tarsi rufous banded with whitish ;
abdomen white tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous white
almost wholly suffused and irrorated with fiery red, the terminal
area grey-white; subbasal line represented by a faint whitish
striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, brown defined by
whitish on inner side, waved, angled inwards at vein | ; claviform
narrow, defined by brown; orbicular and reniform small, with
slight whitish annuli indistinctly defined by brown, the former
diamond-shaped with red centre, the latter strongly constricted
at middle and with dark marks in upper and lower parts; a
diffused dark medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of
cell, then approximated to the postmedial line, which is indistinct,
pale, minutely waved, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ;
subterminal line whitish defined by fiery red on inner side,
dentate, rather obliquely curved; a fine brown terminal line ;
cilia rufous at base, whitish at tips. Hind wing white slightly
tinged with ochreous; a slight brown terminal line.

Hab. W. Avsrratia, Sherlock R. (Clements), 6 3 type. Evp.
34-38 millim.

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One NOCTUID ©.

4028. Eremochroa macropa. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 11.)
Praxis macropa, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxii. p. 16 (1897).

¢. Head and thorax white irrorated with brown, the tips of
teeule and the metathoracic crest red-brown; palpi dark brown
except at base; legs banded with brown, the tarsi blackish ringed
with ochreous; abdomen grey-white suffused with brown. Fore
wing grey-white irrorated with brown and mostly suffused with
fiery red especially in and below cell and before subterminal line ;
subbasal line dark defined by whitish on outer side, excurved
below the cell and ending at vein 1; antemedial line dark brown
defined by whitish on inner side, waved, strongly incurved at
vein 1; claviform narrow and elongate, whitish detined by brown ;
orbicular and reniform minute, reddish white defined by black-
brown, the former round, the latter a narrow bar with short streak
below it; postmedial line dark brown defined by whitish on outer
side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4,
then oblique; subterminal line yellow defined by fiery red on
inner side, dentate and rather obliquely curved; cilia chequered
brown and reddish yellow at base, whitish at tips. Hind wing
greyish wholly suffused with brown ; cilia brownish at base, white
at tips; the underside grey tinged with brown.

Hab. N. 8. Wass, Broken Hill (Lower, Lyell), 5G. Huxp.
42 millim.

4029. Eremochroa paradesma. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 12.)

Eremochroa paradesma, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvi. p. 645
(1902).

6. Head and thorax greyish tinged with reddish brown, the
metathoracic crest darker brown ; palpi browner at sides; abdomen
whitish obscurely banded with brown. Fore wing pale grey-
brown with slight dark irroration, the discal and submedian folds
with a reddish ochreous tinge; subbasal line represented by
dark points below costa and cell with some whitish on outer
side; antemedial line brown defined by whitish on inner side,
rather oblique, waved; claviform narrow, defined by brown ;
orbicular and reniform reddish ochreous, the former round, defined
by brown and with brownish centre, the latter defined by brown
at sides only and with brown mark in lower part, strongly
constricted at middle; a rather diffused waved brown medial line;
postmedial line formed by dark brown lunules defined by ochreous
white on outer side, excurved from costa ta vein 4, then oblique
and excurved below submedian fold; subterminal line indistinct,
whitish defined on inner side by small dentate dark brown marks,
angled inwards in submedian fold; a terminal series of dark
strie ; cilia chequered brown and whitish and with fine brown
line through them. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged

EREMOCHROA.—MICROPIA. Dae

with ochreous brown ; faint diffused brownish postmedial and
subterminal lines, rather more distinct on underside.

Hab. S. Avstratia, Parkside (Lower), 1 ¢. vp. 40 millim.

4030. Eremochroa alphitias.
Exemockhroa alphitias, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 369.

Head, thorax, and abdomen glossy white slightly tinged with
ochreous ; palpi tinged with red-brown at sides; tibie and tarsi
slightly banded with red-brown. Fore wing white irrorated with
reddish brown; subbasal line represented by a slight striga from
costa; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with white,
slightly angled outwards below costa, more strongly in submedian
fold, and angled inwards on vein 1; claviform narrow, white
defined by brown above; orbicular white with brown centre,
elongate elliptical ; reniform defined by white at sides and with

Fig. 97.—LHremochroa alphitias, $. 3.

brown marks above and below, strongly constricted at middle;
postmedial line slight, brown defined by white on outer side,
minutely dentate, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwarely
oblique and slightly excurved below submedian fold; a minutely
waved white subterminal line; cilia chequered white and reddish
brown. Hind wing white faintly tinged in parts with reddish
brown; a brown terminal line; the underside with traces of
diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Qunenstand, Brisbane (Turner), 1 3,1 9, Dalby (Turner),
1 ¢; W. Ausrraria, Roebuck Bay (J. J. Walker), 1 9; N.S. Warns
(kaonor)), 2, 4 2. Broken Hill (Lower, Lyell), 5 6, 102.
Exp. 30-40 millim.

Genus MICROPIA, noy.

Type, 4. rhodocentra.

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi porrect, moderate:y scaled, not extending
beyond the large rounded frontal prominence with corneous plate below it ;
eyes large, round; antenne of female ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with
scales, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibise smoothly scaled, the
fore tarsi with small curved claw-like spines on outer side of the joints ;
abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the
termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, and 6, 7 stalked; 5 obsolescent
from middle of discocellulars ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

374 NOCLUIDA.

4031. Micropia rhodocentra.
Prometopus rhodocentra, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvi. p. 222 (1902).

2. Head and thorax greyish mixed with brown and tinged
with rufous; abdomen whitish slightly tinged with brown. Fore
wing greyish suffused with brown and irrorated with fuscous; a
slight fiery red streak below base of cell; traces of an erect dark
antemedial line; orbicular and reniform pale fiery red defined by
blackish, the former minute, round, the latter a small lunule ;

Fig. 98.—Micropia rhodocentra, 2. ¢

postmedial line hardly traceable and excurved from costa to
vein 4, incurved and double from lower edge of reniform to inner
margin; traces of a subterminal series of whitish points with
slight dark streaks before them; a fine terminal black line with
fiery red scales before it. Hind wing white tinged with brown,
the cilia white.

Hab. N.S. Waues, Broken Hill (Lower), 19. Hyp. 24 millim.

Genus OMPHALETIS, noy.

Type, O. florescens.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching
about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd
short; frons with short truncate conical prominence with raised edges,
truncate or pointed corneous process in centre, and corneous plate below it ;
eyes large, round; antenne of male typically bipectinate with short branches,
the apex serrate; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax without
distinet erest, the metathorax with small paired crests; tibie fringed with
Jong hair, the fore tarsi with more or less developed curved claw-like spines
at outer side of joints; abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather narrow,
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and. slightly crenulate ; veins
3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, + from
angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from or from below middle of discocellulars; 6,
7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Seer. I. Antenne of male with moderate branches, the apex serrate.

4032. Omphaletis florescens.

Celena florescens, Wik. x. 268 (1856).
Miana lucasti, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) ix. p. 89 (1882).

Head and thorax cupreous red mixed with white and some black
scales; palpi white at tips; tegule with rufous medial line and
white tips; pectus and legs whitish, the fore fibiz and tarsi

OMPHALETIS. 3790

rufous, the latter ringed with white; abdomen white with slight
rufous segmental bands. Fore wing whitish suffused with greyish
brown and rufous, the submedian fold with fiery red streak at
base, then with yellowish streak to postmedial line; the terminal
area bluish white; traces of a waved dark subbasal line from costa
to submedial fold; antemedial line double, dark filled in with
whitish, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, waved ;
orbicular minute, round, fiery red defined by blackish; reniform
with reddish bar defined by blackish on inner edge, its outer part

Fig. 99.—Omphaletis florescens, $. +.

white with black mark in lower part; a dark medial line oblique
from costa to lower angle of cell, then sinuous ; a yellowish streak
in discal fold beyond the reniform ; postmedial line double filled in
with yellowish, the inner line black, the outer brown, bent out-
wards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some white
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish defined by
brown on inner side and by the contrast between the postmedial
and terminal areas, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and
angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of
slight black points; cilia rufous with a yellowish line at base.
Hind wing white tinged with reddish brown ; cilia pure white; the
underside white irrorated with brown, an oblique dark discoidal
lunule, obliquely curved brown postmedial line, and diffused sub-
terminal band.

Hab, QueEexsiinp, Moreton Bay (Diggles),1 3 ; N. S. Waxes
(Raynor), 4 3, Broken Hill (Lower), 3 3, 4 9; Vicrorra, Mel-
bourne (Lucas), 1 2 type lucasii, Birchip (Lyell), 1 $;8. Ausrraria,
Adelaide (Lyell), | 3. Hep. 32-40 millim.

Seer, II, Antenne of male ciliated.

A. Frons with truncate corneous process in centre; hind
wing with vein 5 from middle of discocellulars.
a. Fore wing with the terminal area paler than the post-
medial area,
a, Fore wing with the reniform replaced by a triangular
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b'. Fore wing with the reniform lunulate and produced
at extremities.
a, Fore wing purple-grey, the end of cell and post-
medial area suffused with fuscOUS............c0e0esees exundans.

376 NOCLTUID A.

i, Fore wing grey-white largely suffused with brown
except on terminal area.....-......-0.00..-0.eeeseneeees helioseimt,
b. Fore wing with the terminal area not paler than the
postmedial area.
a. Fore wing with wedge-shaped brown patch in and
beyond end of cell, obscured by brown suffusion in
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d1, Fore wing without wedge-shaped brown patch in and
beyond the cell.
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°. Fore wing grey tinged with brown but not largely
suffused with fuscous.
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63, Tegulz not blackish at base.
a4, Fore wing suffused in parts with ferruginous. sarcomorpha.

+4, Fore wing not suffused with ferruginous ...... petrodora.
c?, Fore wing rufous.
a3, Fore wing tinged with brown and slightly irro-
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*4033. Omphaletis passalota. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 13.)

Prometopus passalota, Turner, ined.

©. Head and thorax black mixed with some white and ochreous
scales; palpi with the extremities of the joints white; tegule
whitish at base and tips; pectus white: tarsi black ringed with
white ; abdomen brown mixed with ochreous and white, the base
and slight segmental lines white, the ventral surface white
irrorated with brown and ochreous. Fore wing black mixed with
grey, the terminal area paler with white and ochreous scales
mixed, the veins of terminal area streaked with black; a strong
black fascia below basal half of cell and a slight streak above base
of inner margin; a wedge-shaped black patch in terminal half of
cell with the small round white orbicular on it, followed by a
triangular patch beyond the cell, its extremity bidentate; ante-
medial line slight, represented by a long tooth in submedian fold,
then angled inwards on vein 1; postmedial line represented by a
whitish striga from costa, then blackish, bent outwards below
costa, defining the bidentate patch and angled inwards in sub-
median fold to the antemedial line, some whitish points beyond it on
costa; subterminal Jine only defined by the contrast between the
postmedial and terminal areas, and with slight black streaks before
it in the interspaces, slightly excurved at vein 7; a fine black
terminal line. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown ;
cilia white with a dark line near base from apex to vein 2; the
underside white irrorated with black, a small discoidal spot, post-
medial series of short streaks on the veins, and large apical blackish
pateh.
Hab. Victor1s, Birchip, type + 2 in Coll. Turner. Hap. 26
millim.

OMPHALETIE. 3

*4034. Omphaletis exundans. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 14.)

Nitocris exundans, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 5 (1868).

Huplexia mamestroides, W\k. Char. Lep. Het. p. 71 (1869).

Caradrina oxygona, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. »xvi. p. 651 (1902).
Prometopus poliophracta, Turner, Vr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxxii. p. 57 (1908).

3. Head and thorax pale grey irrorated with fuscous; palpi
black, white in front and at tips; frons and a bar between antenne
black ; tegule with the basal half black ; tarsi fuscous with whitish
rings; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous. Fore wing purple-
grey irrorated with fuscous, the end of cell, area beyond it and
postmedial area suffused with fuscous; a slight rufous tinge in base
of submedian fold; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to sub-
median fold; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled
outwards in submedian fold and inwards on vein 1; claviform
absent ; orbicular a small rufous spot defined by black ; reniform
white tinged with rufous on inner side and defined by black, its
lower extremity acutely produced, a brown bar in middle and its
lower part filled in with black; an indistinct oblique waved medial
line; postmedial line black defined by grey on outer side, bent
outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, somewhat oblique
helow vein 4, some grey points beyond it on costa; subterminal
line only defined by the contrast between the blackish and grey
areas, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a slight black
terminal line; cilia fuscous with a fine yellowish line at base.
Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous; cilia whitish with a fuscous
line through them, wholly fuscous at apex except at base; the
underside grey irrorated with fuscous, the costal area white
irrorated with black, the apical area suffused with black, a slight
discoidal lunule and traces of a postmedial serics of slight dark
streaks on the veins.

Hab. Vicrorta, blackrock (Lyell), type fT ¢ poliophracta in Coll.
Drake, Black Forest, type t S$ owygona in Coll. Lower. Exp. 36
millim. Type mamestroides in Mus. Melbourne examined by
Dr. Turner.

4035. Omphaletis heliosema. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 15.)

Prometopus heliosema, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. S. Austr. xxvi. p. 222 (1902).

3. Head yellowish white slightly mixed with brown; palpi
with fuscous marks at sides of 2nd and 38rd joints; antenne
brownish ; thorax grey-white mixed with blackish ; pectus whitish ;
legs pale brown, the tarsi fuscous with pale rings ; abdomen white
tinged with pale brown. Fore wing grey-white suffused with
fuscous brown and slightly irrorated with black, a diffused
white fascia below costa to beyond middle, the terminal area
greyish ochreous ; subbasal line represented by a whitish point on
costa ; adiffused blackish fascia helow base of cell ; antemedial line
with whitish point on costa, obsolete to median neryure, then fine,

378 NOCTUID-E.

black slightly defined by whitish on inner side, strongly angled
outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin, and with
short reddish ochreous streak before it in submedian fold ; orbicular
minute, round, reddish ochreous defined by black suffusion before
and beyond it; rewiform reddish ochreous defined by black,
with white mark in centre and brown mark in lower part, its
upper and lower extremities strongly produced ; postmedial line
indistinct, fine, blackish, slightly defined by grey on outer side,
bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly angled inwards
in submedian fold and outwards on vein 1; subterminal line
represented by the contrast between the postmedial and terminal
areas, and with slight dentate black marks on its inner edge,
incurved at discal foid and angled inwards in submedian fold; a
terminal series of black striz; cilia fuscous and greyish. Hind
wing white suffused with brown; cilia white with series of
brownish spots at base from apex to vein 2; the underside irrorated
with brown, a black discoidal spot, diffused curved postmedial line,
and terminal series of striz.

2. Thorax and fore wing except terminal area blacker, the
whitish subcostal fascia obsolescent except towards base, the blackish
fascia below the cell obscured.

Hab. N. 8. Waters, Broken Hill (Lower), 7 3, 13 9; S. Ats-
TRaLIA, Adelaide (Lyell), 1 S$. Hap. 24-30 millim. Type vf in
Coll. Lower.

4036. Omphaletis nuna. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 16.)

' Nitocris nuna, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. vy. p. 6 (1868).
Orthosia mesombra, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. S. Austr. xvii. p. 153 (1893).

3S. Head and thorax grey tinged with rufous; palpi black at
sides towards base, whitish in front; tegule blackish at base ;
pectus whitish, the legs tinged with rufous, the tarsi fuscous ringed
with whitish; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with rufous,
ventrally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey tinged with
rufous and slightly irrorated with brown, a wedge-shaped blackish
shade from middle of cell to subterminal line from costa to vein 3 ;
subbasal line represented by black points on costa and median
nervure and red spot below the cell; the antemedial Jine by black
points on costa, veins, and inner margin; orbicular and reniform
fiery red defined by black, the former minute, round, the latter a
very oblique lunule; postmedial line represented by black points on
costa, veins 7 to 3 and inner margin, bent outwards below costa,
some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line repre-
sented by a whitish edgivg to the black shade, slightly angled
outwards at vein 7 and obsolete below vein 3; a terminal series of
black strie defined by fiery red on inner side; cilia with a shght
yellowish line at base. Hind wing semihyaline white, the apical
area and yeins of terminal areca tinged with brown; cilia white,

OMPHALETIS. 319

brownish at apex, the underside with postmedial series of short
black streaks on the veins and apical blackish patch.

®. Thorax and fore wing suffused with grey-brown or red-
brown, the triangular dark shade hardly traceable.

Hab. N. S. Waxes, Broken Hill (Lower), 4 5,6 9; S. Aus-
gratia, Parkside (Lyell), 1 g. Exp. 30-34 millim. Type f

mesombra in Coll. Lower.

4037. Omphaletis melodora.

Promeéopus melodora, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvi. p. 645 (1902), °.
Prometopus malacopis, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvi. p. 221 (1902), J

3. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with reddish ochreous ;
palpi yellowish white at tips; tarsi black ringed with white ;
abdumen ochreous white slightly irrorated with black. Fore wing
grey tinged with brown and thickly irrorated and suffused with
fuscous; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian
told: antemedial line double, black filled in with reddish ochreous,
waved, oblique ; orbicular minute, round, reddish ochreous defined
by black; reniform narrow, reddish ochreous defined by black, its
lower part obscured by a black mark and its lower extremity
produced; a diffused dark medial line oblique from costa to median
nervure; postmedial line blackish defined by ochreous on outer

Fig. 100.—Omphaletis melodora, S.

1
T°

side, double at costa, shghtly bent outwards below costa, then
dentate, excurvyed to vein 4, then incurved, some ochreous points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line reddish ochreous defined by
blackish on inner side, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3;
a terminal series of black strize with ochreous points on their inner
side; cilia fuscous at base, grey and fuscous at tips. Hind wing
white tinged with pale brown especially on the veins; a fine brown
terminal line; the underside with the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and postmedial series
of slight streaks on the veins.

2. Head, thorax, and fore wing slightly mixed with grey and
without any reddish ochreous tinge,

Hab. N.S. Waxes, Broken Hill (Lowen) Wig, loro Vicrorta,
Birchip (Lyell), 1g, 12. Hxp. 28-36 millim. Type ft and
type + malacopts in Coll. Lower.

380 NOCTUID

4038. Omphaletis metaneura. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 17.)

Prometopus metaneura, Lower, ined,

Palpi black at base, whitish at tips; frons whitish at base,
blackish above; vertex of head rufous; tegule black at base,
white at tips; thorax white tinged with brown; pectus white;
legs brownish with some blackish marks on mid tibie, the tarsi
black ringed with white; abdomen brownish white irrorated with
fuscous. ore wing grey-white sparsely irrorated with black, the
terminal area tinged with fiery red; a fiery red streak in basal
half of submedian fold; subbasal line waved, black, from costa to
median nervure; antemedial line represented by black points on
costa, median nervure, and vein 1; orbicular and reniform defined
by fiery red, the former small, round, the latter with blackish
centre and white lunule on outer edge; medial black points on
costa and inner margin; postmedial line represented by a series of
black points with more prominent spot at costa, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line
represented by a series of slight black points with fiery red streaks
before them at middle, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at
middle; a terminal series of black striw ; cilia grey mixed with
black. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown: cilia white; the
underside whitish slightly irrorated with black, a small discoidal
spot, postmedial series of slight points on the veins, and apical
blackish patch.

Ab. 1. Thorax and fore wing suffused with dark grey or fuscous.

Ab. 2. Fore wing without red streaks.

Hab. N. S. Watus, Broken Hill (Lower), 5 3,3 9; Vicrorta,
Birchip, 1 9. Lap. 30-32 millim. Type f in Coll. Lower.

*4039. Omphaletis sarcomorpha (Plate CXXXI. fig. 18.)

Prometopus sarcomorpha, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvi. p. 646
(1902).

Q. Head and thorax grey tinged with pale rufous; palpi and
lower part of frons white, the former with some black scales at
sides ; upper part of frons, a spot on vertex of head, and base of
palpi black; legs fuscous and white; pectus and abdomen white,
the latter dorsally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey suffused
in parts with pale ferruginous; the subbasal line black, waved,
from costa to submedian fold; the antemedial line angled inwards
in cell and on vein 1, acutely outwards in submedian fold and above
inner margin; an indistinct irregularly waved medial line; reni-
form small, white, with some black scales on its edges ; postmedial
line dentate, strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique ;
the veins of terminal area with slight black streaks; faint traces
of a subterminal line; cilia black and grey. Hind wing pale
brown; the cilia white except at base; the underside white

OMPHALETIS. 381

irrorated with brown, with dark diseoidal point, crenulate post-
medial line, and diffused black apical patch.

Hab. Vicroria, Gisborne, type f 2 in Coll. Lower. wp.
30 millim.

*4040. Omphaletis petrodora. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 19.)
Prometopus petrodora, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8S. W. xxvi. p. 647 (1902).

@. Head and thorax white with a slight pale brown tinge ;
abdomen white shghtly tinged with brown on dorsum. Fore
wing white irrorated with fuscous; the subbasal line double,
waved, from costa to submedian fold; the antemedial line double,
oblique, waved, and excurved below celi; traces of a waved medial
line; reniform a small black and white lunule with some fuscous
at lower angle of cell; traces of a double waved postmedial line
incurved to costa, with a series of black points on it on the veins;
an indistinct sinuous subterminal line and a terminal series of
black points. Hind wing white slightly tinged with fuscous on
terminal area; the underside with blackish apical patch.

Hab, 5. Ausrrauta, Parkside, type + 2 in Coll. Lower. Evp.
36 millim.

4041. Omphaletis xerampelina. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 20.)

Prometopus xerampelina, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. S. Austr. xxviii. p. 214
(1904).

@. Head and thorax fiery red mixed with brown ; palpi at sides
and vertex of head with some black scales; tegule with slight
blackish medial line; patagia with some black scales near upper
edge; tarsi banded with blackish; abdomen greyish tinged with
red and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing fiery red irrorated
with brown and some black scales; subbasal line represented by
slight double black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line
indistinctly double, slightly waved, oblique; claviform absent;
orbicular and reniform rather small, very indistinctly defined by
blackish, the former round, the latter only defined on inner side ;
traces of a waved medial line; postmedial line dark defined by
red on outer side, slightly bent outwards below costa, then dentate,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some minute red points beyond
it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of slight red
lunules with minute blackish streaks before them below costa and
at middle, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle ; a slight waved black terminal line; cilia red mixed with
black. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown especially towards
termen ; cilia white tinged with red and with slight brown line
through them; the underside white, the costal area and apical half
of terminal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. W. Auvsrratta, Coolgardie, typet 2 in Coll. Turner;
S. Austratia, Willochra (Lower), 1 9. ep. 36 millim.

382 NOCLUID 3.

*4042. Omphaletis plinthina, (Plate CXXXI. fig. 21.)

Caradrina plinthina, Turner, ined.

©. Head and thorax bright rufous slightly mixed with black ;
tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing
bright fiery rufous irrorated with black; a waved black subbasal
line from costa to submedian fold; a strong waved black ante-
medial line; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by black, the
former round ; an indistinct waved medial shade; postmedial line
minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved ; an indistinct diffused somewhat dentate subterminal
line; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous
white tinged with brown; the underside with the apical area
suffused with brown.

Hab. W. Avstraita, Roebourne, type fT Q in Coll. Turner. Lup.
36 millim.

B. Frons with pointed process in middle of prominence; hind wing with
vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars.

4043. Omphaletis ethiopica, n. sp.

©. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous and some
fuscous ; palpi whitish, blackish towards tips: fore and mid tibise
banded with blackish, the tarsi blackish ringed with white;
abdomen ochreous mixed with brown, the ventral surface whitish.

Fig. 101.—Omphaletis ethiopica, 8. 3

Fore wing red-brown suffused in parts with bright rufous and
slightly irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by a slight
black striga from costa; antemedial line black, waved, slightly
oblique, a sight black streak from it to postmedial line in sub-
median fold; orbicular small, round, defined by black; reniform
defined on inner side by a black bar, faintly defined on outer;
postmedial black defined by whitish on outer side, bent outwards
below costa, then minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4, some
whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish defined
on inner side by slight dentate black marks angled outwards at
veins 7, 6, 4,3; a terminal series of black striz; cilia brownish
white mixed with fuscous and with dark line at middle. Hind
wing ochreous suffused and irrorated with brown especially on
terminal area; an indistinct curved postmedial line, diffused sub-
terminal band, and fine black terminal line; cilia blackish at base,
white at tips; the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown,

ARIATHISA. 383

a curved postmedial line with minute black streaks on the veins
and indistinct diffused subterminal band.

Hab.. Br. K. Arrica, Simba Camp (Crawshay), 1 3 type. Exp.
24 millim.

Genus ARIATHISA.

Type.
Alpuonosa, VMs, sees, VAT QUIT) soccnosccsceasscoa000 5 9 60008000000 602000 LUCISC.
Nitocris, Guen. Wnt. Mo. Mag. v. p. 4 (1868) .................20..2e0s comma.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of frons and broadly sealed, the 3rd short; frons smooth ; eyes large,
round; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax without crests, the
metathorax with small paired crests; tibie fringed with long hair, abdomen
with some rough hair at base and lateral fringes of hair but without crests.
Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with short branches, the apex simple.

A. Fore wing without dark patch below lower angle of cell...... ochroleuca.
B. Fore wing with dark patch beyond lower angle of cell ...... pelosticta.
*4044, Ariathisa ochroleuca.

Caradrina ochroleuca, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvi. p. 223 (1902).

6. Head and thorax white tinged with pale rufous; pectus,
legs, and abdomen white, the last dorsally slightly tinged with
brown. Fore wing white tinged with pale rufous ; very indistinct

Fig. 102.—Ariathisa ochroleuca, 3. 3.

waved, rufous, subbasal, antemedial, and medial lines; an indistinct
discoidal spot; the postmedial line rather more distinct, dentate,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 3, then incurved; an
indistinct sinuous subterminal line. Hind wing pure white.

Hab. W. Austratia, Fraser's Range, typet ¢ in Coll. Lower.
Exp. 40 millim.

*4045. Ariathisa pelosticta. (Plate CXXXL. fig. 22.)
Caradrina pelosticta, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8S. Austr. xxvi. p. 224 (1902).

Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with rufous; pectus,
legs, and abdomen white, the latter dorsally shghtly tinged with

354 NOCTUID A.

brown. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with rufous; the
median nervure streaked with fuscous expanding into a spot at
lower angle of cell and diffused patch just beyond the angle; the
costa suffused with fuscous towards apex and with four white
points; a subterminal brown shade arising from termen below
apex; cilia dark brown mixed with grey. Hind wing pure white.

Hab. Quernstanpd, Brisbane, ¢ in Coll. Turner; N. S. Watss,
Broken Hill, type Tf 2 in Coll. Lower. xp. 28 millim.

Secr. II. Antennee of male serrate and fasciculate.

A. Fore wing with the reniform open above and below and
forming a rather K-shaped mark.

a. Fore wing ochreous suffused with brown ................0000- endesnua.
6. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and irrorated with
Iblaekipc ie teacita cnriien cee ciseaemasenansosaeasemesseonerecwartemease cece cornuta.

B. Fore wing with the reniform not open above.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular present.
am. Fore wing with quadrate black spot in cell between

orbiculariandérenitormlserrcrsseerce eee eeeeee etEeeee Eee rere euchroa.
&1, Fore wing without quadrate black spot in cell between
onbicullarsand prem form merseereeeneerer eee rete Pagodesonen angast.
6. Fore wing with the orbicular absent <.....:...................6- amathodes.

4046. Ariathisa endesma. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 23.)
Prometopus endesma, Lower, Pr. Linn, Soc. N. 8. W. xxvi. p. 648 (1902).

6, Head and thorax reddish yellow mixed with some brown ;
palpi with brown patch at side of 2nd joint and whitish tips ; lower
part of frons white; tegule with the terminal half white, the
patagia mostly white; pectus pale yellowish; legs tinged with
brown; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing straw-yellow, the
interspaces suffused with golden brown to subterminal line, a
diffused white fascia below costa and the veins white; subbasal line
indistinctly double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, a fine
black streak from its lower extremity to antemedial line, which is
double filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa and in
submedian fold and very strongly above inner margin, angled in-
wards on the veins; orbicular minute, round, yellowish defined by
black; reniform a K-shaped white mark defined by black, its lower
extremity slightly angled inwards; postmedial line fine, black
defined by yellowish white on outer side, strongly bent outwards
below costa, then strongly dentate and oblique; subterminal line
oblique defined by black-brown wedge-shaped marks on inner side ;
a black-brown terminal line; cilia with series of small brown spots
near base. Hind wing white very faintly tinged with brown; a
slight discoidal lunule ; the underside slightly irrorated with brown,
a small black discoidal spot and postmedial series of faint brown
points on the veins.

Hab. 8. Ausrraria, Parkside (Lower), 1 g. Hep. 36 millim.
Type t in Coll. Lower.

ARIATHISA. 38

*4047. Ariathisa cornuta. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 24.)
Prometopus cornuta, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvi. p. 646 (1902).

@. Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with black; palpi
black except at extremity ; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen
white irrorated with black. Fore wing grey suffused in parts with
brown and strongly irrorated with black; subbasal line black
detined by white on outer side, waved, from costa to submedian
fold, antemedial line double, waved, filled in with whitish, a black
and white point before it on vein 1 ; orbicular a black-edged white
point with some black suffusion between it and reniform, which is
small, white, quadrate with its two upper angles produced upwards,
its lower inner angle inwards and its outer angle more strongly
outwards, a waved line from it to inner margin; postmedial line
minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 3,
then incurved, some dark suffusion between it and the sinuous
subterminal line; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks.
Hind wing white tinged with brown especially on the veins and to-
wards apex ; the underside with discoidal point and blackish apical
patch.

Hab, 8. Austratta, Parkside, typet 9 in Coll. Lower. Lup.
32 millim.

*4048. Ariatbisa euchroa. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 25.)
Caradrina euchroa, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvi. p. 653 (1902).

36. Head and thorax grey and pale rufous; palpi and frons at
sides, base of tegule, and extremities of patagia black; tarsi black
ringed with white; abdomen whitish. Fore wing whitish irrorated
with brown and suffused in parts with rufous; a black streak below
basal part of cell; the subbasal line represented by a black spot
on costa with some white beyond it; the antemedial line waved,
whitish defined by some black scales on each side and two points
on costa; orbicular and reniform whitish, small, the latter with
a black lunule on it, and with a quadrate black spot in cell between
them; the postmedial line waved, whitish defined by a dark line on
inner side, bent outwards below costa, slightly angled inwards in
discal fold and incurved below vein 3, its outer edge defined by a
blackish band extending to the sinuous subterminal line; some pale
points on costa towards apex, the veins of terminal area with slight
dark streaks and a series of black points on termen. Hind wing
white slightly tinged with brown especially towards termen; the
underside with discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. 8. Austratra, Parkside, type fT ¢ in Coll. Lower. up.
30 millim.

VOL. VIII. 26

386 NOCTUIDAE.

4049. Ariathisa angasi.

Luperina angasi, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 109. f. 26 (1874).
Caradrina crypsicharis, Lower, Pr. Linn, Soc. N.S. W. xxvi. p. 654 (1902).

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with red-brown; frons
whitish below and with brown bar above; abdomen ochreous
white. Fore wing yellowish suffused with golden brown and irro-
‘rated with white, the terminal area paler; subbasal line indistinct,
double at costa, waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-
medial line indistinct, brown, waved, oblique; orbicular minute,
round, faintly defined by blackish; reniform a rather quadrate
yellowish spot at upper angle of cell defined by red-brown suffusion ;
postmedial line represented by a series of slight black points with

Fig. 103.—Ariathisa angasi, 3. }

more distinct spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then oblique,
some yellowish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined
py red-brown suffusion on its inner side and with slight black
streaks betore it below veins 7 and 6, slightly angled outwards: at
vein 7, then oblique; a terminal series of small black lunules.
Hind wing white tinged with brownish ochreous; a faint diffused
subterminal band; the underside with small dark discoidal spot
and traces of postmedial series of points on the veins.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing much paler, the last with the
markings obsolescent.

Hab. S. Ausrratia, Parkside (Lower), 4 g, 192. Hap. 32-
36 millim. Type t crypsicharis in Coll. Lower.

4050. Ariathisa amathodes. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 26.)
Caradrina amathodes, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxxii. p. 59 (1908).

g. Head and thorax rufous mixed with ochreous; palpi black
except at extremity ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen brownish
ochreous with slight dark irroration. Fore wing ochreous suffused
with rufous especially towards subterminal line ; the subbasal line
represented by black points on costa and median nervure, the ante-
medial line by points on costa, median nervure, and vein 1:
claviform and orbicular obsolete; reniform represented by a small
black lunule with ochreous points round it ; postmedial line repre-
sented by a series of black points, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line defined by the
area beyond it being pale and by slight black streaks before it at

ARIATHISA. 387

middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous greyish, the
terminal area suffused with fuscous; the underside paler, a small
black discoidal lunule, a postmedial curved series of short black
streaks on the veins, the apical half of terminal area suffused with
black.

Hab. Viororta, Blackrock (Lyell), type t ¢d in Coll. Turner.
Exp. 32 millim.

Sect. IIT. Antenne of male ciliated.
A. (Aritathisa). Abdomen of male with lateral tufts of long hair from base;
fore wing with large patch of androconia in cell; hind wing with slight
streak of androconia below end oi cell on underside.

4051. Ariathisa excisa.

Spodoptera, excisa, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 129 (1850).
Ariathisa atrosignata, W\k. xxxiii. 747 (1865).

Head and thorax pale grey, the head slightly tinged with rufous ;
palpi black, pure white in front and at tips; lower part of frons
white ; antenne blackish, the basal joint white ; tegula with black-
brown band at base; patagia with a few brown scales; meso- and
metathorax with paired brown points; pectus white; tibize brown,
the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged
with brown, the lateral tufts of male fulvous yellow. Fore wing
whitish suffused with pale rufuus, except on medial area, and slightly
irrorated with brown; subbasal line double filled in with white,
the inner line black, slightly excurved below costa and ending at

Fig. 104.—Ariathisa excisa, 3. Te

submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with
white, oblique, waved, with black bar on the outer line at costa ;
orbicular and reniform black, their lower parts conjoined by a black
fascia so as to form a U-shaped mark, the former oblique elliptical ;
a broad pale rufous medial shade; postmedial line double filled in
with white, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, ex-
curved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on
costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by
small dentate dark marks, minutely waved, slightly angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a whitish apical patch; a
terminal series of small black lunules; cilia brown at base, whitish
at tips. Hind wing white, the costal area suffused with reddish
brown, the veins and termen from apex to yein 2 tinged with
262

388 : NOCTUID&.

brown ; cilia white, yellowish at base and with brown line near
base from apex to vein 2. Underside of fore wing with the patch
of androconia in cell white, yellow at extremity; hind wing with
the costa tinged with yellow towards base, the streak of scales
below end of cell of male brown, a brown postmedial bar from
costa to vein 6, some brown irroration at apex and some slight black
points on apical part of termen.

Hab. Br. HK. Arpica, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 $6 ; Navan
(Gueinzius, Leigh), 2 §, 1 Q type: C. Cotony, Transkei (Miss
F. Barrett),2 9. Hep. 34-86 millim,

_B. Abdomen of male without lateral tufts of hair; fore wing with small:
patch of androconia in cell on underside ; hind wing without streak of
androconia below cell.

4052. Ariathisa semiluna.

Nitocris semiluna, Hmpsn. Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. ined. pl. iv. f. 13.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purplish grey; palpi
black- brown, white at tips; tegule with black-brown band at base;
tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen red-brown. Fore wing
purplish grey suffused and irrorated with red-brown; subbasal line
black, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black,
bent inwards to costa, then sinuous, excurved above inner margin ;
orbicular and reniform black-brown slightly defined by whitish,
their lower extremities connected by a fascia, forming a U-shaped
mark ; traces of a dark medial shade; postmedial line slight, black,

Fig. 105.—Ariathisa semiluna, §. }.

interrupted, with small black spot at costa, oblique from costa to
vein 6, then dentate, incurved below vein 4+; subterminal line in-
distinct, pale, defined on inner side by slight dentate dark marks
from below costa to vein 4, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle; a terminal series of minute black lunules. Hind wing
greyish tinged with ochreous, the termen rather darker from apex
to submedian fold; cilia ochreous white. Underside of fore wing
of male with the patch of androconia in cell ochreous; hind wing
whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal
lunule, rather diffused indistinct postmedial line from costa to
vein 3, and terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Ndimu (Betton), 1 9, Uganda Ry., Mile 478
(Betton), 1 2, E. Quaso (Betton), 1 6, 1 29; Ueanpa, Ruwenzori,
6000’ (Wollaston), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 32-36 millim.

ARIATHISA. 389

C. Male withont secondary sexual characters.
a. Fore wing with strong black fascia below base of cell
and wedge-shaped patch in and beyond cell.
a1, Fore wing red-brown suffused with purple, the

costa] area whitish; reniform white ..............-... tortisigna.
6}, Fore wing grey irrorated with black, the terminal

area pale rnfous; reniform yellowish ............... chrysospila.
cl, Fore wing white, the terminal area tinged with

lOFOWAM, cadodoadasscoosanadobanodnsoqseanadqnobo0sb00b00D00000006 paragy psa.

6, Fore wing without strong black fascia below base of

eee and wedge-shaped patch in and beyond cell.

Fore wing with the ground-colour white.
a Fore wing pure white, not tinged with brown ... gypsina.
b*. Fore wing white tinged with brown ............... paratorna.

b!. Fore wing with the ground-colour not white.
a*, Fore wing with the terminal area white with
brownish streaks on the veins ............02sse000 chionopasta,

67, Fore wing with the terminal area bluish white.

a*. Fore wing pale rufous except terminal area;

hind wing tinged with brown ...................45 cyanoloma.
6°. Fore wing pale ochreous brown except terminal
area ; hind wing pure white ...............s00+2-0+. callimera.

c?. Fore wing with the terminal area not white.
a®, Fore wing with fine black streak in base of
submedian fold.
a‘. Fore wing with the lower extremity of
reniform produced to a long acute point.
a, Tegule whitish and strongly contrasting... etoniana.
6°, Tegulee concolorous .............seeeseeeeeeeee hydrecioides.
b4, Fore wing with the lower extremity of reni-
form rounded and much less produced.
a5, Fore wing brown suffused with fuscous, the

terminal area pale ochreous ............... marginalis.
65, Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous, the
terminal area slightly paler ............... microspila,

. Fore wing red-brown, the terminal area
concolorous.
a’, Fore wing with black streak beyond the

PenIfOrmy, Peecacenecutenveucassccbe lene netenne atmoscopa.
68. Fore wing without black streak beyond
the renifotmiy csecensseecaceisnctosne secon vere confinis.

3, Fore wing without black streak in base of sub-

median fold.
a’, Fore wing with the inner and terminal areas

violaceous grey and strongly contrasting ... poliocrossa.
b*. Fore wing with the inner and terminal areas
concolorous.
a>, Fore wing purplish red-brown ............... porphyrescens,

6°. Fore wing not purplish red-brown.
a®, Fore wing with whitish or pale lunule
or point on outer edge of reniform.
a’, Fore wing with the lower extremity
of reniform produced to a point.
a®, Fore wing ferruginous brown mixed

UWA AATIBINES) gonaopaccebeegonooseoqaboceone bistrigula.
08. Fore wing grey irrorated with dark
oO wan escencaristciecccetseaesnes slasaceset capularts.

c8, Fore wing grey-brown in male
blackish in female, without dark
UGROLACIOME Mace cesinieauisas ene eapesiiot comma,

690 NOCTUIDH,
87, Fore wing with the lower extremity of
reniform not produced to a point.
a’, Fore wing black-brown with a

ERED CAO cqoocoscoavoceoonenonaces atra.
6°. Fore wing fuscous irrorated with
BUOY Pheue ee necchncetmebe coerce kom acente microdes

c8, Fore wing grey with dark irroration.
a’. Kore wing with short black
streaks before middle of sub-
te@amimall IMME cooccocncos4ccosonacoce

+°. Fore wing without black streaks

atrisquamata.

before middle of subterminal
Niner estatectece semen cs gs mmene ence . ceryphea.
d®. Fore wing pale rufous slightly ir-
rorated with grey.
a9, Tegule black at base ............... heterogama.
69. Tegule not black at base ......... monochroa,
é6. Fore wing with small white spot in
centre of reniform.
a’. Fore wing without terminal series of
small white spots .................20200+5 adelphodes.
67, Fore wing with terminal series of small
WARIS SOUS ~ aconocacsaaaceodncans000e0000¢ leucosticta.
c®, Fore wing with the reniform a black
lunule produced at lower extremity.
a’, Fore wing grey tinged with rufous ... interferens.
6". Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous. flexirena.
d’, Kore wing with the reniform slight, dark.
a’, Fore wing fuscous grey irrorated with
LE 10|:tieaenaace ane sonatettes caecsacracacecdcs adelopa.
b7, Fore wing tinged with brown.
a8. Fore wing with the orbicular a
whitish point defined by fuscous,
a’. Fore wing with the postmedial
line not ineurved at discal fold. myceteris.
69, Fore wing with the postmedial
line incurved at discal fold ...... basisticha,
o8. Fore wing with the orbicular ill-
defined, dark.
a’, Fore wing ochreous tinged with
TECIIDROWIN ceocedscecaqdbb0a50s0ncK0Ks striolata.
v9. Fore wing greyish ochreous ...... acallis.
c®, Fore wing with the orbicular absent melanographa.
4058. Ariathisa tortisigna. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 27.)

Ochropleura tortisigna, Wik. x. 409 (1856).

Nitocris epiplecta, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 6 (1868).
Agrotis costalis, W\k. Char. Lep. Het. p. 69 (1869).
Agrotis antipoda, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f. 21 (1874).

Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi whitish with blackish patch
at sides; frons whitish below, blackish above; tegule reddish
yellow at tips; metathorax with blackish patch; pectus and legs
whitish tinged with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with whitish ;
abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with red-brown, ventrally irro-
rated with brown. Fore wing red-brown suffused with purplish to

ARIATHISA. 391

subterminal line, the costal area white irrorated with brown to
postmedial line; a strong black streak below basal half of cell;
antemedial line obsolete to submedian fold, then indistinct, pale,
angled inwards on vein 1; a wedge-shaped black patch in terminal
half of cell with the small round white orbicular on it; reniform
white with brown line in middle, narrow above and expanding
below into a brown patch, its lower extremity produced, some black
streaks beyond it; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with
whitish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, minutely dentate,
some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct
defined on inner side by a purplish patch on costal area and black
streaks between veins 7 and 3, slightly angled outwards at vein 7,
then oblique; the terminal area with slight dark streaks on the
veins; cilia grey-brown with punctiform ochreous line at base.
Hind wing whitish suffused with yellow-brown except at base ;
cilia white, brown at apex and with brown line near base; the
underside white irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule,
postmedial series of points on the veins, and apical patch extending
to vein 6,

Hab. Qunrnstanp, Brisbane (Turner), 1 9 ; N. 8. Wares (J.
J. Walker), 1 Q ; Vicrorta, Wardin (Lyell), 1 3, Gisborne (Lyell),
1 2; Tasmanta (Allport), 1 ¢$ type. Hwp. 34-38 millim. Type
costalis in Mus. Melbourne, examined by Dr. Turner.

*4054, Ariathisa chrysospila. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 28.)
Caradrina chrysospila, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvi. p. 650 (1902).

Q. Head ochreous with some black on vertex and sides of palpi ;
thorax grey irrorated with black, the tegule in front and patagia
above black; pectus, legs, and abdomen whitish irrorated with
brown. Fore wing grey strongly irrorated with black; a black
streak below basal half of cell ; a wedge-shaped black patch from
middle of cell, diffused beyond the cell to costa and vein 2 and
terminated by the sinuous subterminal line, the colour beyond
which is pale rufous ; the antemedial and postmedial lines obsolete ;
orbicular represented by an ochreous point, the reniform by a small
yellowish lunule ; some pale points on terminal part of costa and a
terminal series of black points; cilia brownand black. Hind wing
pale brown; the cilia whitish at tips; the underside whitish with
discoidal lunule, diffused postmedial line, and apical patch.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform white.—
Victoria.

Hab. Victorta, Birchip; S. Austratta, Parkside, type t 2 in
Coll. Lower. Exp. 28 millim.

392 NOCTUIDAE.

4055. Ariathisa paragypsa. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 29.)
Caradrina paragypsa, Lower, Pr. Linn, Soc. N. 8. W. xxvi. p. 650 (1902).

3d. Head and thorax white; palpi with black marks at side of
Ist and 2nd joints; frons with black bar above; tegule with the
basal half red-brown ; patagia with black upper edge expanding
into patches at base; tibise and tarsi banded black and white ;
abdomen white tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing white
with a faint violaceous tinge; a black point at base of costa; a
strone black streak below basal half of cell with some reddish
brown below it; a slight red-brown subbasal mark on vein 1; a
very slight arched brown streak above medial part of vein 1 ; ante-
medial line represented by a minute dark point on costa; a wedge-
shaped black patch in terminal half of cell with the small rather
triangular white orbicular on it; reniform a narrow white lunule
detined by black and with slight brown line in centre, its lower
part filled in with red-brown and angled inwards on median
nervyure to below orbicular, its lower extremity much produced
and with grey-brown suffusion beyond it to subterminal line: post-
medial line slight, blackish, bent outwards below costa, then
oblique, dentate ; subterminal line slight, whitish, defined on inner
side by wedge-shaped black streaks from below costa to vein 33,
slightly excurved at vein 7, then oblique; the terminal area
suffused with rufous except towards tornus and with slight dark
streaks on the veins; a terminal series of slight brown striz ; cilia
brown with whitish marks at base. Hind wing whitish, uniformly
tinged with red-brown ; cilia white, brown at apex, and with series
of brown spots to vein 2; the underside white, the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, the inner area tinged with
brown, a discoidal point, postmedial series of minute streaks on
the veins and apical black patch extending to vein 6.

Hab. 8. Ausrratia, Parkside (Lower), 1 g. Exp. 36 millim.
Type fT in Coll. Lower.

4056. Ariathisa gypsina. (Plate CXXXL. fig. 30.)
Agrotis gypsina, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxi. p. 52 (1897).

6. Pure white; palpi with black-brown mark at side of 2nd
joint; tarsi black-brown ringed with white; abdomen faintly
tinged with brown. Fore wing with waved black subbasal line
from costa to submedian fold, stronger at costa; antemedial line
represented by biack points on costa, median nervure, and vein 1;
orbicular faintly indicated by a few black scales; reniform repre-
sented by a small yellow lunule defined by brown, with brown-
defined spot on its inner side and greyish spot below it; a medial
brownish point on costa; postmedial line represented by a small
black spot on costa, then by a series of black points on the veins,
bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, and
the point on vein | displaced outwards; a terminal series of black

ARIATHISA. 393

points. Hind wing semihyaline white; the underside with small
discoidal lunule and blackish apical patch.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the subbasal line and reniform almost
obsolete.—W. Australia.

Hab. W. Avsrratia, Perth (Worsfold), 1 g; S. Austraxta,
Exeter (Lower), 1¢. Hp. 38 millim. Type fin Coll. Lower.

4057. Ariathisa paratorna. (Plate CXXXI. fig. 31.)
Caradrina paratorna, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. xxvi. p. 655 (1902).

g. Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown; palpi
with black patches at sides of 1st and 2nd joints ; tarsi black ringed
with white; abdomen white tinged with reddish brown and irro-
rated with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with brown
and a few black scales; subbasal line represented by a blackish
point on costa ; faint traces of an oblique sinuous antemedial line
with blackish points on costa and inner margin ; orbicular a slight
blackish point, the reniform a narrow blackish lunule slightly
defined by white on outer side; postmedial line indistinct, whitish,
with series of black points on the veins and more distinct spot at
costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique
below vein 4; the postmedial area somewhat browner ; subterminal
line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by some blackish
scales, very slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a
terminal series of slight black striz ; cilia grey mixed with blackish.
Hind wing white tinged with brown, especially on the veins and
termen ; the apical area fuscous; cilia white, brown at apex, and
with slight brownish line near base; the underside whiter, the
costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal
point, postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and apical
black patch extending to vein 6 and with some fuscous suffusion
below it.

Hab. 8. Ausrratia, Parkside (Lower), 1 3, Blackwood (Lower),
1g. Hxp. 36 millim. Type tin Coll. Lower.

4058. Ariathisa chionopasta, n. sp. (Plate CX XXL. fig. 32.)

6. Head and thorax white tinged with pale red; palpi with
brown spots at sides of lst and 2nd joints ; abdomen white faintly
tinged with reddish. Fore wing white suffused with pale red,
except on costal area and inner margin to subterminal line, the
veins slightly streaked with white to postmedial line; antemedial
line represented by slight brown points on costa, median nervure
and vein 1; orbicular a white point defined by brown; reniform
white slightly defined by brown, narrow above, constricted at
middle, angled inwards on median nervure, and its lower extremity
produced to three points; postmedial line represented by a series
of black points on the veins with traces of a dentate white line
between them, oblique below vein 4; subterminal line brownish,

394 NOCTUID %.

defined on inner side at middle by slight brown streaks on the
veins, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; the terminal area
with faint brown streaks on the veins; a terminal series of black
strie; cilia white slightly tinged with red. Hind wing pure
white ; the underside with small fuscous discoidal spot.

Hab. W. Austratta, Perth (Worsfield), 2 $ type. Exp. 32-
40 millim.

*4059. Ariathisa cyanoloma. (Plate CX XXII. fig. J.)
Prometopus cyanoloma, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvi. p. 647 (1902).

3S. Head and thorax very pale rufous; palpi with black patch
at sides; tarsi black with white rings; abdomen white, slightly
tinged on dorsum with brown. Fore wing very pale rufous with
slight dark irroration; the orbicular represented by a black and
white point; the reniform by a black and white point at upper
angle of cell and a black spot at lower, the postmedial line by a
series of black and white points on the veins; the sinuous sub-
terminal line defined by small dentate black marks on the veins
before its medial part, the area beyond it blue-white; a terminal
series of black points; cilia pale rufous. Hind wing whitish
tinged with brown especially towards termen; a black discoidal
spot; cilia white. Underside whitish; fore wing with some
fuscous suffusion in cell; both wings with black discoidal point
and apical patch.

Hah. Vicrorts, Melbourne, type fT ¢ in Coll. Lower. Eup.
36 millim.

4060. Ariathisa callimera. (Plate CKXXII. fig. 2.)
Agrotis callimera, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxi. p. 51 (1897).

6. Head and thorax whitish suffused with fawn-brown, the
head whiter; palpi white with black marks at sides of Ist and
2nd joints; sides of frons with black marks; pectus and legs
whitish tinged with brown, the fore tibise with two brown points,
the tarsi fuscous brown ringed with white; abdomen whitish
tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing fawn-brown, the terminal
area bluish white irrorated with brown; subbasal line represented
by white points on costa and subcostal nervure, with a white point
beyond it in cell; antemedial line represented by white points on
costa, subcostal and median nervures, and vein 1; orbicular repre-
sented by a white point; the reniform defined by white and with
a small white lunule on its outer edge, narrow above and ex-
panding below ; postmedial line represented by a series of blackish
points on the veins with white points on their outer side, bent
outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined by red-brown suffusion
on inner side, and with slight brown streaks before it on the veins,

ARIATHISA. 395

slightly excurved below vein 4 and at middle ; a terminal series of
black striz; cilia rufous at base, whitish at tips. Hind wing pure
white ; the underside with the ccstal area irrorated with brown,
a blackish discoidal lunule.

Hab. S. Austranta, Exeter (Lower), 1 ¢. Hap. 40 millim,
Type f in Coll. Lower.

4061. Ariathisa etoniana. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 3.)
Caradrina etoniana, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvi. p. 649 (1902).

Head and thorax black; palpi below and lower part of frons
ochreous white ; tegule finals pectus and legs black and white ;
abdomen admecine white dorsally suffused ign fuscous, ventrally
irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with
black, except the inner and terminal areas; an indistinct double
waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold in which there
is a fine black streak beyond it; a double waved antemedial line
acutely dentate outwards in submedian fold and excurved to
inner margin, some grey suffusion beyond it on inner area;
claviform obsolete; orbicular represented by an ochreous point ;
reniform 2-shaped, rufous above, ochreous and attenuate below, and
angled inwards on median nervure; some white points on apical
part of costa ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa,
angled inwards in submedian fold, and with some grey scales on
its outer edge; an irregularly dentate black subterminal line ;
cilia black. Hind wing semihyaline white; the apical area suf-
fused with fuscous, the inner margin tinged with brown. Underside
of fore wing with "the costa white to just beyond the postmedial
line; hind wing with the discoidal point, postmedial series on the
veins, and black apical patch.

Hab. N.S. Wauns (J. J. Walker), 2 9; 8. Austratia, Parkside,
type t ¢ in Coil. Lower. Hap. 36 millim.

4062. Ariathisa hydrecioides. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 4.)

Agrotis hydrecioides. Guen. Noct. i. p. 272 (1852).
Celena imparata, Wik. x. 268 (18% 56),

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey; palpi whitish
with black patches at sides of 1st and 2nd joints; tegule with
blackish medial line; patagia edged with blackish ; pectus whitish
mixed with brown, the tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen
whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing reddish brown with
slight dark irroration; subbasal line double, blackish, from costa
to submedian fold in which there is a fine black streak from it to
just beyond antemedial line, which is double, waved, oblique ;
orbicular small, round, white defined by black ; reniform a narrow
_white lunule with some blackish suffusion before it in cell and
brown line in middle expanding into a patch on its lower part
which is angled inwards on median neryure to below orbicular,

396 NOCTUIDAE.

its lower extremity produced ; postmedial line indistinctly double,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below
vein 4 and angled inwards in submedian fold, some pale points
beyond it on costa; postmedial area fuscous from costa to vein 4,
defining the subterminal line, which is indistinct, pale, slightly
angled outwards at vein 7, then oblique; a terminal series of
minute black points; cilia mixed with fuscous and with fine grey
line at base. Hind wing white tinged with brown, especially on
terminal area; cilia white, brown at apex and with brownish
points near base to vein 2; the underside white irrorated with
brown, a black discoidal lunule and blackish apical patch extending
to vein 6.

Hab, Victorta, Melbourne (Lucas), 1 2, Gisborne (Lyell), 1 3.
1 2, Birchip, 1 9; S. Ausrratra, Parkside (Lower), 1 ¢ , Adelaide
(Wilson), 1 9; Tasmanta (Hardwicke, Smith), 1 ¢,1 2. Hap.
34-36 millim. Typef in Mus, Paris, type > imperata in Mus.
Oxon.

4063. Ariathisa marginalis. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 5.)

Hadena marginalis, W\k. xxxiii. 741 (1865).
Nitocris timbosa, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. vy. p. 5 (1868).

Head and thorax brown mixed with fuscous and whitish; palpi
with blackish patch at side of 2nd joint; frons with black band
above; tegule with the tips somewhat paler; pectus whitish; tarsi
fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen whitish, dorsally suffused with
brown, ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing brownish suffused
with fuscous to the subterminal line, the terminal area ochreous white
tinged with reddish brown; subbasal line represented by double
black strize from costa and cell filled in with brown, and with fine
black streak beyond it in submedian fold; antemedial line double
filled in with brown, oblique, slightly waved; orbicular an ochreous
white point defined by black; reniform ochreous, with blackish
line in centre expanding into a patch below, its lower extremity
produced ; an indistinct sinuous black medial line; postmedial line
double filled in with brown, bent outwards below costa, then very
minutely waved, oblique and angled inwards at submedian fold;
subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by small
dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat
dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of black strie; cilia
ochreous at base, fuscous at tips. Hind wing greyish suffused with
fuscous brown; cilia white, fuscous at tips and with fuscous line
through them; the underside white irrorated with black, a black
discoidal lunule, postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and
' blackish apical patch extending to vein 6.

Hab. Tasmanta, Hobart (Norman), 1 6,19 type. Exp. 36
millim.

ARIATHISA. 397

4064. Ariathisa microspila. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 6.)
Caradrina microspila, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc, N.S. W. xxvi. p. 648 (1902).

3. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey; palpi
whitish with black patches at sides of lst and 2nd joints; frons
with blackish band above; tegule with black medial line; pectus
white mixed with some fuscous; tarsi black ringed with white ;
abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with brown, ventrally irrorated
with brown. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous brown, the
terminal area paler and tinged with rufous; subbasal line double,
black filled in with grey, minutely waved, from costa to submedian
fold in which there is a fine black streak to just beyond antemedial
line, which is double filled in with grey, oblique, waved ; orbicular
a whitish point defined by black; reniform whitish defined by
black and with black line in centre expanding into a patch below,
its lower extremity produced; a sinuous blackish medial line ;
postmedial line black defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards
below costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold,
oblique below vein 4 and angled inwards at submedian fold ; sub-
terminal line defined by black suffusion on inner side and with
slight black streaks before it at middle, slightly excurved below
vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black strie; cilia
whitish mixed with fuscous. Hind wing grey tinged with brown,
especially on terminal area; cilia white with fuscous line through
them from apex to vein 2; the underside white irrorated with
brown especially on costal area, a dark apical patch extending to
vein 6.

Abdomen of male with lateral tufts of long white hair from base.

Hab. Victorta, Birchip (Lyell), 2 3g; 8. Ausrraria, Parkside,
typet 3 in Coll. Lower. ep. 28 millim.

* 4065. Ariathisa atmoscopa. (Plate CXXXII. fig. 7.)
Caradrina atmoscopa, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. S. Austr. xxvi. p. 223 (1902).

Head and thorax fuscous brown; palpi with the 2nd joint and
the metathoracic crests tipped with grey ; pectus and legs with some
white mixed, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen brown
mixed with some grey. Fore wing fuscous brown mixed with
some grey; a slight black streak below base of cell; antemedial
line blackish defined on inner side by white, angled outwards below
costa, in submedian fold and to inner margin and inwards in cell
and on vein 1; orbicular minute, reddish defined by blackish, a
blackish streak from it to reniform, which has a reddish bar on
inner side followed by a small white lunule with a black streak
from it to termen; postmedial line blackish defined on outer side
by white, slightly bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal
fold and below vein 4, then angled outwards at vein 1 and_ bent
inwards to inner margin at antemedial line, the veins beyond it
with black streaks, some white points on costa; subterminal line

398 NOCTUID.

lod

whitish, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at
middle, bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black striae.
Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia whitish with
a brown line near base; the underside grey irrorated with brown
especially on costal area.

Hab. N.S. Watzs, Broken Hill, type + ¢ in Coll. Lower;
Vicroria, Melbourne, Birchip. vp. 28 millim.

4066. Ariathisa confinis. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 8.)
Celena confinis, W1k. xi. p. 733 (1857).

3g. Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with fuscous; palpi
black, ochreous white at tips; tarsi fuscous ringed with ochreous ;
abdomen ochreous tinged with brown. Fore wing red-brown
slightly suffused and irrorated with fuscous ; a fine black streak
in base of submedian fold; subbasal line represented by a slight
fuscous striga from costa; antemedial line blackish, oblique, waved,
crossed by a slight black streak in submedian fold; orbicular a
white point slightly defined by black; reniform white slightly
detined by black and with black line in centre expanding into a
patch below, its lower extremity somewhat produced; traces of
a diffused sinuous medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, double
and filled in with ochreous towards costa, slightly bent outwards
below costa, then oblique and minutely waved; subterminal line
indistinct, slightly defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side, with
slight white and black streaks before it at middle, minutely waved ;
the terminal area with slight black streaks on the veins; a terminal
series of black points with some white scales before them. Hind:
wing grey suffused with reddish brown; cilia brownish at base,
white at tips; the underside ochreous white irrorated with red-
brown, a small dark discoidal spot, postmedial points on costa and
veins 7, 6, and a diffused brown apical patch.

Hab. Qurenstanp, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 3 type; N.S.Watss, |
Sydney (Damel), 1 g ; 8S. Ausrratia, Semaphore (Lower), 1 o.
Exp. 30 millim. ;

*4067. Ariathisa poliocrossa. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 9.)
Caradrina poliocrossa, Turner, Tr. Roy. Soc. 8. Austr. xxviii. p. 5 (1903).

3. Head rufous; palpi ochreous in front; tegule black, grey
irrorated with brown at tips; thorax and abdomen grey-brown.
Fore wing violaceous grey suffused with rufous except on inner and
terminal areas, the rufous deepening towards subterminal line; the
subbasal line represented by double striz from costa; the ante-
medial line double, waved, obsolescent on costal half, oblique from
costa to submedian fold where it is angled; reniform represented
by a small fuscous lunule; median nervure blackish towards
extremity ; the postmedial line double, waved, obsolescent on costal
half, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique,

ARIATHISA. 399

some pale points beyond it on costa; the subterminal line only
defined by the grey area beyond it, slightly excurved at vein 7 and
middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia rufous. Hind
wing grey suffused with brown ; the cilia grey ; the underside grey
irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and fuscous apical
patch.

Abdomen with exsertible lateral tufts of hair from base above the
stigmata,
_ Hab. W. Ausrratra, Albany, type td in Mus, Queensland. Ewp.
30 millim.

*4068. Ariathisa porphyrescens. (Plate CXXXII. fig. 10.)
Caradrina porphyrescens, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvi. p. 652 (1902).

@. Head and thorax purplish red-brown; palpi blackish at
sides; thorax irrorated with fuscous; abdomen pale brown, the
veutral surface whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing purplish
red-brown slightly irrorated with fuscous ; traces of a double ante-
medial line; orbicular and reniform represented by very indistinct
reddish-ochreous points ; an obscure medial shade from lower angle
of cell to inner margin; an indistinct minutely dentate postmedial
line bent outwards below costa; the subterminal line defined by the
sinuous black shade on its inner edge; cilia dark brown. Hind
wing pale brown, rather darker on terminal area; cilia white at
tips; the underside whitish with discoidal point, curved postmedial
line, and apical dark patch.

Hab. Victoria, Melbourne, type tT Q in Coll. Lower. Exp. 38

millim.

4069. Ariathisa bistrigula. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 11.)
Hadena bistrigula, Wik. xi. 599 (1857).

@. Head and thorax dark brown with a slight purplish tinge
mixed with grey; antenne whitish; tarsi fuscous ringed with
whitish ; abdomen grey suffused with brown. Fore wing ferru-
ginous brown mixed with white and suffused with purple ; subbasal
line represented by an oblique white striga from costa; antemedial
line indistinct, whitish, oblique, waved ; orbicular a whitish point ;
reniform an ochreous-white lunule defined by blackish on inner side,
with whitish striga before its upper part, its lower extremity pro-
duced to a point and angled ; traces of a sinuous dark medial line ;
postmedial line indistinct, dark defined by grey-white on outer side,
bent outwards below costa, then oblique, dentate and produced to
points on the veins ; subterminal line grey-white, angled outwards
at vein 7, then oblique; a terminal series of black strie; cilia
brown mixed with grey. Hind wing pale red-brown; cilia brownish
at base, white at tips; the underside white irrorated with brown,
the terminal area suffused with brown and with diffused dark
apical patch, a small discoidal spot.

Hab. Avstrauia (Hardwicke), 1 9 type. LEwp. 38 miltim,

400 NOCTUID As.

4070. Ariathisa capularis. (Plate CXXXIL. fig. 12.)

Agrotis capularis, Guen. Noct. i p. 271 (1852).

Mamestra ignobilis, Wik. ix. 239 (1856).

Graphiphora instipata, Wik. x. 404 (1856).

Hadena congregata, Wk. xi. 598 (1857).

Orthosia lunifera, Wk. xi. 747 (1857).

Celena verecunda, W\k. xv. 1691 (1858).

Amphipyra cinctipes, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 111. f. 19 (1874).

Caradrina derosa, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xviii. p. 121 (1875); Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 195.

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey; palpi black at
base, whitish at tips; lower part of frons whitish ; tegule with
slight dark medial line; pectus whitish except infront; tarsi biack
ringed with white; abdomen whitish mixed with brown. Fore
wing grey irrorated with dark brown and mixed with white; sub-
basal line represented by double black striz from costa and cell
filled in with whitish ; antemedial line double, black filled in with
whitish, oblique, waved; orbicular small, round, white defined by
black ; reniform a pale reddish lunule defined by black; a sinuous
blackish medial line ; postmedial line double, black, bent outwards
below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique and angled inwards in
submedian fold, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal
line slightly defined by blackish on inner side and with small
dentate black marks before it at middle, slightly angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black strie ;
cilia with blackish line through them. Hind wing grey-brown ;
cilia white with brown line near base from apex to vein 2; the
underside white irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule and
postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, the area beyund it
suffused with brown becoming blackish at apex.

Hab. N.S. Watss (Raynor), 1 9; Vicror1a, Gisborne (Lyell), 2 3,
3 9; 8. Ausrratra, Adelaide, 1 ¢ type lunifera; Tasmania (Smith,
Butler), 3 3, 19, types ignobils, instypata, congregata, Hobart
Norman, Lea), 3 3. Hup. 34-42 millim. Typet in Mus. Paris
(nd type f derosa in Coll. Michigan Agric. Coll.; the locality New
aersey is an error.

4071. Ariathisa comma.

Mamestra comma, Wik. ix. 239 (1856) ; Butl. Ins. Voy. Erebus & Terror,
pl. ix. f.6 ; Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 7, pl. v. ff. 27, 28.

Graphiphora implexa, W1k. x. 405 (1856).

Hadena plusiata, W\k. xxxiti. 742 (1865).

Nitocris bicomma, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 4 (1868).

¢. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey; palpi
black at base, whitish at tips; tarsi fuscous with pale rings ;
abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing pale grey-brown ; subbasal
line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line
double, waved, oblique, angled outwards in submedian fold; orbi-
cular a whitish point defined by black; reniform ochreous white
defined by black and with blackish line in centre expanding into a
patch below, its lower extremity produced; a sinuous medial line

ARIATHISA. 401

excurved in cell; postmedial line double, slightly bent outwards
below costa, then minutely waved, oblique and slightly angled
inwards in submedian fold, some whitish points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line brown, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate
black marks from costa to vein 3, slightly excurved below vein 7
and at middle; cilia tinged with fuscous. Hind wing reddish

Fig. 106.—Ariathisa comma, Sg. 1.

brown ; cilia with ochreous line at base followed by a brown line and
white tips; the underside white irrorated with brown, the inner
and terminal areas tinged with brown, a slight blackish discoidal
lunule, oblique postmedial line and, diffused subterminal band
expanding into a diffused apical patch.

Q@. Head, thorax, and fore wing blackish glossed with grey, the
last with the markings less prominent.

Hab. N. Zeauany (Churton, Colenso, Smith, Mathew, J. J. Walker,
Hudson), 3 3, 11 Q, type and type impleva, Dunedin (Purdie),
2 6,1 9, Marlborough (Skelton), 2 3, Auckland (Oxley), 23 type
plusiata, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Rakaia. Exp. 32-
40 millim.

Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 7, ole Sb wt Il,

Dark brown tinged with pink ; subdorsal area paler; a series of
oblique black streaks on each segment, the thoracic somites darker.
Feeds on various low plants. 1.

4072. Ariathisa atra. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 13.)

Agrotis atra, Guen. Noct. i. p. 272 (1852).
Agrotis testaceicollis, Guen. Noet. i. p. 273 (1852),
Agrotis cinereicollis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 278 (1852).
Agrotis restituta, Guen. Noct. 1. p. 273 (1852).
Mamestra lucifera, Wik. xxxii. 668 (1865).
AXylina collaris, Wik. xxxili. 752 (1865).

Head and thorax black with a greyish gloss and slightly mixed
with grey; palpi black at base, whitish at tips; tarsi fuscous
ringed with whitish; abdomen greyish brown. Fore wing black-
brown with a greyish gloss ; subbasal line represented by blackish
points below costa and cell; antemedial line indistinct, blackish,
waved, oblique; orbicular minute, round, ochreous white defined
by black; reniform a small ochreous brown lunule defined by
black, with slight dark line in centre and diffused dark shade before
it, its lower extremity produced to a point; an indistinct sinuous

VOL. VIII. 2D

402 NOCTUID®.

medial line; postmedial line indistinct, blackish, bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, angled inwards in submedian fold; sub-
terminal line indistinct, dark, with slight black streak before it at
middle, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, then oblique; cilia
fuscous mixed with some greyish brown. Hind wing fuscous brown
with a greyish tinge; cilia white at tips; the underside whitish,
suffused and irrorated with brown, a shght discoidal lunule, traces
of a curved postmedial line and apical blackish patch extending to
vein 6.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with white point at lower extremity of reni-
form, the lines and markings more distinct.
Ab. 2. lucifera. Fore wing with the reniform white.
Ab. 3. testaceicollis. Tegule whitish, tinged with rufous.
Ab. 4. Hind wing whitish, the veins and markings tinged with
brown.
(a) cinereicollis. Tegule grey; fore wing black with the
markings prominent.
(6) restituta. Tegule concolorous ; fore wing greyish fuscous
with the markings obsolescent.
Hab. Qurnystanp, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 2 2 type collaris ;
N.S. Waues (Raynor), 1 9 : S. Ausrraxia, Parkside (Lower), 13,
29; Tasmanta (Hardwicke, Doubleday), 3 2 type lucifera,
Launceston (Zitiler), 1 ¢. Exp. 36-42 millim. Types atra,
testaceicollis, cineriecollis, and restituta in Mus. Paris.

4073. Ariathisa microdes. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 14.)
Caradrina microdes, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvi. p. 649 (1902).

¢. Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with fuscous; palpi
black, ochreous at tips; pectus whitish; tarsi black ringed with
white; abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing fuscous
mixed with some grey and rufous; subbasal line black defined by
grey on outer side, excurved below vosta and ending at submedian
fold in which there is a slight fulvous streak beyond it; antemedial
line black defined by grey on inner side, oblique, minutely waved ;
orbicular a fulvous point defined by black; reniform a small white
lunule defined by black and some fulvous scales, its lower extremity
slightly produced; a somewhat diffused oblique blackish medial line ;
postmedial line black defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards
below costa, then oblique, minutely waved and slightly incurved at
submedian fold, some ochreous points beyond it on costa; subter-
minal line indistinct, greyish, slightly defined by fuscous on inner
side and with slight black and fulvous streaks before it at middle,
somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series
of black points. Hind wing grey tinged with reddish brown ; cilia
white with brownish line at base; the underside white irrorated
with brown, thickly on costal area, a black discoidal lunule and
diffused brown apical patch extending to discal fold.

©. Fore wing more uniform in colour, the markings indistinct,
the reniform with brown centre.

ARIATHISA. 403

Hab. N. 8S. Wares, Broken Hill (Lower), 1 $,19. Erp. 24
millim. ‘Type? in Coll. Lower.

4074. Ariathisa atrisquamata. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 15.)
Caradrina atrisguamata, Lower, Pr. Linn, Soc. N.S. W. xxvi. p. 653 (1902).

Q. Head and thorax dull brown ; palpi blackish at sides; abdo-
men pale fuscous, the ventral surface white irrorated with brown.
Fore wing dull grey-brown irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line
double, the inner line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold:
antemedial line double, the outer line black, irregularly waved ;
orbicular represented by a pale point; reniform small, quadrate,
blackish with grey edges, placed on the indistinct waved medial
line; postmedial line indistinct, double, waved. bent outwards
below costa and incurved below vein 3; an indistinct sinuous sub-
terminal line with slight black streaks before it at middle. Hind
wing pale brown; the underside whitish with discoidal points and
brownish apical patch.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the small white spot on outer edge of
reniform.—Tasmania.

Hab. Vicrorta, Melbourne, type 7 9 in Coll. Lower; Tasmanra,
Hobart (Norman), 19. Kxp. 26 millim,

4075. Ariathisa cryphea. (Plate CXXXII. fig. 16.)
Caradrina eryphea, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxxii. p. 58 (1908).

3. Head and thorax grey tinged with rufous; palpi with black
patches at sides, whitish in front and at tips; lower part of frons
white; tegulee with slight medial brown line; tarsi black ringed
with white; abdomen grey. Fore wing grey tinged with rufous
especially on terminal area and slightly irrorated with black ; sub-
basal line represented by double black strive from costa ; antemedial
line double at costa, oblique, waved ; claviform absent; orbicular a
small grey spot ringed with brown ; reniform a diffused rufous spot ;
a somewhat diffused blackish medial line, oblique from costa to lower
angle of cell, then slightly angled inwards below vein 2; postmedial
line indistinctly double and with slight black streaks beyond the
inner line on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa, angled
inwards in discal fold and below vein 2; subterminal line only
defined by blackish suffusion on inner side, slightly angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing grey tinged with fuscous; cilia whitish with fuscous
line through them, wholly fuscous except at base towards apex ; the
underside white tinged with brown except costal area which is
irrorated with black, the apical area suffused with fuscous, a small
discoidal spot and curved pestmedial line.

Ab. 1. More tinged with fuscous and with hardly any rufous
shades ; fore wing with the medial shade stronger; hind wing with
the underside whiter and with less black suffusion on apical area,

2D 2

404. NOCTUID ©.

Hab. Victoria, Gisborne (Lyell), 1 3, Castlemaine (Drake), 1 ¢.
Exp. 36 millim. Type? ¢ in Coll. Lyell.

4076. Ariathisa heterogama. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 17.)
Caradrina heterogama, Lower, ined.

3. Head and thorax white more or less strongly suffused with
red-brown ; palpi black at base; tegule with the basal half black ;
tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen ochreous with slight
fuscous segmental lines, the ventral surface white. Fore wing
reddish ochreous, irrorated with black: subbasal line represented by
black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line black, oblique,
waved; orbicular a faint minute reddish spot; reniform a small
reddish lunule defined by brown on inner side; an indistinct
blackish medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure, then
sinuous ; postmedial line slight, blackish, bent outwards below costa,
then dentate, incurved below vein 4 and angled inwards in sub-
median fold, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal] line
slight, pale, defined on inner side by blackish suffusion, angled
outwards at vein 7, then oblique, dentate; a terminal series of
black points; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing white,
the veins and apical part of termen tinged with brown; the under-
side with the costal area slightly irrorated with black, a discoidal
point, the apex blackish.

@. Head and thorax fuscous and white ; fore wing suffused with
fuscous and white, the terminal half of inner area and the terminal
area less suffused.

Hab. N.S. Wauzs, Broken Hill (Lower), 4 $,4 2. Hwp. 34-38

millim.

4077. Ariathisa monochroa. (Plate CXXXII. fig. 18.)
Caradrina monochroa, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvi. p. 652 (1902).

g. Head and thorax rufous with a slight greyish tinge; palpi
whitish with black marks at sides of 1st and Znd joints: lower
part of frons whitish; pectus whitish mixed with rufous; tarsi
tuscous ringed with white; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with
rufous, ventrally irrorated with rufous. Fore wing rufous with
slight grey irroration; subbasal line represented by a blackish
striga from costa; antemedial line slight, blackish, oblique from
costa to submedian fold where it is angled, then inwardly oblique;
orbicular a slight white point; reniform small faintly defined by
black ; postmedial line slight, blackish, bent outwards below costa,
then dentate, oblique below vein 4 and angled inwards in sub-
median fold; subterminal line absent; a terminal series of black
strie. Hind wing pale reddish brown; cilia whitish at tips; the
underside white irrorated with black-brown, a discoidal point,
postmedial series of minute streaks on the veins, and blackish apical
patch extending to vein 6.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with fuscous, the

ARIATHISA, 405

last with the orbicular defined by some black scales and the reni-
form filled in with blackish, hind wing darker.—Birchip.

Q. Fore wing with the reniform white with brown line in
middle, its lower extremity produced, the subterminal line some-
times represented by a series of whitish marks slightly defined by
brown on inner side and excurved below vein 7 and at middle;
hind wing whiter.

Abdomen of male with lateral tufts of long brown hair from hase.

Hab. Victorta, Birchip (Lower), 1 g; S. Ausrratra, Parkside
(Lower), 13,22. Hap. 34 milim. Type f in Coll. Lower.

4078. Ariathisa adelphodes. (Plate CXXXII. fig. 19.)
Caradrina adelphodes, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvi. p. 654 (1902).

3S. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with whitish; palpi
dark brown at base, white at tips; frons white below, dark brown
above; pectus and legs white mixed with some brown; abdomen
white slightly mixed with rufous, ventrally suffused with rufous.
Fore wing white suffused and irrorated with bright rufous; sub-
basal line represented by small black spots below costa and cell;
antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with white and with
black spots on the outer line at costa and submedian fold, oblique,
waved ; orbicular small, round, pure white defined by black; reni-
form a small square pure white spot with black marks on inner
and outer sides ; postmedial line slight, blackish defined by whitish
on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, minutely
waved and slightly incurved at snbmedian fold, some white points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side
by slight somewhat dentate black marks, angled outwards below
vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal area slightly
irrorated with brown.

Hab. N.S. Wauus, Broken Hill (Lower), 1 g. EHwp. 32 millim.
Type f in Coll. Lower.

*40)79. Ariathisa leucosticta. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 20.)
Caradrina leucosticta, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8S. Austr. xxxii. p. 58 (1908).

@. Head and thorax dull reddish brown, the head mixed with
ochreous white; palpi black at base, whitish at tips; fore tibic
and tarsi blackish ringed with ochreous white; abdomen greyish
mixed with dark’ brown. Fore wing dull reddish brown with a
purplish tinge and irrorated with black especially on the veins;
a slight streak of white scales in base of cell; subbasal line
represented by two slight blackish striz from costa; antemedial
line defined by greyish on inner side, double at costa, waved,
slightly oblique; claviform absent; orbicular a minute white
point; reniform a small white spot surrounded by black scales ;
traces of a medial line; postmedial line double at costa and with
black points beyond it on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa

«a

AU6 NOCTUID.

te just beyone the cell, then minutely waved and slightly incurved
below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal
line very indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by black scales and
very slight streaks on the veins, somewhat excurved below vein 7
and at middle; a series of small white spots and black points on
termen. Hind wing grey uniformly tinged with brown; the
underside whitish irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and
traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Vicrorra (Lyell), type + 9 in Coll. Drake. Hap. 28 millim.

4080. Ariathisa interfereus. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 21.)
Dianthacia interferens, W1k. xi. 507 (1857).

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with some grey and
fuscous ; palpi black, white in front ; lower part of frons yellowish
white; basal joint of antennae white in front; tibie and tarsi
black ringed with white; abdomen greyish ochreous with slight
fuscous segmental lines. Fore wing grey suffused with rufous and
thickly irrorated with dark brown; subbasal line black defined by
whitish on outer side, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial
line double, black filled in with whitish, slightly angled outwards
below costa, then oblique, sinuous; orbicular absent; reniform a
black lunule with its lower extremity produced to postmedial line,
some whitish beyond it; postmedial line black defined by whitish
on outer side, double at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa,
then minutely waved, somewhat incurved below vein 4, some pale
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight, greyish, defined
on inner side by some dark suffusion and somewhat dentate black
marks at middle, very minutely waved. Hind wing greyish
suffused with yellowish brown; cilia whitish at tips; the underside
whitish tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous, traces of
a postmedial line, a large apical blackish patch extending to discal
fold.

Hab. S. Ausrratta, Adelaide (Davies), 1 2 type; W. AusTrRatta,
Perth, 29; Tasmanta, Hobart (Norman), 1¢. Exp. 28-30 millim,

4081..Ariathisa flexirena. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 22.)
Apamnea flexirena, Wik. xxxii. 673 (1865).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; palpi black,
grey at tips; frons with blackish band above; tegule whitish at
middle and with black point at base; pectus white mixed with
some brown; tibie blackish, the tarsi black ringed with white ;
abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with brown, ventrally irrorated
with brown. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous brown and
irrorated slightly with fuscous, the antemedial area pale grey;
subbasal line black, straight, from costa to submedian fold; ante-
medial line black, oblique, almost straight ; orbicular a black point
slightly defined by ochreous; reniform a black lunule with its
lower extremity produced to the postmedial line, a greyish patch

ARIATHISA. 407

beyond it ; postmedial line slight, defined by greyish on outer side,
slightly bent outwards below costa, then oblique, minutely waved,
some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct,
greyish, defined on inner side by blackish suffusion, slightly angled
outwards below vein 7 and excurved at middle; a fine black
terminal line with grey striae on inner side. Hind wing greyish
suffused with fuscous brown, somewhat paler at base; cilia with
ochreous line at base followed by a fuscous line and white tips ;
the underside whitish tinged with brown, the costal area irrorated
with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and diffused dark apical patch
extending to discal fold.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the antemedial area concolorous.

Hab. Quennstanpd, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 3 type, Brisbane
(Turner), 1 6, 2 2; N.S. Wazus (Mathew), 1 5. Hxp. 26-30
millim.

*4082. Ariathisa adelopa. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 23.)
Caradrina adelopa, Lower, ined.

¢. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with grey; palpi, vertex of
head, and antenne rufous; pectus ochreous white; legs ochreous
and fuscous, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen fuscous and
grey. Fore wing fuscous grey thickly irrorated with black, the
terminal area fuscous ; subbasal line represented by a black point
on costa; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved, angled
outwards at submedian fold and with black point at costa; reni-
form an oblique blackish lunule with small rufous lunule on its
outer edge, placed on the indistinct waved medial line which is
oblique trom costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial line in-
distinct, waved, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at
discal fold and more strongly below vein 4; subterminal line
indistinct, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle; a terminal series of slight striz. Hind wing dark fuscous;
underside grey, the costal area irrorated with black, a small black
discoidal lunule, the terminal area blackish, deeper towards apex.

Abdomen with large exsertible lateral. tufts from base above the
stigmata.

Hab, Victorta, Gisborne (Lyell), in Coll. Turner. Lup. 42
millim.

*4083. Ariathisa nycteris. (Plate CXXXLII. fig. 24.)
Caradrina nycteris, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxxii. p. 60 (1908).

@. Head and thorax brownish grey suffused with fuscous; palpi
blackish, pale at tips; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen
grey strongly mixed with brown. Fore wing grey almost wholly
suffused with fuscous brown ; a black point at base; subbasal line
black defined by grey on outer side, waved, from costa to submedian
fold; antemedial line double filled in with grey, oblique, dentate ;
clayiform absent; orbicular represented by a white point defined

408 NOCTUID&.

by fuscous; reniform a narrow blackish lunule; postmedial line
defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then
minutely dentate, incurved beiow vein 4, some whitish points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by slight whitish
marks with small dentate blackish marks on their inner side,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle, the interspaces beyond them
with slight black streaks with white points just before termen ;
cilia with a slight pale line at base. Hind wing greyish wholly
suffused with brown; cilia whitish with a fuseous line through
them; the underside white thickly irrorated with brown, the
apical area suffused with brown, a slight diseoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.

Hab. N.S. Watzs, Emu Plains, type 7 Q in Coll. Turner. Lap.
32 millim.

*4084, Ariathisa basisticha. (Plate CXXXII. fig. 25.)
Caradrina basisticha, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxxil. p. 60 (1908).

6. Head and tegule white tinged with red-brown; palpi black
except at tips; antenne black above; thorax pale brown mixed
with fuscous; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen greyish
suffused with red-brown. Fore wing greyish suffused with red-
brown and fuscous and irrorated with black; subbasal line shght,
black, waved, from costa to submedian fold; a black streak below
the cell to the antemedial line, which is indistinct, double, waved,
oblique, angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1; claviform
absent ; orbicular a minute whitish spot defined by black scales ;
reniform represented by two bars of whitish and black scaies ;
postmedial line indistinct, double, minutely waved, incurved at
discal fold and oblique below vein 4; the interspaces of terminal
area with slight black streaks; subterminal line indistinct, pale,
slightly defined on inner side by fuscous towards costa, somewhat
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal
series of minute black points; cilia with a fine pale line at base.
Hind wing white uniformly tinged with brown ; cilia white with a
brown line near base; the underside white irrorated with brown
especially on costal area, a slight discoidal spot and traces of ports
medial line from costa to vein 6,

Hab. Qurnnstann, Brisbane, type fT g in Coll. Turner. ap. 28

millim.

4085. Ariathisa striolata. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 26.)
Caradrina striolata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 393.

Q. Head white slightly irrorated with brown; paipi fuscous
except towards tips; thorax white mixed with red-brown; abdomen
white shghtly tinged with red-brown, ventrally suffused with red-
brown. Fore wing whitish tinged with red-brown and irrorated
with purplish fuscous, the costal area whiter ; subbasal line
represented by blackish points on costa and median nervure with
a point beyond them in cell; antemedial line blackish, angled

ARTATHISA. 409

outwards on subcostal nervure and in submedian fold and inwards
on median nervure and vein 1; orbicular defined by some slight
black points; reniform small, defined by black with some white
scales round it; postmedial line blackish, oblique from costa to
vein 7, then minutely waved and with black points at the veins,
incurved at submedian fold and angled outwards at vein 1; a sub-
terminal series of black streaks on veins 8 to 4, longer on veins 6, 5
and extending to postmedial line; a terminal series of black points;
cilia chequered fuscous and whitish. Hind wing white; the under-
side with the costal area suffused and irrorated with red-brown, a
brown discoidal point.
Hab. Fist, 1 2 type. zp. 30 millim.

*4086. Ariathisa acallis. (Plate CX XXII. fig. 27.)
Caradrina acallis, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 4 (1903).

3g. Head and thorax brownish ochreous; abdomen whitish
tinged with fuscous. Fore wing greyish ochreous with slight dark
irroration and a brown shade through the cell expanding at termen
to apex and vein 2; a black point in cell near base; orbicular
small, round, ochreous with small black spots on its inner and outer
sides ; reniform small, very indistinct, with ill-defined black streaks
on the veins beyond it; a terminal series of black points. Hind
wing white, tinged with ochreous towards costa; the underside
with discoidul point, the costal area suffused with brown.

Hab. Quernstann, Brisbane (Vurner), 1 3g, Cairns. Eup. 28
millim. ‘ype f ¢ in Coll. Turner.

*4087. Ariathisa melanographa. (Plate CXXXII. fig. 28.)
Caradrina melanographa, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxxii. p. 59 (1908).

d. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with pale red-brown ;
palpi blackish except at extremity. Fore wing grey very slightly
tinged with pale red-brown and sparsely irrorated with black, some
black scales at base below the cell; the subbasal line represented
by an oblique black striga from costa; the antemedial line black,
interrupted, oblique, minutely dentate, strongly inwards on vein 1;
claviform and orbicular obsolete; reniform represented by some
black points and scales ; postmedial line black, bent outwards below
costa, excurved and produced to short streaks beyond the cell,
incurved and angled outwards on vein 1; terminal area tinged
with fuscous; the subterminal line very indistinct, greyish with
slight black streaks before it at middle; a terminal series of white
points and some black points at base of cilia. Hind wing brownish
grey ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous and with slight
black discoidal lunule.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing largely suffused with black.

Hab. Vicror1a, Blackrock (Lyell), type d in Coll. Turner. Lup.
28 millim.

410 NOCLUID A.

Genus ACOPA.
Type.
Acopa, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 279 (1874) ............ carina.

Proboscis absent ; palpi slight, porrect, hardly reaching beyond the frons and
clothed with rough hair ; 5 frons with rounded prominence ; eves large, round ;
antennee of “1019 serrate and fasciculate ; thorax plored chiefly with rough
scales, the prothorax with spreading crest, the metathorax with very large crest ;
build slender ; tibix fringed with rather long hair ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base but without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa some-
what excised beyond middle, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and
not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from year angle of ceil; 6 from upper angle;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with the cell very long; veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

A. Hind wing fuscous.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform white defined

by blacks TOA ate Dr at ae eRe | Oe We rene ee pacifica.
6. Fore wing with the orbicular orn reniform indistinct,
Iola choisht jciias tachi ae ostocwenmene cn eciate enan neue Cee coat entien Carina.

B. Hind wing white.
a. Fore wing strongly irrorated with red-brown, the post-

medial line nearly evenly sinuouS.................0.se0eee eee ee imeana.
6. Fore wing slightly irrorated with red-brown, the post-
medial line minutely waved ........ ...... BUaReasE ebb oocpedaae perpallida.

*4028. ? Acopa pacifica.

Acopa pacifica, H. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 46 (1884); Smith, Cat. Noct. N.
Am. p. 265
$. Head and thorax dark grey; legs and abdomen fuscous.
Fore wing dark grey with some white suffusion from base of inner
margin to apex, the medial area suffused with white towards costa,
darker at inner margin; subbasal line present; antemedial line
strong, black, slightly oblique, with a slight tooth at middle;
orbicular and reniform very distinct, white defined by black and
with some brownish scales in centres; postmedial line oblique,
arising from the white suffusion below costa; postmedial area
suffused with brown; a black streak from apex and black terminal
line; cilia grey-brown. Hind wing fuscous: cilia white; the
underside paler, with traces of a medial band and some whitish
streaks on costal area.
Hab. U.S.A., Arizona. Hap. 25 millim. This species is un-
known to me.

4089. Acopa carina.
Acopa carina, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 279 (1874); Smith,
Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 264.

d. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with some
white. Fore wing white largely suffused and irrorated with black-
brown, the medial area almost wholly suffused except towards

ACOPA. 411

costa ; subbasal line black-brown, diffused on inner side and defined
by white on outer, angled outwards below costa and cell and ending at
vein 1: antemedial line defined by white on inner side and diffused
on outer, angled outwards in cell and inwards on median nervure,
then sinuous; claviform and orbicular represented by indistinct

Fig. 107.—Acopa carina, 3. 3.

elongate dark marks, the reniform by a dark bar; postmedial line
black-brown defined by white on outer side, minutely dentate,
oblique from costa to vein 6 and inwardly oblique below vein 4, a
diffused oblique dark shade from costa towards apex to postmedial
line at vein 6; a diffused dark brown subterminal band; a terminal
series of black-brown strie. Hind wing greyish almost entirely
suffused with fuscous brown; cilia grey mixed with dark brown.
Underside of both wings dark brown slightly tinged with grey.

' ©. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with some brown ;
fore wing white irrorated with yellowish brown, the medial area
and subterminal band somewhat darker; markings similar; hind
wing paler fuscous brown; underside of both wings white tinged
with brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 6,19 type. vp. 28 millim.

4090. Acopa incana. (Plate CXXXII. fig. 29.)

Acopa incana, H. Edw. Papilio, ii. p. 128 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct. N,
Am. p. 264.

. Head and thorax creamy white mixed with brown; abdomen
white slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing creamy white
irrorated with brown, sometimes leaving white streaks below costa
and on inner margin; antemedial line nearly medial, brown, angled
outwards in cell and submedian fold and inwards on median nervure
and yein 1; reniform defined by diffused brown, its upper extremity
produced to a point and met by an oblique diffused streak from
costa near apex; postmedial line brown, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved and slightly sinuous ; a diffused subterminal brown shade,
the veins beyond it streaked with brown; a terminal series of
slight brown lunules; cilia with a brown line through them.
Hind wing white faintly tinged with brown; traces of a discoidal
lunule ; a fine brown terminal line.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Oslar), 2 2, Arizona,
ep. 30 millim.

AQ NOCLUID HE.

4091. Acopa perpallida. (Plate CAXXILI. fig. 30.)

Acopa perpallida, Grote, Cun. Ent. x. p. 68 (1878); Smith, Cat. Noet.
N. Am. p. 264.

3. Head and thorax white faintly tinged in parts with ochreous
brown and irrorated with some dark brown; legs tinged with
ochreous brown; abdomen white dorsally tinged with ochreous
brown. Fore wing white, the basal inner area and the medial
area below the cell tinged with brownish ochreous, the veins slightly
streaked with brown; subbasal line indistinct, yellow-brown,
strongly angled outwards below cell and ending at vein 1; ante-
medial line yellow-brown, strongly angled outwards in cell,
submedian fold, and above inner margin and inwards on median
nervure and vein 1; claviform and orbicular absent; reniform
rather indistinctly defined by brown and with some brown in
centre ; postmedial line brown, minutely waved, oblique from costa
to above vein 5, then inwardly oblique, an oblique dark shade from
costa beyond it meeting it at vein 6; a diffused oblique subterminal
brown band except towards costa; a terminal serics of brown strive ;
cilia white with a few brown scales at base and faint line near
base. Hind wing white slightly irrorated with brown, a slight
brown terminal line. Underside of fore wing mostly suffused with
brown ; hind wing with small brown discoidal lunule and traces of
diffused postmedial bar from costa to vein 6.

Had. U.S.A., Kansas (Snow), 2 ¢ type. xp. 32 millim.

Genus ACOSMETIA.

Type.
Acosmeria, Steph. Ul. Brit. Hnt., Haust. 111. p. 121 (1829) ...... caliginosa.
Hydrilia, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 188 (1840)... 2... caliginosa.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi uptured, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of fronsand moderately scaled, the 5rd moderate; frons with small rounded
prominence; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated ; thorax clothed
with hair and scales mixed and without crests; build slender; tibize slightly
fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing typically short and
broad, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3
and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from
angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

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B. Fore wing with the lines single.
a. Hind wing grey tinged with red-brown .................. caliginosa.
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4092. Acosmetia tenuipennis, n. sp. (Plate CXX XIII. fig. 1.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish grey mixed with reddish
brown. Fore wing rather narrow, purplish grey suffused and
irrorated with reddish brown ; antemedial line indistinctly double
filled in with grey, slightly angled outwards on subcostal and

ACOSMETTA. 413

median nervures, then oblique; orbicular and reniform absent ;
postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with grey, slightly bent
outwards below costa, excnrved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal
line indistinct, grey defined on inner side by dark suffusion, slightly
excurved below 7 and oblique below vein 3; a terminal series of
dark stria. Hind wing purplish grey tinged with brown; the
underside irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot.
Hab. Formosa, 1 ¢ type. Hep. 20 millim.

4093. Acosmetia caliginosa.

Noctua caliginosa, Hiibn. Eur, Schmett , Noct. f. 474 (1818) ; Dup. Lép. Fr.,
Suppl. iii. p. 841, pl. 31. t.4; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 122;
Herr.-Schaif, Hur. Schmett., Noct. f. 485; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 199.

Anthophila litorea, Frr. Neue Beitr. v. p. 163, pl. 479. ff. 1, 2 (1846).

Caradrina stagnicolor, Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 111, p). 107, f. 6 (mee Ochs.).

Acosmetia aquatilis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 240, pl. 5. f. 2 (1852).

Acosmetia tristis, Teich, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1896, p. 29.

Head and thorax purplish brown tinged with greyish ; the palpi,
frons, and fore legs tinged with fuscous; abdomen grey irrorated
with brown. Fore wing silky purplish brown thickly irrorated
with grey; antemedial line indistinct, brown, strongly waved and
angled inwards on vein 1; stigmata absent ; postmedial line
indistinct, brown, interrupted, bent outwards below costa, then
with short dark streaks beyond it on the veins, slightly ineurved at

Fig. 108.—Acosmetia caliginosa,.3 }.

discal fold and incurved below vein 4; traces of a pale subterminal
line slightly defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of slight dark
strie ; cilia with a fine dark line near base. Hind wing silky grey
suffused with pale red-brown; cilia rather paler with a slight
brown line near base; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with
pale red-brown.

Ab. 1. aquatilis. Paler; fore wing yellowish grey.—Urals,
Armenia, Altai, Ala Tau.

Hab. Brirarn, Leech Coll.; France; Germany, Zeller, Frey, &
Leech Colls.; Ausrrta; Huneary, Leech Coll.; Swirzerranp ;
? Spatn, Catalonia; N. Irary; ? Swepen; Batcaw Srares; Russta,
Urals, Zeller Coll.; W. Turxusran, Ala Tau; W. Srperta, Altai.
Exp. 28-34 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Lep. Brit. p. 114; Barrett, Brit. Lep. v. p. 263, pl. 219. f.2.

Sap-green with yellow segmental incisions, the lines fine, white.
Food-plants: Serratula tinctoria, Sangiasorba, Rumex.

414 NOCTUID ©.

*4094, Acosmetia arida. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 2.
Acosmetia arida, de Joan. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1909, ined.

Q. Head white tinged with ochreous ; antennz brownish ;
thorax ochreous ; pectus and legs ochreous white, the tarsi ringed
with brown ; avdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous irrorated
with red-brown ; subbasal line rather diffused, black, slightly bent
outwards at median nervure and ending at vein 1; antemedial line
rather diffused, black, excurved, slightly angled inwards at vein 1 ;
medial area irrorated with some black scales, especially in cell, and
with traces of a medial line ; postmedial line blackish, oblique from
costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and angled inwards in sub-
median fold; subterminal line very indistinct, ochreous, excurved
below vein 7, then oblique; cilia white. Hind wing pure white.

Hab. Eayrr, Mokattam in Coll. de Joannis, Hap. 20 millim.

Genus PETILAMPA.

Type.
Petilampa, Auriv. Nord. Fjar. p. 156 (1890).............-...0eeeeee eee minima.
Platyperigea, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 60 (1894) ...... camina.

Proboscis aborted, small ; palpi porrect, extending about the length of head,
the 2nd joint fringed with long hair below, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ;
eyes large, round ; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with rough hair
and hair-like scales and without crests; build slender; tibiz fringed with
rather long hair ; abdomen without crests; wings of male ample, of female
aborted and considerably reduced. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the ter-
men evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with & to form the areole; 11
from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from
middle of discocellulars; 6, '7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line produced to a series of

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B. Fore wing with the postmedial line not produced to a series
of black points on the veins.
a. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below vein 4.
a. Kore wing with the antemedial line strongly angled out-
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6, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from below costa
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4095. Petilampa minima.

Noctua minima, Haworth, Lep. Brit. p. 216 (1809).

Phytometra lutescens, Haworth, Lep. Brit. p. 260 (1809).

Phytometra arcuosa, Haworth, Lep. Brit. p. 260 (1809); Steph. Ill. Brit.
Ent., Haust. iii. p. 128; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 199.

Caradrina duponchellit, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 82 (1829); Dup. Lép. Fr.,
Suppl. iii. p. 307, pl. 28. f. 4.

Noctua aire, Fry. Neue Beitr. ii. p. 109, pl. 162. ff. 1-3 (1836); Herr.-
Sehaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 178-9.

PETILAMPA, 415

Acosmetia morrisii, Morris, Natural. ii. p. 88 (1837); Humphrey & West-
wood, Brit. Moths, i. p. 245, pl. 54. f. 12.

36. Head and thorax rufous, mixed with whitish; palpi fuscous,
pale at tips; antennz fuscous; legs fuscous, the tarsi ringed with
whitish ; abdomen pale rufous dorsally tinged with brown. Fore
wing whitish suffused with pale rufous, the postmedial area except
towards costa and the terminal area rather whiter ; antemedial line
indistinct, dark, waved, angled inwards to black points on the
veins ; a slight dark point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line
very indistinct, dark, bent outwards below costa, then minutely
dentate and produced to dark points on the veins, excurved to vein 4,

Fig. 109.—-Petilampa iminima, G. 3}.
then incurved ; a faint dark subterminal line, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle and incurved at submedian fold; a terminal
series of dark striz; cilia with a dark line at middle. Hind wing
whitish, suffused with pale red-brown ; cilia white, yellowish at
base and with brown line at middle ; the underside with the costal
area tinged with rufous, a slight dark discoidal point, indistinct
curved postmedial line, and terminal series of stria.

@. Fore wing with the medial area slightly sufiused with brown.

Ab. 1. morrist. Whiter.— Britain.

Ab. 2. lutescens. Fore wing of male more suffused with rufous,
of female variegated with rufous.

Hab. Brirain, type lutescens, Leech Coll.; Francr; Denmark,
Leech Coll.; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Avsrria ;
SwrrzprLanp. Hap. g 22-34, 2 20-24 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 121; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 270, pl. 219. f. 4.

Whitish ochreous, sometimes tinged with pink, with transverse
darker or brownish bars; dorsal and subdorsal lines paler; head
brown ; thoracic plate pale brown, Food-plant: the base of stems
of Aira cespitosa, 4-5,

4096. Petilampa palustris.

Noctua palustris, Hibn. Hur. Schmett., Noct. f. 367 (1808); Dup. Lép. Fr.,
Suppl. ii. p. 578, pl. 48. ff.4a,6; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 683; Herr.-
Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 292; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 198.

Caradrina lutea, Frr. Neue Beitr. v. p. 121 (1845).

Caradrina luteola, Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 455. f. 3 (1845).

Caradrina exilis, Ev. Bull. Mose. 1842, p. 548.

Hydrilla aboleta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 288 (1852).

Hydrilla melanochroa, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 488 (1892).

3S. Head and thorax brownish ochreous tinged with grey ;

416 NOCTUIDS.

abdomen whitish tinged with ochreous. Fore wing greyish
ochreous irrorated with brown ; antemedial line indistinct, brown,
strongly angled outwards in submedian fold, angled inwards on
vein 1 and excurved above inner margin; orbicular a rather
elongate dark point; reniform a narrow dark lunule; postmedial
line indistinct, brown, very slightly waved, excurved from costa
to vein 4, then cblique; subterminal line faintly defined by
brown on inner side and slightly waved, incurved below vein 3;
a terminal series of slight dark striz ; cilia with a slight brown
line at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with brownish ochreous
especially on costal area; the underside with the costal area
irrorated with brown, a slight brown discoidal spot and_ traces
of a postmedial line from costa to discal fold.

2. Much more suffused with fuscous.

Ab. 1. aboleta. Paler; fore wing more ochreous with the
markings indistinct ; hind wing whiter.—Norway, Lapland.

Ab. 2. sajana, Bang Haas, ined. Greyer.—Sajan.

Ab. 3. melanochroa. Much darker, fore wing of both sexes
greyish fuscous.—E. Siberia.

Hab. Brivain; France; Germany, Zeller and Leech Oolls.
AustRIA; Huneary; Switzpruann, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Cclls. ;
N. Iraty; Norway, Leech Coll.; Laprann (Schoyen); Frunanp,
Zeller Coll.; S. Russta, Urals; Armenta; Moneorra, Urea;
K. Srperra, Sayan, 1 ¢, Amurland, Ussuri; Kamrcnarka. Lup.
3 32-40, 9 22-26 millim.

Larva. Meyer, Brit. Lep. p. 121; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 265, pl. 219. f.3.

Brownish ; dorsal line whitish; warts whitish; head black.
Food-plants: Plantago, &c. 7-8.

*4097. Petilampa anotha. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 3.)
Platyperigea anotha, Dyar, Can. Ent. xxxv. p. 29 (1994).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish ochreous irrorated with
dark scales, the head and palpi blackish brown. Fore wing
glossy greyish ochreous irrorated with dark scales; subbasal line
represented by dark strie from costa and cell with a dark shade
before it at costa; antemedial line black-brown with a spot at
costa, oblique, angled cutwards below costa and inwards on vein 1;
orbicular a small black spot; reniform diffused, blackish ;-a faint
diffused medial shade before postmedial line, excurved from costa
to vein 4, then incurved; postmedial line blackish with spot at
costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved, defined on outer side by a paler shade;
terminal area suffused with fuscous, darker at tornus with the
faint pale subterminal line on it. Hind wing semihyaline whitish,
the terminal half tinged with brown, a faint discoidal spot.

Hab. Canapa, Br. Columbia, Revelstoke. Hap. 34 millim.
This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type
in U.S. Nat. Mus.

PETIT.AMPA.—AMBEFRONTIA, 417

*4098. Petilampa camina. (Plate CXXXIIL. fig. +.)

Platyperigea camina, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 60, pl. vi. f. 9
(1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 109.

3. Head and thorax black-brown slightly mixed with grey ;
tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen dark brown, Fore wing
dark brown slightly irrorated with grey ; subbasal line represented
by a faint dark striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, dark,
oblique from costa to submedian fold ; orbicular represented by a
short black streak; renitorm a narrow blackish lunule, strongly
produced at upper extremity; postmedial line indistinct, diffused,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique, somewhat
dentate and with slight whitish marks beyond it in the inter-
spaces ; subterminal line absent; a terminal series of faint dark
lunules; cilia with slight pale lines at base and middle. Hind
wing ochreous white, tinged with brown ; a faint discoidal lunule ;
a fine brown terminal line and whitish line at base of cilia; the
underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown,
a brownish discoidal lunule.

Hab, U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce), type + go in U.S. Nat. Mus.
Exp. 36 millim.

Genus AMEFRONTIA. ae
ype.
Amefrontia, Hmpsn. Bull. Liverp. Mus. ii. 2. p. 87 (1899)......... purpurea.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi upturned, the 2nd jvint reaching about
to vertex of head and slender, the 3rd small ; frons with large skovel-
shaped corneous process at middle and corneous plate below it; eyes large,
round ; antenne of male bipectinate to apex with rather long branches ; thorax
smoothly clothed with scales, the pro- and metathorax with slight spreading
crests; tibiae smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the
apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and hardly ecrenulate; veins 3 and
5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with
8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell ; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the ce'l to near middle.

This genus is called Pudafrontia in Vol. vii. p. 6 and in the Phylogeny of the

genera.
4099. Amefrontia purpurea.
Amefrontia purpurea, Hmpsn. Bull. Liverp. Mus. ii. 2. p. 387 (1899); id.
Nat. Hist. Sokotra, p. 527, pl. xx. f. il.
dg. Head and thorax deep fiery red; antennee dark brown ; legs
brownish, the tarsi brown with pale rings; abdomen ochreous
suffused with red-brown. Fore wing fiery red, the costal area, cell
and terminal area except at tornus suffused with deep red-brown,
the veins streaked with brown; traces of a straight erect ante-
medial line from cell to inner margin; orbicular and reniform very
small with brown centres and ill-defined ochreous annul, the tormer
round, the latter figure-of-8-shaped; traces of a waved post-
medial line excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some minute yellowish
points beyond it on costa; a series of minute yellow points just
VOL. VIE. B

418 NOCTUIDAE.

before the fine dark terminal line; cilia dark red-brown. Hind
wing white, the inner area with some pale brown hair; cilia mixed
with reddish, the underside with the costal area irrorated with red.

Hab. Soxorra, Hadibu Plain (0.-Grant), 1 ¢ type; Br. E.
Arrica, Taveta (St. 4. Rogers), 13. Exp. 26 millim.

Genus ETHIOPICA, nov.

Type, £. vinosa.

Proboscis aborted, not functional; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching
about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd joint
short; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded; thorax clothed chiefly with scales,
the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibiz smoothly scaled ;
abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6
from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just
below middle of discecellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle: 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only,

Sect. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with short branches.

A. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with whitish and
defined by small white spots.
a. Hind wing pure white.

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4100, Ethiopica vinosa.
Charidea vinosa, Hmpsn. Ann, 8, Afr, Mus. ii. p. 292 (1902).
g. Head and thorax purplish red, the scales slightly tipped

Fig. 111.—Lthiopica vinosa, 3. }.

with white; tarsi ringed with whitish; abdomen white, the ventral _

ETHIOPICA. 419

surface purplish red. Fore wing purplish red slightly irrorated with
white; orbicular and reniform pale ochreous surrounded by white
points, the former round, the latter lunulate ; a double curved post-
medial series of white points and a series just before termen.
Hind wing white, the cilia tinged with pink at apex ; the underside
with the costal area suffused with pink, a fine pinkish terminal
line.

Hab. MasHonatanpd, Salisbury (Marshall),1 3 type; TRansvaat,
White R. (Cooke), 1 $. Hep. 28 millim.

4101. Ethiopica cupricolora. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 5.)
Caradrina cupricolor, Hmpsn. Aun. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 299 (1902).

3S. Head and thorax purplish red, the scales slightly tipped with
white, the vertex of head and antenne whitish; pectus and legs
rufous mixed with whitish, the tarsi slightly ringed with white;
abdomen white tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous with a
cupreous tinge, the costal area tinged with purplish pink, the veins
brownish, the iuterspaces of terminal area with slight whitish
streaks ; traces of a brown antemedial line, oblique from costa to
submedian fold and angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular a small
round white spot surrounded by four white points; reniform white
surrounded by white points; an indistinct brown postmedial line
excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique; a terminal series of
minute white points. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal area
and termen faintly tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the
costal area tinged with purplish red.

Hab. Mozampreun, Delagoa Bay (Mrs. Monteiro), 1 3 type.
Exp, 22 millim.

4102. Ethiopica polyastra, n. sp. (Plate CXXXIIL. fig. 6.)

Head and thorax cupreous brown slightly mixed with greyish ;
abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore wing cupreous brown; basal
whitish points below costa and cell and subbasal points in and
below cell with another beyond them in cell; traces of a waved
antemedial line, angled inwards on vein 1 and with whitish points
on costa, vein 1, and inner margin; orbicular a round yellowish
white spot slightly defined by blackish and with rufous point in
centre; reniform with the upper part rufous, the lower yellowish
white defined by rufous, constricted at middle and surrounded by
yellowish-white points except above; traces of a postmedial line
with whitish point at costa, bent outwards below costa, then
dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins, oblique below
vein 4 and with some whitish points beyond it on costa; some
subterminal whitish points between costa and vein 5 and a spot
above tornus; a series of small white spots just before termen.

420 NOCTUIDAE.

Hind wing greyish suffused with yellow-brown, the cilia rather
paler; the underside greyish tinged and irrorated with brown.

Hab. 8. Nigerta, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 3 type; Conco
Srarz, Kambove Distr. (Weave), 1 9 ; Transvaan (Pead), 1 9.
Eep. 24 millim.

4103. Ethiopica hesperonota, n. sp. (Plate CX XXIII. fig. 7.)

@. Head and thorax deep purple, the scales slightly tipped with
erey-white ; palpi black-brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish
brown, the tarsi with slight whitish rings. Fore wing deep purple
slightly irrorated with grey; subbasal line slight, greyish, waved,
from costa to vein 1; antemedial line slight, grey, interrupted,
waved, angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform defined
by white points, small, the former rather oblique, elliptical: post-
medial line indistinct, dark with series of grey points on it and
more prominent spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then
dentate and produced to slight grey points on the veins, oblique
below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; aslight waved
interrupted whitish subterminal line; a series of white points just
before termen ; cilia fuscous brown. Hind wing whitish suffused
with fuscous ; a slight dark terminal line, the cilia rather paler at
base; the underside white, the costal area and terminal area to
submedian fold broadly suffused and irrorated with purple-brown.

Hab. Br. KE. Arrica, Taveta (Rogers), 1 2 type. Hap. 26
millim.

4104. Ethiopica micra. (Plate CNX XIII. fig. 8.)
Caradrvina micra, Hmpsn. Aun. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 300 (1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous brown mixed with some
fuscous; the palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen
more strongly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous brown
irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line represented by a slight dark
striga from costa ; antemedial line blackish, waved, angled inwards
on vein | and outwards above inner margin; a black discoidal
point usually with a white point on its outer edge ; postmedial line
blackish, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, angled inwards
in discal fold and oblique below vein 4; some dark points on costa
towards apex ; subterminal line represented by a faint dark shade
on its inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, and bent
outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black strize. Hind wing
pure white; the underside with the costal area suffused with
ochreous brown.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Anysstnta, Zegi Tsana (Degen), 1 ¢; Br. E. Arrtoa,
Nairowa (Betton), 1 g; Naat, Durban (Bowker, Leigh), 5 3,
3 2 type. Hvp. 20-26 millim.

ETHIOPICA,—PAROMPHALE. 421

Sxcr. II. Antennx of male serrate and fasciculate; proboscis rather stronger.

4105. Ethiopica asteropa, n. sp.

3. Head and thorax dark brown tinged with purple and
mixed with some white; palpi and legs black-brown, the tarsi
ringed with white; abdomen yellowish brown. Fore wing deep
purplish irrorated with greyish ; subbasal line slight, whitish, from
costa to submedian fold; antemedial line slight, whitish, waved ;
orbicular a small round white spot with yellowish centre defined
by blackish ; reniform with yellowish centre defined by blackish
and surrounded by white points, constricted at middle; postmedial

Fig. 112.—Ethiopica asteropa, 3. 5.

line indistinct, dark, slightly defined by white on outer side, bent
outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some
white points beyond it on costa; traces of a subterminal series of
whitish points. Hind wing pure white, the veins slightly tinged
with brown towards termen ; a fine dark terminal line; the under-
side with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small blackish
discoidal spot.

Hab. Br. Centr. Arrica, Likoma (de Jersey), 1 3 type. Eup.
24 millim.

Genus PAROMPHALE, nov.

Type, P. ceca.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching
about to middle of frons and moderately scaled in front, the 3rd short; frons
with small truncate conical prominence with raised edges and corneous plate
below it; eyes large, rounded; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed
chiefly with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with decumbent
crest; tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdumen without crests. Fore
wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and hardly crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anasto-
mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4
shortly stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper
angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

4106. Paromphale ceca.
Caradrina ceca, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) ix. p. 421 (1902).

g. Head and thorax rufous slightly irrorated with fuscous;
palpi at base, pectus and legs whitish, the tarsi black ringed wish

4292 NOCTUID.©.

white ; abdomen pale greyish rufous. Fore wing rufous slightly
irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line slight, double, blackish, from
costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, the inner line
indistinct, the outer strong, black, waved, nearly erect ; orbicular
and reniform strongly defined by black, the former minute, round,
the latter rather constricted at middle and open above ; an indistinct
sinuous medial line; postmedial line strong, black, strongly bent
outwards below costa, then waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved
to lower edge of reniform; subterminal line slight, dark, with a

Fig. 1138.—Paromphale ceca, §. 2

blackish shade before it on costa, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle; a terminal punctiform black line. Hind wing pale reddish
brown ; cilia brownish white with a slight brown line through
them; the underside paler with some brown irroration on costal
area, an indistinct curved brown postmedial line from costa to
vein 3.

@. Much darker; fore wing with the medial area suffused with
black, the antemedial line on inner side and the postmedial line
on outer side defined by grey scales.

Hab. QuvrnstanD, Brisbane (Zurner), 1 6,1 9; W. AUSTRALIA,

Sherlock R. (Clements), 3 3, 2 2, Roebourne (Clements), 15,19
type. vp. 16-18 millim.

Genus HYPOPERIGEA, nov.

Type, 4. tonsa.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching
about to middle of frons and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons
with small truncate conical prominence with slightly raised edges and corneous
plate below it; eyes large, round; antennz of male minutely serrate and
ciliated, with a ridge of scales between them; thorax clothed chiefly with
scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibize moderately
fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to
form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with large white or pale patch at base.
a. Fore wing with white or pale curved mark from middle
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4107. Hypoperigea albonotota.
Tarache albonotata, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. ix. p. 96, pl. 162. f. 22 (1893) ;
id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 312.
Tarache plumbicula, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 475 (1906).

Head and thorax dark purplish brown mixed with grey ; patagia
white except at base and upper edge ; pectus and legs white mixed
with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen grey-
white irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing dark purplish brown
suffused with fuscous and slightly irrorated with grey; a large
elliptical white patch slightly tinged with rufous on basal area in
and below cell, another oblique patch from costa beyond antemedial
line to lower angle of cell where it is met by a broad oblique fascia
from apex forming a wide V-shaped mark ; antemedial line black,
oblique, waved, much interrupted ; claviform with its upper edge
slightly defined by black; orbicular and reniform obliterated by the
white patches, a small brown spot at lower angle of cell; post-
medial line interrupted at the white patch on which it is repre-
sented by a few dark scales, slightly bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved and minutely dentate; sub-
terminal line represented by a series of small dentate black marks
with slight rufous marks on their outer edges and a white spot in
submedian fold; a terminal series of small black lunules slightly
defined by whitish on inner side. Hind wing whitish tinged with
brown, especially on terminal area; cilia ochreous white with a
slight brown line through them from apex to vein 2; the under-
side white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a
small discoidal spot, curved postmedial line with minute dark
streaks on the veins, and terminal series of small lunules.

Ab. 1. plumbicula. Patagia, the oblique patch at base of fore
wing and the V-shaped patch, except towards apex, suffused and
irrorated with purplish brown.

Hab, Cnyton (Green), 1 2 type, Gampola (Mackwood), 1 9,
Matale (Pole), 1 ¢ type plumbicula, Madulsima (Vaughan), 1 3.
Exp. 26-32 millim.

4108. Hypoperigea leprosticta. (Plate CX XXIII. fig. 9.)
Euplexia leprosticta, Hmpsu. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvi. p. 469 (1906).

Head and thorax pale and deep rufous, the frons with blackish
lateral bars, the tegule with blackish line near tips, the patagia
white except at base, the prothorax with white patches; pectus
and legs whitish and rufous; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

A424 NOCTUIDAE,

abdomen rufous, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing rufous
slightly irrorated with fuscous ; a large white patch on basal area,
its upper edge bidentate, its outer edge curved ; subbasal line repre-
sented by two dark striz from costa; antemedial line double, waved,
excurved below cell; claviform absent; orbicular represented by
two obliquely placed white spots in cell with white patch above it
on costa; reniform a rather rounded white patch almost conjoined
to the lower orbicular spot; an indistinct waved medial line, oblique
from costa to vein 2; postmedial line slightly bent outwards below
costa, then dentate and produced to white points on the veins,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique, a large round white patch beyond
it just below costa conjoined to an elliptical apical spot; sub-
terminal line represented by a series of whitish lunules and white
point on costa, defined by a curved dentate dark line on inner side,
with white spot beyond it in submedian interspace; a fine waved
black terminal line ; cilia brown, pale rufous at base. Hind wing
whitish suffused with brown, the terminal area rather darker ; cilia
whitish with a slight brown line near base; the underside white
tinged and irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the orbicular spot confluent with the
costal patch which is also confluent with the renitorm patch, a small
elongate white mark beyond upper angle of cell.—Java.

Hab, Cxryton (J. Pole), 1 2 type; Srinearore (ftdley), 1 33
W. Java (Buitens), 1 9. Hwxp. 36-46 millim.

4109. Hypoperigea turpis. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 10.)

Acontia turpis, W1k. xii. 794 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 252.
Caradrina discophora, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 204 (1902).

Head and thorax whitish mixed with rufous; palpi banded with
fuscous ; frons with lateral black bars; tarsi fuscous with pale
rings; abdomen white suffused with ochreous. Fore wing whitish
tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous, some orange-red on
basal costal area and fascie in submedian fold and medial part of
discal fold; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to
submedian fold; antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct,
oblique, waved, with whitish points before it in cell and on vein 1;
claviform small, orange-red, defined by blackish; orbicular and
reniform with orange-red centres and whitish annuli defined by
blackish, both constricted at middle; traces of a sinuous medial
Jine; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then
minutely waved and with black and white points beyond it on the
veins, slightly incurved at discal fold and oblique below vein 4,
some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white,
slightly defined by blackish on inner side, minutely waved, ex-
curved below vein 7 and at middle, the area beyond it tinged with
red ; a terminal series of minute black lunules; cilia brown, the
tips whitish with series of fuscous points. Hind wing pure white
in male, the terminal area tinged with frscous in female; the

HYPOPERIGEA. 425

underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated
with fuscous, a terminal series of black points from apex to
vein 2.

Hab. N. Inpta, 1 @ type; Mapras, Cuddapah (Campbell), 2 3,
1 2 type discophora, Gooty (Campbell), 3 9. Exp, 24 millim.

4110. Hypoperigea tonsa.

Perigea tonsa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 232 (1852).
Prometopus rubrispersa, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxviil. p. 214
(1904).

Head and thorax ferruginous mixed with whitish and black
scales; abdomen ochreous; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of
abdomen irrorated with white. Fore wing ferruginous irrorated
with fuscous, especially on costal half of medial area; an indistinct
double waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; a
highly waved and rather indistinct antemedial line defined by
whitish on inner side; claviform represented by a few black scales ;
orbicular and reniform small, whitish defined by blackish and
their centres by brown, the former round; postmedial line in-
distinct, minutely dentate, defined by whitish on outer side, bent

Fig. 114.—Hypoperigea tonsa, 3. +.

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved: sub-
terminal line indistinct, waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle; some pale points on apical part of costa; a
fine waved dark terminal lne. Hind wing whitish suffused with
reddish brown; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with
brown, the apical half of terminal area suffused with brown.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing without any red scales.

Hab. QuBenstannd, Brisbane (Turner),2 ¢,1 9 ; W. Ausrrata,
Albany (Shortbri/ge), 1 9, Geralton (Saunders), 1 ¢, Derby
(Lower), 2 9; N.S.Watres (Raynor), 9 2 ; Vicrorta, Melbourne
(Lucas), 1 9, Gisborne (Lyell), 2 $. xp. 30-36 millim,

*4111. Hypoperigea hemorrhanta. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 11.)
Hypoperigea hemorrhanta, Turner, ined.

$6. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with fiery red; tarsi
black ringed with ochreous; abdomen red-brown mixed with
ochreous. Fore wing greyish, almost wholly suffused and irrorated
with black-brown; a diffused fiery red fascia in submedian fold,

426 NOCTUID.®.

the interspaces of terminal area streaked with fiery red; subbasal
line represented by a slight black spot on costa; antemedial line
indistinct, minutely dentate, angled outwards in submedian fold ;
claviform absent; orbicular a black point; reniform represented
by fiery red marks before and beyond the black discoidal line; a
sinuous black line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; post-
medial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then
minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; an indistinct
dentate subterminal dark line angled outwards below veins 7 and
4; a fine waved black terminal line; cilia fiery red mixed with
blackish. Hind wing uniform reddish brown; cilia reddish at
base ; the underside greyish irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal
spot and terminal series of lunules.

Hab. QuernstaNnn, Adayale, typet ¢ in Coll. Turner. Zzp.
30 millim.

Genus DYSMILICHIA.

Type.
Phalacra, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 568 (1892), nec W1k. Lep. iS
el OR Acancneh eae ae cOCae Rona adcancnSccacnnancann ieondocbancceconueaonacsoroS gemella.
Milichia, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xli. p. 194 (1898), nee Mieg. Dipt.
ISBUR EF sapaemaceateame siecle sino ec atoncienae seeruecaes secescecumee ccses esis gemella.
Dysmilichia, Speiser, Berl. ent. Zeit. xlvii. p. 140 (1902) ......... gemella.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi oblique, short, fringed with hair in front ;
frons with truncate conical prominence with raised edges and corneous plate
below it; eyes large, rounded; antennez of male typically ciliated; build
slender ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without crests ; tibia moderately
fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing short and broad, the
apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and non-crenulate; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper
angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Srcr. I. Antennsze of male serrate.

*4112. Dysmilichia rufalis.
Protagrotis rufalis, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 191 (1906).

¢. Head and thorax fiery red mixed with some brown; vertex
of thorax brown; palpi with some brown at side of 2nd joint ;
hinder part of pectus and mid and hind legs mostly whitish ;
abdomen whitish tinged with rufous, especially towards base of
dorsum. Fore wing orange-red irrorated with fiery red to post-
medial line, some brown on inner margin except at base, the
terminal area brown with a greyish tinge and slightly irrorated
with fiery red; subbasal line brown, extending to inner margin
and bent outwards at vein 1; antemedial line double filled in with
orange, slightly incurved in cell, then excurved; claviform absent ;
orbicular orange-red defined by black, small, round; reniform
orange-red defined by black on inner side, faintly defined on outer

DYSMILICHTA. 427

and with slight red line in centre; a black medial shade, rather
oblique below the cell; postmedial line double filled in with
orange, minutely waved, oblique from costa to vein 4, then in-
curved ; subterminal line represented by a series of slight red marks
defined on inner side by small brown marks, excurved below

Fig. 115.—Dysmilichia rufalis, @. +.

vein 7; cilia fuscous brown, grey-white at base. Hind wing
white, the veins and terminal area tinged with pale rufous; the
underside with the costa and terminal area tinged with pale
rufous.

Hab. Br. N. Gurivna, Ekeikei (Pratt), type f gd in Coll. Bethune-
Baker. zp. 40 millim.

Sect. II. Antenne of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line defined on each side
by series of white spots.
a. Fore wing with diffused white patch on costal area
beyondynostmedialilimesersseeceeeecsce= ss -veneo sac ee gemella.
6, Fore wing without diffused white patch on costal area
beyondlfpostmedialvlineseneeeeeteeneceenceeceece oneness calamistrata.
B. Fore wing with the postmedial line not defined on each
side) bysseries) OF white spolsi ener. crseen-.ecnesrro sneer perigeta.

4113. Dysmilichia gemella.
Perigea gemella, Leech, P.Z.S. 1889, p. 492, pl. 53. f. 12; Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 232.

Head and thorax pale yellow mixed with rufous, the palpi, head,
tips of patagia, and metathoracic crest largely mixed with black-
brown scales; tibiee mixed with dark brown, the tarsi blackish

Fig. 116.—Dysmilichia gemella, §. }

with pale rings; abdomen pale yellow irrorated with brown.
Fore wing deep rufous, the extreme base yellowish; subbasal line
represented by three obliquely placed yellow points; antemedial

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line represented by an irregular yellow striga from costa, and an
oblique series of four small white spots to inner margin ; claviform
absent; orbicular pure white defined by black, round; reniform
white defined by black, irrorated with brown and with curved
brown line in centre, somewhat constrieted at middle; postmedial
line fine, rufous, traversing a series of rather elongate white spots
defined by blackish, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved
at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond
it on costa, a whitish patch below costa and another on inner area
towards tornus; subterminal line dark with whitish striga from
costa and another from inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle; a terminal serics of black striew; cilia
with a slight dark line through them. Hind wing yellowish white
suffused and irrorated with red-brown, the terminal area rather
darker; a fine dark terminal line; cilia yellowish tinged with
rufous; the underside white irroroted with rufous, a brown discoidal
spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. E. Stperta, Kentei, Ussuri; Japan, Yokohama (Pryer),
1 $,3 Q type; Corza (/to),2 6,192. Hep. 24-23 millim.

4114, Dysmilichia calamistrata. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 12.)

Tlattia calamistrata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 348; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 251.

@. Head and thorax rufous mixed with whitish; tarsi ringed
with whitish; abdomen whitish suffused with rufous. Fore wing
deep rufous; a white point at base; subbasal line represented by
a white point below costa; antemedial line represented by a white
striga angled outwards below costa and white points on median
neryure and vein 1; claviform absent; orbicular round, white,
defined by black; reniform figure-of-8-shaped, with white annulus
defined by black interrupted at middle; postmedial line fine,
rufous, traversing a series of small elongate white spots defined by
rufous, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa;
subterminal line represented by white striz from costa and inner
margin, hardly traceable between those points, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of dark stzie ; cilia with
a slight dark line through them. Hind wing whitish suffused
with red-brown; the cilia white with brown line near base and
brown spots at tips; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with
red-brown, a slight discoidal spot and a curved diffused brown
postmedial line.

Hab. Stxuim, 1 2 type; Assam (Badgley), 1 9, Khasis, 1 Q.
Exp. 26-30 millim.

4115. Dysmilichia perigeta. (Plate CX XXIII. fig. 13.)
Photedes perigeta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 157 (1904).

Head and thorax purplish rufous mixed with greyish; palpi

DYSMILICHIA. 429

blackish at sides with grey rings at extremities of the joints; frons
with lateral black bars; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen
pale grey-brown. Fore wing purplish rufous; a small white spot
at base; subbasal line represented by a whitish striga from costa
and point in cell; antemedial line indistinct, dark, defined on inner
side by whitish strize at costa and inner margin and slight marks
in and below cell, oblique, waved, strongly excurved above inner
margin ; orbicular small, round, with white annulus defined by
black; reniform with yellowish mark in centre and white points
representing upper and lower parts of annulus, defined by black
and constricted at middle; postmedial line indistinct, defined on
outer side by some whitish scales, and with white striz at costa
and inner margin, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then oblique, and with whitish point beyond it on vein 1,
some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white,
interrupted in parts and slightly defined by brown suffusion on
inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent
outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black points with white
points between them at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown
with a reddish tinge; cilia pale rufous at base, whitish at tips;
the underside greyish, the costal area suffused with rufous, a faint
discoidal point and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Brazit, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 5 ¢,1 9. Hap. 22 millim.

Srcr. ITI. Antenne of male laminate.

4116. Dysmilichia bicyclica.

Erastria bicyclica, Staud, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 46; id. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 251

6. Head and thorax pale brown mixed with grey-white; palpi
whitish with brown bands on 2nd and 3rd joints; pectus and legs
whitish, the tibise and tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen
ochreous white irrorated with brown. Fore wing dull brown

Fig. 117.—Dysmilichia bicyclica, 8. 2.

irrorated with white, more thickly on basal and costal areas;
traces of a white subbasal line from costa to submedian fold;
antemedial line brown defined by white on inner side, angled out-
wards below costa, then waved; orbicular and reniform with
white annuli defined by brown, the former small, round, the latter
tigure-of-8-shaped ; postmedial line brown defined by white on

430 NoCrulD.£,

outer’ side, oblique from costa to vein 6, then dentate, at vein 3
bent inwards to lower angle of cell; subterminal line formed of
white scales and indistinct except at costa and inner margin,
irregularly waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle; a terminal series of faint dark spots; cilia brown at base,
whitish at tips. Hind wing pale reddish brown with fine dark
terminal line; cilia brown at base, white at tips; the underside
white slightly irrorated with brown.
Hab. K, Torxesran, lli, Kuldja,1 ¢. Exp. 24 millim.

Genus PROXENUS.

Type.
Proxenus, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. 11. p. 240 (1845) .............8 hospes.
Radinoyoes, Butl. Trans, Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 893.0... eee eee eee enee cents.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 8rd short ; frons smooth; eyes
large, round; antennee of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with scales and
without crests; build slender ; tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen
without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and hardly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11
from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell or shortly stalked ;
5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly
stalked; 8 anastomosing ‘with the cell near base only.

Sect. I. (Proxenus). Mid and hind tibie of male with fringes of yellowish
hair on outer side, abdumen with lateral fringes of yellowish hair on
basal segments.

A. Fore wing tinged with rufous.
a. Fore wing with the veins irrorated with fuscous and

BVO iyi dae as aewiacran scale ni bicish deli iutacien aoe maincer baseamae eater hospes.
6, Fore wing almost wholly suffused with fuscous and
LES a) nabropnensoa sss .acactobe on bon seeg ands oouonUncadoodudenctodotes xantholopha.
B. Fore wing not tinged with rufous ..............cseceeeseeeecees dissimilis,

4117. Proxenus hospes.

Caradrina hospes, Fry. Neue Schmett. i. p. 40, pl. 21. f. 4 (1831); Herr.-
Schaff. Schmett. Eur., Noct. f. 366; Rmbr. Cat. Lep. And. pl. 15. f. 4;
Mill. Icones, iii. pl. 135, ff. 9-10; id. Mém. Soe. Cannes, 1879, p. 128,
pl. 7. ff. 4-5 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 198.

Caradrina uliginesa, Herr.-Schaff. Eur, Schmett., Noct. f. 367 (nec
Boisd.).

Gee lepigone, Roesel, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1877, p. 364 (nec Moschl.),

¢. Head and thorax pale rufous with a greyish tinge; palpi
black at sides, whitish in front and at tips; mid and hind tibie
fringed with ochreous-white hair ; abdomen ochreous white tinged
with brown, the basal segments with lateral fringes of ochreous
white hair. Fore wing glossy ochreous suffused with rufous, the
veins irrorated with fuscous and grey; antemedial line very in-
distinct, waved, angled inwards to blackish points on the veins;
orbicular a blackish point ; reniform a small lunule slightly defined
by brown with an ochreous streak from it to near termen above
vein 5; traces of a dentate postmedial line with black and pale

PROXENUS. 431

points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below
vein 4; the veins of terminal area with slight pale streaks; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the apical area

i ;

=
een

Fig. 118.—Proxenus hospes, S. }.
slightly tinged with brownish ochreous; the underside with the
apical half of costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. 8.W. France, Leech Coll.; Spain; Iraty; Sictty; Dat-
matiA. ep. 30 millim.

Larva. Hffm. Raup. p. 298.

Greyish yellow, the ventral surface whitish ; dorsal line whitish ;
subdorsal and stigmatal lines red-brown ; stigmata yellowish with
dark rings; head brown. Food-plants : Plantago and low-growing
herbs. 6-8.

4118. Proxenus xantholopha. (Plate CX XXIII. fig. 14.)
Caradrina xantholopha, Hmpsn, Ann. 8. Afr. Mus, ii. p. 805 (1902).

Head and thorax fuscous brown tinged with reddish and mixed
with grey ; palpi black at sides, whitish in front and at tips; mid
and hind tibize of male fringed with whitish hair; abdomen
whitish suffused with brown, the basal segments in male with
lateral fringes of white hair and the genital tufts yellowish white.
Fore wing reddish brown suffused with fuscous and mixed with
grey ; traces of a waved dark antemedial line bent inwards to
costa; orbicular a black point; reniform a small lunule slightly
defined by blackish; traces of a blackish postmedial line bent out-
wards below costa, then dentate and produced to black points on
the veins, oblique below vein 4, the veins beyond it with dark
streaks ; traces of a subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at
middle; a terminal series of black points with some pale scales
between them. Hind wing white, the apical area tinged with
fuscous; cilia tinged with fuscous towards apex; the underside
with the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 3; Narat, Estcourt
(Hutchinson), 1 9; C. Corony, Transkei (Miss Ff. Barrett), 1 3,
1 2 type. Hp. 30-34 millim.

4119. Proxenus dissimilis. (Plate CX XXIII. fig. 15.)

Caradrina dissimilis, South, ined.

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; palpi black at sides,

432 NOCLUID®.

whitish in front and at tips; mid and hind tibiz of male fringed
with whitish hair; abdomen grey suffused with brown, the basal
segments of male with lateral fringes of white hair, the genital
tufts whitish. Fore wing glossy brown irrorated with grey and
dark brown; traces of a double waved antemedial line; orbicular
a dark point; reniform a small lunule slightly defined by brown ;
postmedial line indistinct, double, bent outwards below costa, then
waved, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, the veins beyond
it with dark streaks to the subterminal line, which is greyish
defined by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points with whitish
points between them. Hind wing white, the apical area and ter-
men to vein 2 tinged with brown ; cilia brown towards apex with
a fine white line at base; the underside with the costal area
irrorated with brown except at base, a slight discoidal point.

Hab. Japan, Yoshino, type f in Coll. Wileman; Srxurm, 1800'
(Dudgeon), 1 5; 8S. Borneo, 1 2; Puttipprnes, Luzon, Irisan
(McGregor),6 6,29. Hep, 24-30 millim.

Secr. II. (Radinogoes). Mid and hind tibiz and abdomen of male normal.

A. Fore wing with yellow centres to orbicular and reniform... xanthopis.
B. Fore wing with white centres to orbicular and reniform... fragosa.
C. Fore wing without yellow or white centres to orbicular and
reniform.
a. Fore wing with the reniform defined on both sides hy
white points.
«a. Fore wing with the orbicular a small dark spot
defined by whitish, a series of white points before the

(hapa lOevelle FOOMAES, sooccsadcsancdoosccqqnacesacdcHabcoasNE distracta.
b'. Fore wing with the orbicular a black point, no series
of white points before the terminal black points....... tenuis.
6. Fore wing with whitish point on outer edge only of
reniform.
Gu Horeawine) crey- browns -eesee te eeceeeceasecreteeteeeees lepigone.
bb Fone winolblackya) beeen aconenitecencseecnnte enter sceuree nitens.
c. Fore wing without whitish point on outer edge of reni-
form.
«'. Fore wing without grey streaks in the interspaces.
G-» Horeswinieyeossyiblackishieessseeesee aes ee eee ae eeeee miranda.
b?, Fore wing pale glossy rufous ................. cee eens hennia.

c*, Fore wing pale brownish grey.
a8, Fore wing with the reniform a small oblong

SPOb, iene see ch tmecc mace cman. Mate sace' joe eno aren insipida,
63, Fore wing with the reniform hardly traceable ... cinerea.
b'. Fore wing with grey streaks in the interspaces......... tristis.

4120. Proxenus xanthopis, n. sp. (Plate CNX XIII. fig. 16.)

Q. Head and thorax fuscous brown tinged with grey, the vertex
of head and tegule at middle black-brown; abdomen grey suffused
with brown. Fore wing fuscous brown suffused with grey, the
terminal area somewhat darker ; antemedial line black, excurved in
submedian interspace ; orbicular a yellow point defined by black ;

PROXENUS. 433

reniform a yellow point with slight black lunule on its inner side ;
postmedial line black, with small spot at costa, strongly bent out-
wards below costa, then dentate, angled inwards at discal fold and
very oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;
traces of a minutely waved greyish subterminal line slightly defined
by fuscous on inner side, incurved below vein 3; a terminal series
of black points. Hind wing white faintly tinged with brown
especially on the veins; the underside with the costal area thickly
irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule, traces of a post-
medial line from costa to vein 4, and a terminal series of slight
lunules.

Hab. Basutouanp, Machacha, 10,000' (Crawshay), 1 Q2 type.
Exp. 30 millim.

*4121. Proxenus fragosa. (Plate CXXXIIL. fig. 17.)

Caradrina fragosa, Grote, Papilio, iil. p. 76 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 196.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey ; palpi with
the 2nd joint blackish at sides; frons pale. Fore wing ochreous
brown irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area suffused with
fuscous ; antemedial, medial, and postmedial lines represented by
indistinct dark marks on costa, the first just traceable as a faint
shade, the last very indistinct, interrupted, and dentate ; orbicular
and reniform represented by white points. Hind wing whitish
tinged with fuscous, the cilia white.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona. Hap. 30 millim. This species is unknown
to me; figured from a drawing from type in Mus. Brooklyn Soc.
Arts & Sciences.

4122. Proxenus distracta. (Plate CXX XIII. fig. 18.)

Caradrina distracta, Ky. Bull. Mosc. 1848, iii. p. 217 & 1855, iv. p. 330, &
1856, ii. pl. 1. f. 1; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 189.

g. Head and thorax white mixed with reddish brown; palpi
irrorated with fuscous ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen
whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated
with reddish brown ; subbasal line represented by black points on
costa and in cell; antemedial line brown, minutely waved, oblique,
angled inwards on vein |; orbicular indistinct, brown defined by
whitish, round ; reniform indistinct, brown defined by whitish
points, constricted at middle; an oblique medial brown striga from
costa; postmedial line brownish defined by whitish on outer side,
with black point at costa and dark points on the veins, slightly
bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4,
some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish
defined on inner side by brown snffusion, angled outwards at vein
7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points defined
on inner side by small white lunules; cilia with a slight dark line

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434 NOCTUID ©.

near base. Hind wing white slightly tinged with ochreous; a faint
oblique discoidal striga and terminal series of dark strive from apex
to submedian fold; the underside white irrorated with brown, a
dark discoidal lunule.

Hab. Russia, Urals; Moneorra, Uliassutai, 1 ¢; EK. Srperra,
Dahuria, Amurland. vp. 3U millim,

4123. Proxenus tenuis. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 19.)
Radinogoes tenuis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 394, pl. ix. f. 8.

Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with some fuscous and grey ;
palpi black at sides, whitish in front and at tips; antenne ringed
black and white towards base; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ;
abdomen greyish tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale glossy rufous
irrorated with fuscous especially on costal and terminal areas; sub-
basal line blackish, curved, from costa to median nervure; ante-
medial line blackish, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1;
orbicular a black point: reniform a black point with two white
points on inner side and one beyond it; postmedial line blackish,
bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to whitish
points on the veins, oblique below vein 4; traces of a pale sub-
terminal line faintly defined by brown on inner side, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing white, the veins and apical area faintly tinged with
ochreous brown; a fine brown terminal line; the underside with
the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. QunEnstanp, Rockhampton, 1 ¢, Peak Downs, J] 9 type,
Brisbane (Turner), 1 ¢; W. Ausrratra, Geralton (Saunders), 1 6,
Sherlock R. (Clements}, 1 5S, 1 2: N.S. Watzs (Raynor), 1 ¢,
29; Vicrorta, Birchip (Lyell), 1 $. Hep. 22-28 millim.

4124. Proxenus lepigone.

Hydrilla lepigone, Moschl, Wien. ent. Mon. 1860, p. 273; Herr.-Schaff.
Neue Schmett. p. 25, f. 128; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 198.

Head and thorax dark glossy brown; palpi black-brown, greyish
at tips; abdomen greyish brown. Fore wing glossy grey-brown

Fig. 119.—Proxenus lepigone. 1.

irrorated and suffused with reddish brown, the veins with slight
dark streaks; traces of a dark antemedial line, bent inwards to

PROXENUS. 435

costa and incurved below submedian fold ; orbicular represented by
a black point, the reniform by a slight dark spot with whitish
point on its outer edge; traces of a dark postmedial line bent out-
wards below costa, then waved, oblique below vein 4. Hind wing
white faintly tinged with brown especially on the veins and apical
area; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a
faint discoidal lunule.

Hab, Huneary; S. Russta, Sarepta (Christoph), Zeller, Frey, and
D’Emmick Colls. Hxp. 24-32 millim.

4125. Proxenus nitens. (Plate CXXXIIL. fig. 20.)
Caradrina nitens, Dyar, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 30 (1904).

3S. Head and thorax glossy fuscous brown slightly tinged with
grey; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing
glossy black slightly irrorated with grey ; traces of a dark ante-
medial line bent inwards to costa and inner margin ; orbicular
absent; reniform a minute white lunule; faint traces of a dark
postmedial line, bent outwards below costa and oblique below
vein 4. Hind wing white, the costal area and termen to vein 2 tinged
with fuscous; cilia tinged with fuscous except towards tornus; the
underside with the costal area thickly irrorated with fuscous, the
terminal area slightly irrorated with brown to vein 2.

Hab. Canana, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 3 3, Br. Columbia,
Kaslo; U.S.A., N. Dakota, Turtle Mts. Hxp. 34 millim.

4126. Proxenus miranda. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 21.)

Caradrina miranda, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. pp. 11, 169 (1873) ;
Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 195; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 198.

Head and thorax dark glossy brown mixed with grey ; abdomen
grey suffused with brown. Fore wing glossy black-brown slightly
irrorated with grey; faint traces of a waved whitish antemedial
line; orbicular and reniform represented by faint dark points; the
postmedial line represented by a faint series of minute dark points
on the veins. Hind wing white, the veins, costal area and termen
to vein 2 tinged with brown ; cilia tinged with brown from apex to
vein 2 and with a fine pale line at base; the underside with the
costal area irrorated and suffused with brown.

Hab. U.S.A., New York, Evans Center, 1 ¢,5 9, Washington,
1 Q, Colorado, Utah, California. vp. g 32, 9 24-26 millim.

Larva. Head pale brown, reticulate with darker brown. Body
robust, the feet of joints 7 and 8 smaller; obscure yellowish brown,
the substigmatal line broad, pale; dorsum broadly pale yellowish.
containing a darker band that widens angularly on the segments ;

ceryical shield concolorous,—H. G. D.
Han D)
272

436 NOCLUID &.

4127. Proxenus hennia. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 22.)
Caradrina hennia, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) vil. p. 495 (1901).

@. Head and thorax pale rufous ; abdomen whitish tinged with
rufous. Fore wing pale glossy rufous with slight dark irroration ;
faint traces of a dark antemedial line bent inwards to costa ;
orbicular and reniform absent; postmedial line very indistinct,
dark, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; sub-
terminal line defined by brown suffusion on inner side, slightly
angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at submedian fold; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the terminal
area slightly tinged with ochreous from apex to vein 2; the under-
side with the costal area tinged with ochreous and slightly irrorated
with brown.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak, 2 2 type, S.H. Borneo (Doherty), 2 9.
Exp. 20-24 millim.

*4128, ? Proxenus insipida.

Caradrina insipida, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het., Suppl. 3. p. 82 (1900) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 110.

Head and thorax pale glossy grey tinged with brown; abdomen
greyish white. Fore wing pale glossy grey tinged with brown,
rather darker towards termen ; a somewhat oblong fuscous discoidal
spot; faint traces of a subterminal line. Hind wing greyish white.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing redder brown, the last with
the costa to end of cell and the median nervure tinged with ash-

rey.
: Hab. U.S.A., Wisconsin. wp. 21 millim. This species is un-
known to me.

#4129. Proxenus cinerea.

Hydrilla cinerea, Alph. Rom. Mém. vy. p. 168, pl. 8. f. 3 1889); Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 198.

3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish grey. Fore wing
pale brownish grey irrorated with whitish ; antemedial line some-
times traceable; orbicular and reniform hardly traceable ; post-
medial line dark defined on outer side by whitish, bent outwards
below costa, then oblique, with slight dark streaks beyond it on the
veins ; faint traces of a sinuous subterminal line ; a terminal series
of dark points ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white,
the veins and termen tinged with brown.

Hab. W, Turxsstan, Taschkent, Kondara; E. Turxesran, Ili.
Exp. 30-32 millim. This species is unknown to me.

PROXENUS.— MESOTROSTA. A37

4130. Proxenus tristis. (Plate CXX XIII. fig. 23.)
Caradrina tristis, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 49, pl. 5. f. 9 (1864); Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 198.
Hydrilia lugens, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 490 (1892).

Head and thorax whitish suffused with pale brown ; palpi fuscous,
whitish at tips; tarsi with slight whitish rings; abdomen whitish
tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous white suffused and irro-
rated with brown, the costal area whiter; subbasal line absent;
faint traces of a waved antemedial line; orbicular represented by a
small elongate black spot in cell, the reniform by minute black
lunules on inner and outer sides; postmedial line very indistinct,
bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4;
subterminal line absent; a terminal series of faint dark points.
Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown; a fine brown
terminal line; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
brown.

Ab. 1. lugens. Darker.

Hab. Ki. Siperta, Amurland, 1 9, Ussuri; Kasamrr, Goorais
Valley (Leech), 1 3, Nubra (McArthur),1 2. Hap. 3g 30, 2 28

millim.

Genus MESOTROSTA. Type
HW GSOGRYSH ay WEG, NOG, Iw, \ 0 1810) (USI) Gescecasescondecndoocagc050000 signalis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching
to about middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons with
rounded prominence; eyes small, elliptical ; antenne of male ciliated; thorax
smoothly clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibiz mode-
rately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex
rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 8,4 from angle
of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from
upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

4131. Mesotrosta signalis.

Scopula signalis, Treit. Schmett. Eur. vii. p. 70 (1829), & x. 2, p. 149;
Fr. Neue Beitr. iv. p. 124, pl. 360. f.5; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iv.
p- 529, pl. 90. f.7; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 176, 177 ;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 233.

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with some grey ; abdomen
grey thickly irrorated with brown. Fore wing brown thickly
urorated with grey, the veins, discal and submedian folds faintly
streaked with red; antemedial line obsolete on costal half, then
indistinct, dark, defined by greyish on inner side, sinuous and
somewhat oblique ; orbicular yellow defined by red, small, round ;
reniform pure white defined by brown, narrow above, constricted
at middle and expanding below; postmedial line faintly defined by

438 NOCTUID.

whitish on outer side, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal
fold, incurved and minutely dentate below vein 4, some white
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line with small yellowish
spot at costa, then very indistinct and slightly excurved below
vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of slight pale stric ; cilia

Fig. 120.—-Mesotrosta signalis, §. $.

with a dark line at middle and whitish tips. Hind wing greyish
suffused and irrorated with brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia
with a brown line near base and whitish tips; the underside
whitish irrorated with brown; a small brown discoidal spot and
indistinct curved minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Avsrria, Zeller Coll.; Huneary, Zeller, Frey, and Leech
Colls.; Russta, Ural Mts. wp. 20-24 millim.

Larva. Hffm, Raup. p. 148.

Head brown; dorsal area flesh-colour with yellowish inter-
segmental rings; dorsal line dark; sides yellow ; ventral surface
whitish; warts brown; thoracic shield yellowish ; all the prolegs
fully developed. ;

Genus HASMASSIA, nov.

Type, H. renalis.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi obliquely porrect, extending about the
length of head and moderately scaled ; frons with large rounded prominence ;
eyes large, round; antennz of male bipectinate with moderate branches to
apex, of female with shorter branches ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the
pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ;
abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 1] from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from below middle
of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
vase only.

4132. Hemassia renalis.

Pyralis renalis, Hibn, Eur. Schmett., Pyr. f. 157 (1818); Geyer, Eur.
Schmett., Noct. ff. 864-5 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 233.

Hemerosia renigera, Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. 1. p. 570, pl. 47. f. 7 (1836).

Anthophila renifera, Kr. Neue Beitr. vi. p. 103, pl. 545. f. 1 (1852).

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous whitish tinged with blood-
red, the pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen deeper red.

H AMASSIA.—GALGULA. 439

Fore wing ochreous whitish tinged with blood-red, the medial area
slightly darker; antemedial line blood-red defined by whitish on
inner side, angled outwards on subcostal nervure, then sinuous and
somewhat oblique ; ; reniform a narrow silvery- -white lunule defined
by deep red and constricted at middle; postmedial line deep red
with a white spot on its outer edge at costa, and defined on outer
side by white from lower angle of cell to inner margin, oblique

ce heats Hl 8) 530, 4 é
Fig. 121.-—Hemassia renalis, S. 3.

from costa to vein 6 just beyond the reniform, slightly incurved at
discal fold, incurved and sinuous below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, reddish, nearly
straight ; cilia deep red with a fine dark line at middle. Hind
wing ochreous whitish tinged with blood-red; a fine deep red
terminal line.

Hab. S. Francr, Zeller, Frey, Leech, and Sand Colls.; Asta
Minor, Pontus, Bithynia, Amanus Mts., 1 2; Syrra, Mardin;
W. Torxestan, Turcomania. xp. 26 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 289; Hffm. Raup. p. 144, pl. 36. £.17.

Yellowish green spotted with red ; all the prolegs fully developed.
Food-plants: flowers of Lactuca sativa and Chondrilla juncea. 5.

Genus GALGULA. ie
Calgifa, Ewen, Noes tis 7D, 2239) (IQS) ococonceac6e-sacesc07oc0nadaa000009 partita.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of
head and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd moderate, porrect ;
frons smooth, with tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antennze of male ciliated ;
thorax clothed chiefly witb scales and without crests; build slender; tibize
moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore
wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved
and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 te form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with veins 3, 4 from angleof cell: 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
6,7 from upper angle; § anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with dark patch on costal area beyond postmedial
JIE Yy Ape e ta deaonbdayichaboaGHanuaconaae beta aecaae RABUN DE enee aS Benicia. subapicalis,
B. Hore wing without dark patch on costal area beyond-post-
medial line.
a. Fore wing with the postmedial line whitish defined by brown
OM INMEL | SlCr jared woticaeten ea adiceaisctsecswededlesilscuesteretsert partita,
6, Fore wing with the postmedial line brown without whitish
OnNOube STM err me a Marlatt tents slcainenauisisenesloeeisiea eerie castra.

440) NOCTUID”®.

4133. Galguia subapicalis, n.sp. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 24.)

¢. Head and thorax bright red-brown ; palpi blackish ; lower
part of frons white ; pectus and legs whitish irrorated with brown,
the tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous with some
whitish scales at base, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing
bright red-brown; subbasal line represented by slight blackish
spots below costa and cell with a small spot beyond them in cell ;
antemedial line black, rather punctiform, defined on inner side by
some whitish scales, waved, oblique to submedian fold and angled
inwards on vein 1; reniform represented by two slight black points
with some whitish scales on their outer side, a diffused oblique
black bar above it from costa; traces of an oblique diffused dark
shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line
blackish slightly defined by whitish on outer side, excurved from
costa to vein 6, then represented by black points on the veins with
whitish points on their outer side, excurved to vein 4, then oblique,
a black patch beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, dark,
excurved at middle; the interspaces of terminal area with faint
blackish streaks with some whitish scales on them. Hind wing
fuscous brown, the cilia whitish; the underside greyish suffused
and irrorated with fuscous ; a slight discoidal point and traces of a
curved postmedial line.

Hab. Jamatca, Up Park, 1 ¢, Newcastle, 1 ¢ type. Hp.
18 millim.

4134. Galgula partita.

Galgula partita, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 239 (1852) §; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 232.

Galgula hepara, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 239, pl. x. f. 11 (1852) 9; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 314.

Galgula subpartita, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 899 (1852).

Hydrelia ferruginea, Wk. xii. 814 (1857).

Huclidia externa, Wik. xxxili. 985 (1865).

Thalpochares baueri, Staud. Berl. ent. Zeit. xiv. p. 122 (1870).

Telesitla vesca, Morr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. p. 103 (1876).

Galgula sorex, Moschl, Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 51 (1886).

Thalpochares bias, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 315, pl. xxix. f. 18
(1889).

Thalpochares hippotamada, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 315, pl. xxix.
f. 19 (1889).

3. Head and thorax rufous; palpi brownish; abdomen grey
tinged with brown. Fore wing greyish suffused with rufous, the
veins with slight pale streaks; antemedial line indistinct, whitish,
with dark points on it below costa and on subcostal nervure, the
latter with another dark point before it, angled outwards in sub-
median fold, then oblique; orbicular and reniform defined at sides
by whitish, the former elliptical, the latter constricted at middle
and angled inwards on median nervure, with a dark patch before it
from costa to discal fold ; postmedial line whitish defined on inner
side by red-brown except at costa and interrupted at the veins,
strongly bent outwards below costa, obliquely excurved to vein 2,

GALGULA. 44]

then oblique, a series of black points beyond it on the veins; an
indistinct whitish subterminal line, defined on inner side by red-
brown, oblique, slightly sinuous, incurved at vein2; a terminal
series of faint minute brown lunules; cilia dark brown at base,
whitish at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown especially
on terminal area; cilia whitish with a brown line near base; the
underside whitish tinged with brown, a brown discoidal striga ;
curved postmedial line from costa to vein 3 and terminal series of
dark points from apex to vein 2.

Fig. 122.—Galgula partita, g. 1.
g iG

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing dark red-brown, the last with
the markings indistinct ; cilia sometimes white with a brown line
through them; hind wing dark brown.

Ab. 1 (baueri). Much paler; fore wing yellowish grey. —
? Andalusia.

Ab. 2. Hind wing suffused with dark brown instead of rufous.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., 4 ¢, 1 9, Massachusetts, New York,
Ohio, 1 ¢, Florida (Doubleday), 4 $,19,type and type externa,
Texas, Dallas (Boll), 3 3,2 9, California (Walsingham), 2 6,12,
Sta. Barbara (Mrs. Van Zandt), 19; Moxtco, Jalapa (7rujillo),1 3,
Orizaba (Godman), 1 9; GuarEMaLa, S. Geronimo (Champion), 2 3,
1 9, types bias and hippotamada, Vera Paz (Champion), 1 @,
Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamarca; Cusa; Azores, Sta. Cruz (Grant),
3 5,58. Miguel (Grant), 1 2; Mavrrra; Canartus, Teneriffe (Leech,
W. White), 7 3,1 9, Guimar (Walsingham), 1 6,1 9; ? Spain,
Andalusia; Hab. ign., 1 3, type ferruginea. Evp. 22-32 millim.

4135. Galgula castra. (Plate CX XXIII. fig. 25.)
Galgula castra, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 119 (1898).

3. Head and thorax yellowish suffused with rufous; palpi dark
brown, whitish at base; abdomen yellow tinged with rufous.
Fore wing greyish ochreous suffused with rufous, the costal edge
bright rufous with some black scales below it at middle; subbasal
line brown, curved, from costa to submedian fold, with a black point
on it below costa; antemedial line brown, sinuous, strongly angled
outwards in submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1, with black
points on it below costa and on subcostal and median nervures ;
orbicular and reniform with faint whitish annuli slightly defined by
brown, the former elliptical, the Jatter strongly angled inwards on
median neryure, a black patch before it on costal area; a diffused

42 NOCTUID».

oblique red-brown medial line from lower angle of cell to inner
margin, closely approximated to the postmedial line, which is red-
brown strongly bent outwards below costa, very oblique to vein 4,
then incurved, a series of black points beyond it on the veins;
subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by red-brown, ex-
curved below vein 7 and at middle and minutely dentate at veins
7, 6, 4, 3, 2; a fine red-brown terminal line; cilia dark red-brown
with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing white tinged with yellow ;
the underside with the costal area and terminal area to vein 4
suffused with fiery red, a curved postmedial line from costa to
vein 4 and fine terminal line.

Hab. Braztt, Castro Parafia (D. Jones), 1 $. Exp. 28 millim.

Genus MICRATHETIS, noy.

Type, WM. triplex.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of
head and moderately scaled, the 38rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large,
round ; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales
and without crests; build slender; tibise smoothly scaled ; abdomen without
crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen very slightly excised
below apex and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from
upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle

of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line double, punctiform, ex-
curved below costa, then slightly oblique.

a. Fore wing with the cilia whitish tinged with rufous ......... canifimbria,
b. Fore wing with the cilia concolorous...............02..0eeeeeee eee triplex,
B. Fore wing with the postmedial line whitish defined on each
side by brown and very oblique throughout .................-..- dasarada.

4136. Micrathetis canifimbria. (Plate CXXXIIL. fig. 26.)
Celena canifimbria, W\k. xxxv. 1958 (1866).

6. Head and thorax cupreous red-brown ; avdomen grey-brown.
Fore wing cupreous red-brown, with slight dark irroration, the
costal edge fulvous yellow; traces of a waved antemedial line ;
orbicular and reniform hardly defined, with a dark patch between
them, the former rounded, the latter constricted at middle: a slight
dark mark on middle of costa; postmnedial line represented by a
double series of indistinct black points, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique; the terminal area deeper rufous ;
faint traces of a subterminal line excurved at middle; cilia bright
orange-yellow. Hind wing brown with a greyish tinge; cilia
white mixed with brown; the underside whitish suffused and
irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal striga and indistinct curved
postmedial line.

©. Darker.

Hab. Brazit, 2 g type, Rio Janeiro, 1 ¢, Organ Mts., Tijuca
(Wagner), 12. Exp, 22 millim.

MICRATHETIS. 443

4137. Micrathetis triplex.

Laphygma triplex, Wik. xi. 721 (1857),

Laphygma spitomela, Wik. xxxii. 648 (1865).

Galgula contraria, Herr.-Schaff. Zool.-min. Corresp.-blatt. Regensb. xxii,
p. 153 (1868).

Caradrina conviva, Hary. Can. Ent. viii. p. 6 (1876); Smith, Cat. Noct. N.
Am. p. 196.

Caradrina subaquila, Harv. Can. Ent. x. p. 57 (1878); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 196.

Head and thorax white tinged with yellow and irrorated with a
few black scales; palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides ; tibiee and
tarsi blackish above ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with fuscous.
Fore wing yellowish white tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated
with fuscous ; the basal area with three black points on median
nervure; antemedial line represented by an indistinct double
curved series of black points; orbicular represented by a minute

re “

Fig. 123.—Micrathetis triplex, S. 3.

black point ; reniform with black lunule in centre and pale annulus
slightly defined by black ; medial line diffused, black and oblique
from costa to reniform, very faint from lower angle of cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line represented by a double curved series of
black points ; subterminal line defined by dark suffusion on inner
side, minutely waved, arising from below apex, incurved at discal
fold and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black
lunules ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing semihyaline white; a slight
dark terminal line from apex to vein 2; the underside with the
costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing pale grey ; hind wing greyish, the terminal
area tinged with brown.

Ab. 2. subaquila. Head, thorax, and fore wing much more strongly
suffused with rufous.

Ab. 3. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with dark brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 3 5,12, types conviva and subaquila, Cali-
fornia (D’ Urban), 1 3; Mexico, Guerrero (H. H. Smith),1 3 , Presidio
(Forrer), 13,29, Yucatan(Gawmer), 1 9 ; Honduras( Dyson, Robert-
son), 13,19 type; Guaremaza, Champerico (Champion),1 3, Vera
Paz (Champion), 1 9 , Godman-Salvin Coll.; Panama, La Chorrera
(Dolby-Tyler), 1 3; Banamas, Nassau (Bonhote), 1 g, Abaco
(Bonhote), 19; Jamarca (Kaye), 1d, Runaway Bay ( Walsinghai),

A44 NOCIUID&,

1 @; Cusa, Santiago (Schaus), 3 d, 1 9 ; Harr (Tweedie), 2 3,
2 9 type spilomela; Grenava (H. H. Smith), 5 3,6 2; Paraguay,
Sapucay (Noster), 1g,12. Hep. 20-26 millim.

4138. Micrathetis dasarada.

Thalpochares dasarada, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 498, pl. 95.
f, 28 (1898).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous slightly tinged with
olive-brown ; palpi brownish ; fore legs brownish, the tarsi brown
ringed with ochreous. Fore wing pale ochreous slightly irrorated
with brown, the costal edge rufous to postmedial line; the inner
area suffused with olive-brown to the postmedial line which is
defined by olive-brown on inner side; a slight black point at
middle of cell and black discoidal point; postmedial line pale
ochreous with fine brown line on outer edge, oblique, slightly
incurved below vein 5; subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined
by brown on inner side, oblique, arising from apex where there is
an oblique whitish fascia above it, a terminal series of black points ;
cilia ochreous with a rufous line through them, blackish at apex.
Hind wing white slightly tinged with ochreous; a fine brownish
terminal line ; cilia with a faint brownish line through them ; the
underside with the costa tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated
with brown, a terminal series of black points.

Ab. 1. Fore wing tinged with rufous instead of olive-brown.

Ab. 2. Fore wing much whiter with hardly any rufous or olive
suffusion.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with minute more or less incomplete black
discoidal annulus.

Hab. Muxico, Presidio (Forrer), 19, Atoyac (H. H. Smith), 1°,
Teapa (H. H. Smith), 7 3, type; Guaremata, 8. Geronimo (Cham-
pron), 32, El Reposo (Champion), 13, Cubilguitz (Champion),
1 2; Cosra Reca, Irazu (Rogers), 5 $; Panama, Chiriqui (£2606é),
1 @, Godman-Salvin Coll., Cana Mines (Tylecote), 1 3; Jamatca,
Constant Springs (Walsingham), 1 3, 3 9, Moneague (Cockerell),
13 (Rendall), 129; Cuba, Santiago (Schaus), 16,49; Br. Guiana,
Bartica (Kaye), 19; Surinam, Paramaribo (Dolin), 13; Braziz,
Itaparica (Meade- Waldo), 23,19, Organ Mts., Tijuca ( Wagner),
19, Rio Janeiro, 4g. Hvp. 14-22 millim.

Genus STYGIATHETIS, nov.

Type, S. mus.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of
head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd long, oblique; frons
with short truncate conical prominence with raised edges; eyes large, round ;
antennee of male fasciculate ; thorax clothed with long hair and hair-like scales
and without crests; tibise fringed with rather long hair; abdomen clothed with
rough hair and with lateral fringes of hair but without crests, the claspers of
male large. Fore wing narrow, the costa and inner margin subparallel, the

STYGIATHETIS.—CRAMBODES. 445

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5
obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anas-
tomosing with the cell near base only.

4139. Stygiathetis mus.

Radinacra mus, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B.M. viii. p. 77, pl. 145. f. 9 (1891) ; id.
Moths Ind. ii. p. 268.

Head and thorax brown, the scales tipped with white ; antennze
ringed with white at base; palpi, pectus, and legs fuscous mixed
with some grey, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen greyish
brown. Fore wing grey-brown slightly irrorated with fuscous ;
subbasal line represented by black points below costa and cell;
antemedial line blackish, slightly angled outwards below costa,
then almost erect; orbicular absent; reniform slightly defined by
white points; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to
median nervure ; postmedial line blackish produced to slight streaks
on the veins, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, some
pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish

Fig. 124.—Stygiathetis mus, $. 4.

slightly defined by brown on inner side and somewhat excurved
below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of slight black
points ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown ;
cilia with oehreous line at base followed by a brown line and the tips
grey ; the underside white thickly irrorated with brown, a black
discoidal Junule, sinuous postmedial line, indistinct diffused sub-
terminal line, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. Manpras, Nilgiri plateau (Hampson), 1 5,3 2 type. Lap.
30 millim.

Genus CRAMBODES.

Type.
Crambodes) Guew. Noctis ps VO2 (USD2)\ jc... entender

talidiformis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching
about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd
short ; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of male bipectinate with
very short fasciculate branches, of female minutely serrate; thorax clothed
with scales and hair mixed, the prothorax with small spreading crest, the
mesothorax with slight paired crests, the metathorax with spreading crest ;

446 NOCIUIDZ.

tibive slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Foro
wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and hardly crenulate;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anas-
tomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4
from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from
upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

4140. Crambodes talidiformis.

Crambodes talidiformis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 152 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 194.
Carvanca conjungens, Wik. xv. 1661 (1858).

Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with rufous ; palpi brown
at extremity ; frons with lateral brown bars ; antenne brown; tegule
with black line near upper edge; vertex of thorax with some
black scales; fore tibiz banded with brown, the tarsi brown with
pale rings ; abdomen pale ochreous slightly tinged with brown.
Fore wing ochreous tinged in parts with rufous, the costal area
suffused with black-brown to near apex, the veins streaked with
brown; a red-brown streak in cell; the basal half of submedian
fold defined on each side by red-brown streaks ; antemedial line
double, the inner line red-brown, the outer blackish, oblique and
slightly sinuous to submedian fold near postmedial line, then very
strongly angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner
margin; reniform a narrow white bar incompletely defined by
black ; postmedial line black, strongly bent outwards below costa,
then reduced to black points on the veins to just beyond lower
angle of cell, then dentate with double black points on the veins

Fig. 125.—Craibodes talidiformis, 6. 1}.

beyond it, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
defined by rufous suffusion on inner side and by obliquely placed
black streaks above and below vein 6, arising from termen just
below apex, dentate, oblique to discal fold, angled outwards at
veins 4, 3 and inwards in submedian fold and bent outwards to
tornus ; a rufous shade at middle of termen and a terminal series
of small black spots; cilia chequered rufous and whitish. Hind
wing white, the terminal area slightly tinged with rufous, in female
more uniformly tinged with rufous, the extremity of median nervure
and base of vein 2 with slight dark streaks; a faint discoidal
striga ; a terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2; the
underside with the costal area suffused and irrorated with red-
brown, a slight discoidal lunule and faint postmedial line from costa
to vein 6 and points on veins 4, 3.

CRAMBODES.—PLATYSENTA. 447

Hab. Canana; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, Middie, and Central
States (Doubleday, Burg, Herring), 3 3, 5 2 type and type
conjungens, Kansas, 1 $, Texas, Dallas (Boll), 1 g, Colorado,
Durango (Oslar), 135,39. Exp. 30-34 millim.

Larva. Head small, pale brownish. Body slender, the feet
equal; green with a distinct red substigmatal stripe, pale-centred ;
a little red alsoin the double whitish dorsal line. Food-plant:
Verbena.—H. G. D.

Genus PLATYSENTA. Tine
Platysenta, Grote, 6th-Rep. Peab. Ac. Sci. p. 28 (1874) ............ videns.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of
head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth; antennz of
male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax
with spreading crests; build slender; tibiz moderately fringed with hair ;
abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing rather ample, the apex
somewhat produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved and hardly
erenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anatomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;
6,7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with black streaks beyond the cell above and
below ven Ai saacenecste careehoan eeaniaciscticetocuceeumebeme sumac temecula.
B. Fore wing without black streaks beyond the cell above and
below vein 4.
a. Fore wing with blackish suffusion below median nervure. discistriga.
6, Fore wing without blackish suffusion below median
nervure.
Gi MONS HAUS TADNKOWIS congonadscoanscencassodosnnnbecconcoacgooBe07 videns,
6}, Fore wing ochreous slightly tinged with reddish brown. adbipuncta.

*4141. Platysenta temecula. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 27.)
Platysenta temecula, Barnes, Can, Ent. xxxvii. p. 194 (1905).

3. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with fuscous; tegulz
with slight dark medial line; abdomen whitish tinged with brown.
Fore wing reddish brown suffused in parts with fuscous, the veins
dark; a diffused dark shade on median nervure, thence diffused to
termen above tornus, a slight oblique shade from termen just below
apex defined above and below by rather paler tones; antemedial
line represented by a pale point on costa; a white discoidal bar
with yellowish points before and beyond it; black streaks beyond
the cell above and below vein 4; postmedial line just traceable,
with a pale point at costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; a
terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered brown and
whitish. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown especially towards
termen ; cilia white with a dark line near base; the underside with
the costal and terminal areas tinged with reddish, a dark discoidal
point and postmedial line.

448 § NOCTUID®.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts. Exp. 28 millim. This
species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in Coll.

W. Barnes.

4142. Platysenta discistriga. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 28.)

Platyperigea discistriga, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 61, pl. vi.
f. 10 (1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 109.

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with blackish ; palpi with black
patches at sides of 2nd and 3rd joints; tarsi fuscous with pale
rings; abdomen brownish ochreous, with the crest at base blackish.
Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with
black, more strongly in and below lower part of cell and from cell
towards termen below apex and tornus, the veins with slight dark
streaks ; subbasal line represented by a faint oblique pale striga from
costa, the antemedial line by a pale point on costa, black points on
the veins and one above inner margin further from base ; orbicular
represented by two slight oblique black striae, the reniform by black
bars on each side of the discoidal vein with a slight whitish spot
beyond them at lower angle of cell; postmedial line represented by
a black striga from costa defined by whitish on outer side, then by
a series of short black streaks on the veins conjoined by a faint
dentate line, bent outwards below costa and very oblique below
vein 4; subterminal line represented by very ill-defined dentate
dark marks between veins 7 and 2, angled outwards at veins 6, 4,3;
the terminal area more rufous; a terminal series of minute black
lunules; cilia blackish intersected by yellowish-white streaks at the
veins. Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal area
irrorated with pale brown, a blackish discoidal lunule and series of
black points on apical half of termen.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Durango, 1 ¢, Glenwood Springs, 1 ¢,
1@Q. vp, 34-38 millim.

4143. Platysenta videns.

Leucania videns, Guen. Noct. i. p. 78 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 184.

Nonagria indigens, W1k. xi. 713 (1857).

Platysenta atriciliata, Grote, 6th Rep. Peab. Ac. Sci. p. 28 (1874); id.
Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sei. ii. pl. 1. f. 2.

Caradrina meskei, Speyer, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxxvi. p. 116 (1875).

3. Head and thorax rufous mixed with fuscous and grey ; palpi
fuscous ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen pale rufous, the
basal crest blackish. Fore wing rufous, the veins irrorated with
black; a slight black streak in base of cell; antemedial line repre-
sented by black and white points on the veins; orbicular repre-
sented by a black point above median nervure ; a diffused blackish
streak at lower angle of cell with small white spot at lower angle
with whitish striga before it and point beyond it; postmedial line

PLATYSENTA. 449

represented by a double series of black points on the veins with
whitish points between them, bent outwards below costa and
oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-
terminal line absent; a terminal series of slight black lunules ;
cilia blackish mixed with grey, intersected with white at base and
with slight black line at middle. Hind wing white, the terminal

Fig. 126.—Platysenta widens, 3. }.

area slightly tinged with brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia
white mixed with fuscous at tips; the underside with the costal
area suffused with rufous, the veins of terminal half irrorated with
black to vein 2, a blackish discoidal striga and terminal series of black
points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. U.S.A., 1 3g type atricilata, Massachusetts, Distr. of
Columbia, Illinois, Florida ( Doubleday), 2 $ type and type indigens,
Colorado. Kup. 34-36 millim.

Larva. Dull green with a number of longitudinal white lines, the
stigmatal line stronger; ventral claspers deep pink; head green
with two brown streaks. Food-plant: ? Solidago.

4144, Platysenta albipuncta. (Plate CXXXIIT. fig. 29.)

Platysenta albipuncta, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 46 (1902); Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 109.

3. Head and thorax greyish ochreous mixed with fuscous
brown; palpi fuscous; pectus whitish; tarsi fuscous ringed with
white ; abdomen whitish suffused with brown, the basal crest black
and white. Fore wing greyish ochreous, the disk tinged with
reddish brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous except at
apex, the veins ef terminal area with slight dark streaks; subbasal
and antemedial lines absent; orbicular represented by a slight
whitish mark above median nervure ; a diffused fuscous streak on
terminal half of median nervure extending to beyond the cell; a
small white spot at lower angle of cell with whitish points before
and beyond it; postmedial line represented by a series of black
points on the veins with whitish points beyond them, bent outwards
below costa and oblique below vein 4, some whitish points beyond
it on costa; subterminal line absent; cilia fuscous intersected with
white. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal area slightly tinged
with fuscous; a fine dark terminal line; the underside with the

VOL, VIII. 26

450 NOCTUIDZ.

costal area irrorated with brown, a slight blackish discoidal spot
and terminal series of minute lunules from apex to vein 2.

®. Fore wing rather more uniform reddish brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Harris Co., 1 ¢ co-type, Dallas (Boll), 1 2.
Exp. 34 millim.

Genus GONODES, nov.

Type, G. liquida.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of
head and moderately fringed with scales, the 3rd joint moderate; frons
smooth ; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly
with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibize moderately
fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the
apex somewhat produced, the termen excised from below apex to vein 4, then
oblique; veins 3 and 5 from near angie of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veitis 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7
from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with vein 3 defined above and below by white

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B. Fore wing with vein 3 defined above by a white streak
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C. Fore wing with vein 3 not defined by white streaks.
a. Fore wing with oblique red-brown line from lower angle
of cell to subterminal line above tornus ...... ..........5 obliqua.
6. Fore wing without oblique line from lower angle of cell -
to above tornus.

a’, Fore wing with the orbicular absent ... ..............66. liquida.
b!. Fore wing with the orbicular an oblique wedge-shaped
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*4145, Gonodes dianiphea. (Plate CXX XIII. fig. 30.)
Gonodes dianiphea, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 162.

6. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous. and mixed
with brown ; second joint of palpi with blackish patch ; frons with
slight black lateral bars ; tegule with indistinct blackish lines at
middle and near tips ; mid tibiz with blackish spot near extremity,
the tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen pale ochreous, the basal
crest mixed with black. Fore wing ochreous slightly irrorated with
fuscous, the cell and area just below it on medial area suffused with
red-brown, a large triangular brown patch on terminal area from
apex to below vein 4; subbasal line represented by two black strie
from costa; a short black streak below base of cell; antemedial
line rather indistinct, double at costa and below cell, angled out-
wards below costa, then oblique and rather irregular, the outer line
very strongly angled outwards to medial line above inner margin ;
orbicular absent; reniform a triangular brown spot with white
annulus partly defined by black and with wedge-shaped white
mark running inwards from it above median nervure; a diffused
oblique black striga from middle of costa and oblique brown line

GONODES. 451

from lower angle of cell to inner margin, excurved in submedian
interspace ; a broad ochreous oblique white band beyond the cell,
bent outwards to apex; postmedial line represented by a series of
black points, strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique,
angled outwards on vein 1, the points with slight dentate line
between them below vein 2; vein 3 beyond the postmedial line
defined above and below by white streaks with a fine black streak
above; the terminal part of costa with alternating white and
blackish points; the brown terminal patch crossed by a faint
ineurved dark subterminal line; a fine dark terminal line and a
small black spot below vein 2 defined by a white lunule; cilia red-
brown intersected by white streaks at veins 3 and 2. Hind wing
yellowish white, the terminal area suffused with reddish brown
except towards tornus; a small dark discoidal spot and fine dark
terminal line ; cilia ochreous at base, white at tips; the underside
with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with back,
a black discoidal spot and postmedial line, excurved and crenulate
to vein 4, then incurved.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Paraiia, type ¢ in Coll. D. Jones. Eup. 28
millim.

*4146. Gonodes albifissa. (Plate CX XXIII. fig. 31.)
Gonodes albifissa, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 298 (1908).

@. Head and thorax white faintly tinged with rufous and with
a few black scales; antennz except at base and tarsi fuscous ;
abdomen grey-white dorsally suffused with fuscous. Fore wing
erey-white irrorated with brown, the inner area rufous except at
base, a brownish patch from termen from apex to vein 4 extending
to lower angle of cell, the veins beyond the cell brown defined by
fine white streaks ; antemedial line represented by an oblique brown
striga from costa and a very oblique slightly sinuous line trom sub-
costal nervure to inner margin, a small triangular red-brown patch
beyond it in lower part of cell; end of cell yellow tinged with red ;
reniform a brown bar defined by white, a wedge-shaped red-brown
mark beyond it above vein 3; medial line represented by an oblique
diffused brown bar from costa and a line angled inwards from cell
to vein 1; postmedial line represented by black points bent out-
wards below costa and a faint ineurved line from vein 3 bent
outwards at vein 1, some white points with slight brown streaks
between them beyond it on costa; an oblique white streak from
apex, diffused towards costa; subterminal line hardly traceable,
whitish, slightly defined by brown on outer side between veins 7
and 4; a white fascia above terminal part of vein 3 intersecting the
cilia; a fine black terminal line slightly defined by white on inner
side. Hind wing white suffused with brown except at base; a
slight brown discoidal lunule and brown terminal line ; cilia white ;
the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

262

452 NOCTUIDAE.

brown, a black discoidal lunule, crenulate postmedial line, and
terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. S.E. Perv, 8S. Domingo (Ockenden), type fT 3 in Coll.
Druce. wp. 34 millim.

4147. Gonodes obliqua. (Plate CXXXIIL. fig. 32.)
Gonodes obliqua, Druce, A. M. N. FH. €8) iii. (1909) ined.

g. Head and thorax pale rufous, the vertex of head and tegulze
with a whitish tinge, the latter with some black scales at tips;
palpi blackish except at base; tarsi ringed with blackish ; abdomen
reddish ochreous dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing pale
rufous with slight dark irroration, the apical third of wing with
a whitish tinge and slight fuscous suffusion ; subbasal line indistinct,
dark, waved, from costa to inner margin, a black point beyond it
in cell; the antemedial line from costa near middle, white slightly
defined by blackish on outer side, oblique and sinuous to the reni-
form, then slight, blackish, angled inwards on median nervure,
oblique and dentate to inner margin; claviform and orbicular
absent; reniform red with yellow bars at sides, very narrow and
constricted at middle, a slightly downcurved red streak from its
lower extremity to termen just above tornus; postmedial line
fine, blackish, slightly defined by white on outer side at costa,
bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved between veins
5 and 2 and ending at tornus; subterminal line very faint, pale,
with slight red-brown spots on its inner side and a black spot above
vein 2, minutely waved, incurved at discal fold; a slight lunulate
dark terminal line; cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind
wing yellowish white, the terminal area tinged with rufous
narrowing to tornus; a blackish discoidal bar; cilia white; the
underside with the costal area tinged with rufous, a black discoidal
lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and fine terminal line.

Hab. Cotompra, Minea (H. #H. Snuth),1 3g. Hap. 34 millim.
Type f in Coll. Druce.

4148. Gonodes liquida.

Ipimorpha liquida, Moschl, Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 48, f. 17 (1886).
Cyathissa violascens, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 225 (1894).
Drobeta leada, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii, 494, pl. 95. f. 12 (1898).

3. Head white, 2nd joint of palpi at side and antenne rufous ;
thorax ochreous white irrorated with a few rufous scales, the meta-
thoracic crest rufous; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen
ochreous white dorsally suffused with brown, the basal crest white
tipped with brown. Fore wing ochreous white tinged with red-
brown from base to middle of costa and tornus, the apical half pale
rufous irrorated with deep rufous with the veins pale; subbasal
line represented by slight curved red-brown marks from costa and

GONODES. 453

from cell to inner margin; an oblique diffused red-brown line from
median nervure at antemedial line to above inner margin; ante-
medial line indistinct, rufous, double, oblique, waved; orbicular
absent ; the inner edge of the rufous area defined by white from
costa to median nervure; reniform rather large, its outer edge
indented at middle; postmedial line defined by white on outer side,
bent outwards below costa, then excurved, slightly angled inwards
at vein. 2 and bent outwards to inner margin near tornus, some
white points beyond it on costa; a diffused whitish apical patch ;
subterminal line represented by a series of red-brown spots, incurved
at discal fold, then excurved; a black spot at tornus; cilia rufous

Fig. 127.—Gonodes liquida, G. }.

with asyellow line at base. Hind wing yellowish tinged with
rufous, the terminal area suffused with rufous; a slight brown
discoidal bar; cilia yellow with a rufous line through them; the
underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a
blackish discoidal spot, a waved rufous postmedial line incurved
below vein 3, and traces of a diffased subterminal band.

9. Hind wing more uniformly suffused with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without the black spot at tornus.

Hab. Muxico, Jalapa, type f violascens in U.S. Nat. Mus.;
GuatEMaLa, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion), 1 2 type Jleada,
Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamaica, Up Park, 1 ¢; Cuna, Baracoa
(Schaus), 1 $, 1 2, Santiago (Schaus), 4 9; Dominica (Elliott),
1 2; Braziz, Rio Janeiro, 1 3; Paraguay, Sapucay (foster), 1 3;
Perv, 1 9. xp. 22-30 millim.

4149. Gonodes aroensis. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 1.)
Ipimorpha arensis, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 152 (1904).

S. Head and thorax brownish white with a few dark scales;
the dorsum of thorax dark brown; palpi black at sides, the
extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints white; frons with lateral black
bars; antenne black; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen
brownish white dorsally suffused with fuscous, sublateral black
spots on terminal segments. Fore wing brownish ochreous ; sub-
basal line represented by slight diffused black strive from costa and
eell, with a short diffused black fascia beyond it on inner margin
and slight oblique dark line from median nervure to vein 1; faint

454 NOCTUID ®.

traces of a double curved antemedial line with double black points
on median nervure and vein 1; orbicular an oblique wedge-shaped
white mark slightly defined by black except above ; reniform a pale
bar defined by blackish scales, expanding into an obscure spot at
lower angle of cell and with black spot beyond it at upper angle ;
a rather diffuscd oblique black medial line from costa to median
nervure ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent out-
wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then hardly traceable with
black point beyond it on vein 2, some white points with black
streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line very
indistinct, pale, with black points on inner side below vein 5 and
small black spot below 6; an oblique rather sinuous black streak
from termen below apex with whitish above it: the terminal area
slightly more tinged with brown with pale streaks on the veins: a
terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia yellow. Hind wing
whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown ;
a dark discoidal lunule and terminal series of slight brown lunules ;
cilia white ; the underside white irrorated with a few black scales,
a black discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line incurved
below vein 2, and terminal series of small black lunules.
Hab. Venuzurta, Aroa,1 $. Hap. 26 millim.

Genus BALSA.

Type.
Balsa, W\k. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 250 (1860) ..............-... Nate
Gargaza, Wik. xxxy. 1733 (18G5) © 22-2... 2... 22. eeeneeeecenten eee tristrigella.
Nolophana, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 169 (1878)... malana.
Asisyra, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 169 (USVS) coco tristrigella.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, extending about the
length of head, the 2nd joint fringed above and below with hair towards
extremity, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth with tuft of scales, a ridge of scales
between antenne ; eyes large, round; antennz of male typically bipectinate
with moderate branches to apex; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales,
the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibiw moderately fringed with
hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only ; build slender. Fore wing with
the apex vounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper
angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. (Balsa). Antenne of male bipectinate; fore wing with the areole
normal,

4150. Balsa malana.

Brachytenia matlana, Fitch, lst & 2nd Rept. Ins. N. York, p. 244. pl. iii.
f. 5 (1856); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 198; Staud. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 362.

Balsa obliquifera, Wik. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 251 (1860).

Nola leodura, Staud. Rom, Mém. ii. p. 178, pl. 10. f. 2 (1887).

Head and thorax blue-grey slightly mixed with brown ; sides of

BALSA. 455

palpi and frons blackish ; a black bar between antenne which are
pale rufous ; a black line at middle of tegule and across base of
patagia which have black scales near their upper edge; prothoracic
crest blackish ; pectus and legs whitish suffused with brown, the
tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white irrorated
with brown. Fore wing bluish white suffused with brown except
on costal area, the veins of terminal half finely streaked with black ;
subbasal line curved, black, from costa to median neryure ; ante-
medial line blackish slightly defined by whitish on inner side,
incurved in cell, strongly angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards
above inner margin; orbicular represented by a black point on a
faint. whitish mark, the reniform by an obliquely curved black
discoidal line connected with an oblique wedge-shaped black mark
from costa with whitish striga on it; a faint sinuous brown line
from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line blackish,
oblique and slightly sinuous to vein 6 where it is acutely angled,
angled inwards in disval fold, outwards on veins 4, 3, then

Fig. 128.—Balsa malana, g. }.

strongly incurved and bent outwards at vein 1, some minute
blackish streaks beyond it on costa; subterminal line very in-
distinct, whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle. Hind
wing whitish suffused with reddish brown; cilia white with a
faint red-brown line through them; the underside white irrorated
with red-brown, a slight discoidal lunule and faint curved post-
medial line.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., Eastern and Central States, Massa-
chusetts, Beverley (Packard), 13,392, New York, Evans Center
(Grote), 1 $, 3 Q, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (Engel), 1 9, Wis-
consin, Georgia, Kansas (Snow), 2 9; E. Siperta, Amurland, 1 9,
Ussuri ; Japan, Oiwake (Pryer),1 3,3 9. Hep. 28-34 millim.

Larva. Saunders, Ins. Inj. Fruits, p. 101.

Pale green with five white lines and numerous whitish dots.
Food-plant: Apple, forming a tube of a leaf drawn together by silk
to pupate in. 6.

Sucr. II. (Gargaza). Antenne of male laminate, simple; fore wing with the
areole very small, narrow and elongate.

A. Fore wing tinged with red-brown, the veins with prominent

dark streaks, the medial line strong towards costa ......... tristrigella.
B. Fore wing not tinged with red-brown, the veins with slight

dark streaks, the medial line not strong towards costa ... dabccula.

456 NOCTUID SE.

4151. Balsa tristrigella.

Gargaza tristrigella, Wik. xxxv. 1734 (1865) ; Smith, Cat. Nect. N. Am.
p. 193.
ee zelleri, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 169 (1878).

Head and thorax grey-white slightly tinged with brown; sides
of palpi and frons blackish ; a black bar between antenne which
are pale rufous ; tegulz with blackish band near tips ; legs blackish,
the tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen brownish white.
Fore wing whitish suffused with pale red-brown, the veins with
prominent dark streaks; subbasal line represented by a slight
black striga from costa, the antemedial line by an oblique black
striga from costa and point on median nervure ; stigmata absent ;
slight black streaks beyond the cell above and below vein 0;
postmedial line very indistinct, brown faintly defined by whitish

Fig. 129.—Balsa tristrigella, 8. +
on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and
strongly dentate, some slight black streaks beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line absent; the interspaces of terminal area with
slight black streaks; cilia whitish intersected with slight rufous
streaks. Hind wing whitish tinged with pale red-brown ; cilia
white; the underside white irrorated with red-brown, a slight dis-
coidal spot with oblique dark mark above it from costa, and faint
curved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York (Packard, Smith), 2 3,
29, Schenectady (Lintner), 1 2, Texas; Hab. ign., 1 ¢ type.
Exp. 28 millim.

4152. Balsa labecula. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 2.)

Nolophana labecula, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 217 (1880); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 194.

©. Head and thorax bluish white slightly mixed with brown ;
palpi brownish at sides; frons with slight lateral brown bars;
tegul~ with brown band at tips; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;
abdomen white slightly irrorated with black and with blackish
dorsal marks on terminal segments. Fore wing bluish white
slightly irrorated and suffused with brown, the veins with slight
dark streaks; basal and subbasal black points on costa; ante-
medial line blackish, oblique from costa to middle of cell, then
waved and strongly angled outwards above inner margin, traces
of another oblique line beyond it on costal area ; stigmata absent ;

BALSA.——MONODES. 457

medial line oblique and blackish from costa to upper angle of cell,
then faint, brownish, waved; a slight black streak beyond lower
angle of cell; postmedial line blackish slightly defined by whitish
on outer side, bent outwards below costa, very oblique and minutely
dentate to vein 6, then more strongly dentate, strongly incurved
below vein 3 and excurved below submedian fold, some blackish
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line very faint, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved; a terminal series of
blackish points. Hind wing white tinged with brown; a slight
dark terminal line; cilia white; the underside white slightly
irrorated with fuscous, a small blackish discoidal spot and indistinct
curved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1 2, Wisconsin,
1 Q@ type. xp. 32 millim.

Genus MONODES.

Type.
Monodess Gens Noctis py 240) (ISS2)\e-cseenssece ease. sesh ee eeee reece nucicolora.
AiO, NIN ko 5viq UGCA (SINS) co caondocancoonconanccncedeonsquesgens000eca. villicosta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, rather slender, the 2nd joint
reaching vertex of head, the 5rd moderate; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ;
antenns of male typically ciliated; build slender; head and thorax clothed chiefly
with scales, the pro- and metathorax with typically slight spreading crests; tibize
moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore
wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and hardly crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anas-
tomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4
from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, '7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Antenne of male strongly serrate.

4153. Monodes cuprescens, n. sp.

Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown; sides of palpi and
frons blackish ; tarsi fuscous with slight pale rings ; abdomen white
faintly tinged with brown. Fore wing white largely suffused and
irrorated with cupreous red-brown ; subbasal line white, oblique,
from costa to submedian fold; autemedial line brown defined by
white on inner side, curved, minutely dentate below costa and angled

Fig. 180.—Monodes cuprescens, 3. 3.

inwards on vein 1; claviform faintly defined by white at extremity ;
orbicular whitish, undefined, round; reniform with white centre
defined by brown and white annulus; a brown medial shade from
costa to below cell; postmedial line brown defined by white on

458 NOCTUIDAE.

outer side, very strongly bent outwards and angled below costa,
then oblique, minutely waved, angled outwards on vein 1, some
white points beyond it on costa; an oblique whitish shade from
costa before apex; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish,
from vein 7 to inner margin; a terminal series of small blackish
spots defined by white lunules; a fine white line at base of cilia.
Hind wing white tinged with pale brown ; cilia white tinged with
brown at base; the underside with the costal area tinged with
brown ; a fine dark terminal line.

Hab. Harri (Tweedie), 2 3,1 9 type. xp. 24 millim.
Secr. II. Antennz of male minutely serrate.

4154. Monodes deliriosa.

Celena deliriosa, Wk. xi. 751 (1857).
Cassandria poliotis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xiv. p. 170 (1904).

Head and thorax white slightly mixed with brown; tarsi with
slight fuscous bands; abdomen grey-white. Fore wing white
suffused with pale brown, except at base and on inner half of
medial area; subbasal line double, the inner line black, the outer
indistinct, oblique, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
double, the inner line indistinct, oblique, sinuous, angled inwards
on vein 1; claviform slightly defined by brown at extremity ;
orbicular and reniform defined by brown and with brownish centres ;
the former round, the latter rather diffused ; a strong rather diffused
oblique black medial line bent inwards to costa; postmedial
line black, indistinctly double towards costa, oblique from costa to

Fig. 131.—Monodes deliriosa, 3. 3

vein 5, then strongly incurved, excurved again at vein 1; subter-
minal line indistinct, white, excurvéd below vein 7 and at middle ;
a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing semihyaline white,
the costal and terminal areas suffused with pale brown narrowing
to a point at tornus; cilia white with a pale brown line through
them on apical half; the underside with pale brown irroration on
costal area and apical half of terminal area, a slight diffused dark
mark on middle of costa.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with slight black streak in submedian fold,
three fuscous patches before antemedial line, the medial line rufous.

Ab, 2. Fore wing with small black spots in claviform, orbicular,
and reniform.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with strong black streak in submedian fold to

MONODES. 459

postmedial line, black spots in orbicular and reniform, the medial
line rufous and obsolescent.

Hab. Banamas, Nassau (Sir G. Carter), 25,12 type poliotis ;
Harri (Tweedie), 29 type. Hap. 28-30 millim.

Sucr. ITI. Antennee of male ciliated.

A. Fore tibiz and tarsi of male fringed with long hair on outer side.

*4155, Monodes agyra.

Callopistria agyra, Druce, P. Z. 8. 1890, p. 517, & Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. 11.
p- 501, pl. 96. f. 6.

6. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with reddish ochreous ;
tarsi blackish ringed with ochreous; abdomen red-brown mixed
with ochreous. Fore wing bright red-brown mixed with some
ochreous, the veins of costal area and the median nervure streaked
with ochreous white; subbasal line double, black filled in with
yellow, curved, from costa to vein 1, some yellowish beyond it in
submedian interspace; antemedial line double filled in with
yellowish, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, waved; clavi-
form represented by an oblique yellowish-white streak from median
nervure below orbicular to submedian fold near postmedial line ;
erbicular and reniform with pale yellow annuli slightly defined by
black, the former small, oblique elliptical, the latter inwardly
oblique, angled inwards on median nervure, and with small white
spots in upper and lower parts; postmedial line black defined by

Fig. 132. —Monodes agyra, 3. 3.

yellow on outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, then
minutely dentate, oblique below vein 5, some yellow points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line yellowish defined by brown on inner side,
excurved below vein 7, excurved and minutely waved at middle; a
fine terminal dark line; cilia with a fine yellowish line at base.
Hind wing brown with a greyish tinge; a faint discoidal bar and
curved postmedial line; cilia whitish with a brown line through
them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, the termen
suffused with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and postmedial line
excurved to vein 2, then incurved.

Q@. Fore wing with broad yellowish-white costal fascia narrowing
to apex, the interspaces towards costa tinged with rufous.

Hab, Panama, Chiriqui; Cotompia, Minca(H. H. Smith). Ep.
28 millim.

460 NOCLUID®.

B. Fore tibiz and tarsi of male not fringed with long hair.

a. (Alpesa). Fore wing of male with fringe of very long hair from costa
P g
on upper side, except towards base and apex and recurved over the
wing where it reaches to median nervure.

4156. Monodes villicosta.
Alpesa villicosta, Wik. xv. 1665 (1858).

¢. Head and thorax rufous slightly mixed with brown ; sides of
palpi and frons fuscous; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen
pale rufous. Fore wing glossy greyish rufous irrorated with silvery
scales ; antemedial line represented by a dark point on costa and in-
distinct oblique waved line from the fringe of hair to inner margin ;
a pale point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line represented by a
dark point on costa and indistinct minutely waved line produced to
black points on the veins from the fringe of hair to the inner margin,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a faint dark subterminal line with
series of black points on it, excurved below vein 7 and at middle;
a terminal series of minute black points. Hind wing white, the

Fig. 135.—Monodes villicosta, G. 1.

costal area suffused with rufous; a fine dark waved terminal line
from apex to below vein 2; cilia rufous at apex; the underside
with the costal area suffused with rufous, a black discoidal point,
curved postmedial series of points on the veins, and a terminal series
from apex to vein 2.

2. Head, thorax, and fore wing brighter rufous, the last with
the lines entire, an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa
to submedian fold, pale discoidal spot with some greyish suffusion
before it, and fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hab, Panama, La Chorerra (Dolby-Tyler), 1 9; Brazit, Espiritu
Santo, 1 g, Petropolis (Doer), 1 ¢, Organ Mts., Tijuca ( Wagner),
4 $, Rio Janeiro (Wilson), 2 ¢. Hrp. 32-36 millim.

b. Underside of fore wing of male clothed with rufous hair-
like scales except on inner area, downturned below
costa and upturned above submedian fold, with tufts of
hair below base of costa and a fold in and beyond end of
cell.
a'. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly bent out-
wards on inner area, the orbicular in male a curved
black: tank \s2.5-9), sas nae ice aesiacitoists tice Sages eet meee devara.
b', Kore wing with the postmedial line strongly bent
outwards on inner area, the orbicular in male a black
strealle yer ser SESH aCS AsaHOO DOD TUNHOLOD. osama oaqaoHodEncacados barbarossa.

MONODES. 461

4157. Monodes devara.
Eustrotia devara, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 495, pl. 95. f. 15 (1898).

3. Head and thorax purplish red-brown; palpi dark at sides,
pale in front; tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen fuscous
brown. Fore wing purplish red-brown slightly tinged with fuscous
especially towards costa; the veins slightly streaked with black ;
subbasal line indistinct, dark, bent outwards at median nervure
and extending to inner margin; antemedial line near middle of
wing, oblique, waved, with a slight oblique dark shade betore it
from cell to inner margin; claviform absent; orbicular represented
by a narrow very oblique curved black mark defined by whitish
above and below from subcostal nervure to the reniform which
is small, defined by whitish and with black bar on its outer edge ;
an oblique sinuous medial line; postmedial line indistinctly
double, filled in with pinkish and white towards costa, oblique

Fig. 1384.—Monodes devara, G. 3.

below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved and again excurved
at submedian fold, some white points beyond it on costa; an
oblique trifid yellow apical patch; subterminal line dark, rather
indistinct, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent
outwards to tornus; a slight dark terminal line; a fine white line
at base of cilia. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown; a dark
discoidal spot and fine white line at base of cilia, the underside grey
irrorated with brown, the costal and terminal areas suffused with
brown, a black discoidal spot and diffused postmedial line excurved
to vein 4, then incurved.

2. Fore wing with the orbicular more quadrate and less oblique.

Hab. Guatemaua, Pantaleon (Champion), 1 9 type; Panama,
Chiriqui (Champion), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamarca (Mrs.
Swainson), 1 9, Moneague (Walsingham), 1 3, Constant Springs
(Walsingham), 1 2, Castleton (Kaye),1 9. Exp, 22 millim,

4158. Monodes barbarossa, n. sp. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 3.)

6. Head and thorax purplish red-brown : palpi fuscous brown,
whitish in front and at tips; lower part of frons whitish ; pectus
and legs fuscous brown, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen
greyish suffused with fuscous. Fore wing purplish red-brown, a
diffused blackish wedge-shaped shade from apical half of termen to
postmedial line at discal fold, the veins of inner half slightly
irrorated with black; subbasal line dark, bent outwards at median

462 NOCTUID ©,

nervyure and extending to vein 1; antemedial line almost medial,
indistinctly double filled in with whitish towards costa, oblique,
waved; claviform absent ; orbicular an oblique black streak defined
by whitish above and below, from subcostal nervure to the reniform
which is small, oblique, with whitish annulus and its centre
defined by fuscous, a short black streak beyond it; an oblique
dark medial line; postmedial line double filled in with white,
oblique towards costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved and
again excurved at submedian fold, with slight black streaks
beyond it on veins 2 and | ending in white points and some minute
white points on costa; an oblique wedge-shaped whitish apical
patch crossed by two dark streaks; subterminal line hardly trace-
able, pale, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a slight
dark terminal line with white points at the veins. Hind wing
fuscous brown with a cupreous tinge; cilia whitish with a dark
line near base; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, the
terminal area suffused with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and post-
medial rather diffused line, incurved below vein 4.

2. Fore wing with the orbicular more quadrate.

Hab. Trixtpap, Cuparo (Kaye), 1 ¢ ; Paraguay, Sapucay
(Foster), 4 ¢, 11 2 type. Hep. 24-26 millim.

c. Fore wing on underside uniformly clothed with silky hair except the
inner area.

4159. Monodes vittifera, n. sp. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 4.)

¢. Head and tegule rufous; thorax red-brown; pectus, legs, and
abdomen greyish suffused with red-brown. Fore wing silky red-
brown with a yellowish patch on inner medial area; subbasal line
double, curved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line
double, oblique towards costa, then erect; claviform represented by
a, white point at its extremity ; an oblique black medial line, bent
inwards to inner margin; reniform indistinct, greyish, oblique
elliptical; postmedial line black defined on outer side by grey,
excurved round the reniform and approximated to the medial line
below the cell; a small grey subapical spot with the wedge-shaped
black mark before it with ochreous streak below it, and black lunule
beyond it; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish
tinged with brown especially on apical area; the underside whitish,
the costal area suffused with brown, an oblique brownish antemedial
line, small black discoidal spot, and sinuous postmedial line.

®. Fore wing with short black streak in cell before medial line.

Hab. Panama, Chiriqui( Champion), 1 ¢ type, Godman-Salvin Coll.;
Cotomp1a, Minca (7. H. Smith), S in Coll. Druce; Brazit, Rio
Janeiro, 1 g¢. Hwp. § 18, 9 20 millim.

d. Underside of both wings in male thickly clothed with
fuscous scales.
a’. Fore wing with the orbicular a white point defined
onpla] EXO) sts} i aavcemoapsgudoacs abaadanracasadsouscdosanuagodaesen antica,
i). Fore wing with the orbicular dark with pale annulus.
a”, Fore wing grey suffused with brown, the orbicular
and reniform prominently black .........seccecseeees Suscimacula.

MONODES. 463

bo?» Fore wing red-brown, the orbicular and reniform
slight, dark.
a3, Kore wing with the postmedial line double

filled with ochreous ................ceseeseseseeeeees hyposcota.
3, Fore wing with the postmedial line indistinct,
Garkeayoehinuiee cs soascons smesarao teeter mtceeeuelstietclston insipida,

4160. Monodes antica.

Perigea antica, Wik. x. 278 (1856).

AXylina detrecta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 297 (part., nec WIk.).

Perigea concisa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 481 (part., nee W1k.).

Caradrina fuscimacuia, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 246, subsp. 2
(nec Grote).

3. Head and thorax rufous mixed with dark brown; palpi
dark brown, pale at tips; tegule dark brown at base followed by
a black medial line; pectus and legs dark brown, the tarsi with
pale rings; abdomen dark brown, the base greyish. Fore wing
_ red-brown with slight dark irroration; subbasal line indistinct,
double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line
indistinct, double, waved, oblique: claviform defined by a few
dark scales; orbicular a white point defined by dark scales ;

Fig. 1385.—Monodes antica, $. }

reniform a black bar defined by white and semewhat constricted
at middle; a very indistinct medial line, oblique from costa to
lower angle of cell, then incurved; postmedial line double, the
outer line very indistinct except at costa and with series of black
points beyond it on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, a series of pale points with
blackish striz between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line
indistinct, pale, defined ou inner side by brown. excurved below
vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small black spots defined
by slight pale lunules and with white points between them at the
veins. Hind wing pale red-brown, the cilia with a fine white line
at base. Underside of fore wing clothed with fuscous brown
androconia to near termen; hind wing clothed with fuscous
brown androconia to the curved postmedial line, the terminal area
greyish irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and terminal
series of points. ,

Hab. Muxtco, Coatepec in Coll. U.S. Nat. Mus.; Guaremata, [razu
(Rogers), 1 $, 1 9; Costa Rica, Rio Sucio (Rogers), 2 g , Godman-
Salvin Coll.; Venezvrera (Dyson), 1 3 type. vp. 30 millim.

464 NOCTUID 43.

4161. Monodes fuscimacula. (Plate CXXXIYV. fig. 5.)

Hadena fuscimacuia, Grote, Bull. Geol. Geog. Sury. Terr. vi. p. 262
(1881); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Aim. p. 151.

Head and thorax rufous mixed with greyish; tegule deep
rufous at base, with dark medial line defined by whitish above :
tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen greyish suffused with
fuscous. Fore wing brownish’ erey irrorated with rufous, the
medial area except towards costa and the terminal area except at
apex suffused with rufous, the veins irrorated with black ; subbasal
line fuscous defined by greyish on outer side, bent outwards at
median nervure and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line
blackish defined by grey on inner side, slightly angled outwards
below costa, then obliquely excurved ; claviform absent ; orbicular
and reniform with black centres and grey annuli, undefined, the
former very small, round, the latter narrow and constricted at
middle; traces of a dark medial line oblique from costa to median
nervure; postmedial line black defined by grey on outer side, bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved ; subter-
minal line greyish defined by rufous suffusion on inner side, slightly
excurved below vein 7 and at middle, and bent outwards to tornus;
a terminal series of black points with minute whitish points
between them at the veins; cilia fuscous, greyish at tips. Hind
wing greyish suffused with fuscous brown, the cilia whitish with a
dark line through them ; the underside greyish clothed with fuscous
scales in male and with blackish discoidal spot and diffused post-
medial line, in female greyer irrorated with fuscous.

Hab. US.A., Florida, Texas, 1 $,1 2 type. Hp. 30 millim.

4162. Monodes hyposcota, n. sp. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 6.)

Caradrina fuscimacula, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 246, subsp. 1
(nec Grote).

Head and thorax ochreous brown mixed with dark brown; palpi
black, whitish at tips; pectus and legs blackish, the tarsi ringed
with white; abdomen greyish tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft
more ochreous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and
irrorated with fusceus especially on medial and terminal areas 5
subbasal line indistinct, angled outwards below costa and ending
at submedian fold, a diffused oblique dark shade beyond it from
median nervure to inner margin; antemedial line indistinct,
double, oblique, slightly sinuous; orbicular a minute pale annulus
with dark centre, round; reniform very narrow, constricted at
middle, with pale annulus slightly defined by fuscous, its centre
defined by fuscous and its upper and lower parts filled in with
black; an obliquely curved diffused dark medial shade ; postmedial
line deuble filled in with ochreous, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 5, then incurved, a double series of black points
beyond it on the veins and some slight pale points on costa;
subterminal line pale slightly defined by fuscous on inner side,

MONODES. 465

somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards
to tornus; cilia fuscous with a slight pale line at base. Hind wing
ochreous white tinged with brown; cilia whitish with a brown
line near base except towards tornus; the underside whitish irro-
rated with fuscous and suffused with fuscous brown in male to beyond
middle, a blackish discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Costa Rica, San José; Sr. Vincenwr (H. H. Smith), 1 2;
Grenapa, Mt. Gay (H#. H. Smith), 3 3, 4 2 type; Pxrv, Trujillo.
Eap. 22-28 millim.

*4163. Monodes insipida. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 7.)
Oligia insipida, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge, xli. p. 409 (1897).

3. Head and thorax grey-brown; tarsi with pale rings;
abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing grey-brown with some darker
irroration ; an indistinct subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold, defined by grey on inner side; an indistinct double ante-
medial line filled in with grey, oblique from costa to submedian
fold where it is angled outwards; orbicular a small black spot
with grey annulus; reniform obscurely defined by brown; post-
medial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa to just beyond
the reniform, then oblique with some brown suffusion on its inner
side and a series of points on the veins beyond it; subterminal line
very indistinct, greyish, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish
tinged with brown especially towards apex; the underside whitish,
tinged with brown on basal half, a terminal series of black points.

Hab. Ecuavor, Loja, type ¢ in Coll. Dognin. Hp. 20 millim.

e. (Monodes). Underside of both wings in male clothed
with ferruginous hair at base.
a, Fore wing with triangular dark brown patch on
medial area from below costa to inner margin...... deltoides.
1, Fore wing without triangular dark brown patch on
inedial area.
a2, Fore wing with the reniform a small lunule with
dark marks before and heyond it .................. qucicolora.
62, Fore wing with the reniform obsolete ............-.- subrubens.

4164. Monodes deltoides.

Krastria deltoides, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxx. p. 399 (1880).
Thalpochares harudes, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 314, pl. 29.
f. 14 (i889).

Head and thorax bright red-brown ; palpi and frons blackish at
sides; tegule slightly tipped with grey; pectus and legs dark
brown, the tarsi with slight pale rings ; abdomen greyish suffused
with fuscous. Fore wing pale red-brown irrorated with black, a
large deep chocolate patch on medial area detined by white, its
apex in end of cell, below the cell extending to the ante- and
postmedial lines, the terminal area with a triangular patch of

VoL. VIII. PA ast

466 NOCTUID A.

red-brown suffusion from apex to above tornus, its apex near the
angle of postmedial line; subbasal line very indistinct, double,
bent outwards at median nervure and ending at vein 1; ante-
medial line double, filled in with white below the cell, bent inwards
to costa, waved to median nervure, then inwardly oblique and
bounding the medial patch; orbicular absent; reniform a minute
oblique dark lunule defined by greyish and with small triangular
black spot beyond it; postmedial line double filled in with white,
oblique to vein 5, bent inwards to lower edge of reniform, then
outwardly oblique and bounding the medial patch, some slight pale
and dark points beyond it on costa; cilia white at base, dark
brown at tips. Hind wing white faintly tinged with brown, the
costa towards apex and termen slightly suffused with brown; a fine
dark terminal line; cilia white, dark at tips on apical half; the
inner margin with fiery-red hairin male. Underside of both wings
suffused at base with fiery-red in male, on hind wing emitting
streaks on costa, in and below cell and on inner area; the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule,
indistinct waved postmedial line, and some black strize on apical
half of termen.

Hab. Muxico, Teapa (H. H. Smith), 2 3; Guatunmata, Pantaleon
(Champion), 1 3 type harudes; Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers), 1 2;
Pawama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 $ , Godman-Salvin Coll., La Chor-
rera( Dolby-Tyler), 1 g; Jamatca (fendall), 1 9 , Constant Springs
(Walsingham), 3 6, 2 9, Runaway Bay (Walsingham), 1 3;
Cusa, Santiago (Schaus), 1 ¢ ; Domrntca (Hilliott), 1 ¢; Venezvera,
29; Fr. Gurana, St. Jean Maroni (Schaus), 1 3, 1 2; Brazi,
Petropolis (Doer), 1 S$; Paracuay, Sapucay (Foster), 2 5,3 Q.
Exp, 22-24 millin.

4165. Monodes nucicolora.

Monodes nucicolora, Guen. Noct. i. p. 241, pl. +. f. 9 (1852); Smith, Cat,
Noct. N. Am. p. 151.

Laphygina unisignata, Wik. ix. 189 (1856).

Hadena paginata, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. xxvii. p. 64 (1875).

Caradrina clara, Wary. Can. Ent. x. p. 57 (1878).

Head and thorax pale reddish mixed with fuscous; palpi with
blackish patch on 2nd joint at sides; vertex of head whitish; tarsi
with slight pale rings; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused
with brown, ventrally with slight segmental dark lines. Fore wing
grey suffused with red-brown, the costal area paler, the terminal
area suffused with brown ending obliquely towards apex, the veins
with slight black streaks; subbasal line indistinct, dark, angled
outwards at median nervure and extending to vein 1; antemedial
line double filled in with whitish, slightly angled outwards at the
veins, oblique from costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique;
claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform a narrow oblique whitish
Junule with triangular blackish patch before it in cell and triangular
spot beyond it; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, oblique

MONODES. 467

and very minutely waved from costa to vein 5, then bent inwards
to lower extremity of reniform and oblique to inner margin near
tornus ; subterminal line absent; a slight whitish line at base of
cilia. Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal area
and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with brown, a black discoidal

Fig. 136.—Monodes nucicolora, G. 3.

point, punctiform postmedial line from costa to vein 2 with small
black spots below costa and at discal fold, aud black points on
apical half of termen.

Hab. US.A., Florida (Doubleday), 1 3, 2 9, type and type
unisignata, Knterprise, 2 ¢, 3 9, Texas, 1 ¢ type clara;
Banamas, Andros (Bonhote), 1 ¢, 1 Q: Jamaica, Constant Springs
(Walsingham), 2 8, Castleton (Aaye), 29; Brazit, Bahia (Meade-
Waldo), 1 3; Perv, Trujillo. Hvp. 22-28 millim.

4166. Monodes subrubens. (Plate CX XXIV. fig. 8.)
Miana subrubens, Guen. Noct. i. p. 219 (1852).

Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with some fuscous; sides
of palpi and frons blackish; pectus and legs bright rufous; abdomen
ereyish suffused with rufous. Fore wing greyish suffused and
irrorated with brown, the costal area pale rufous, the veins irro-
rated with white and black, a triangular brown patch on medial
area with its apex in end of cell, below the cell bounded by the
ante- and postmedial lines; subbasal line very indistinct, double,
bent outwards at median nervure and ending at vein 1; antemedial
line double, oblique from costa to median nervure, then inwardly
oblique; orbicular and reniform absent; postmedial line black
defined by whitish on outer side except towards costa, oblique from
costa to. vein 5, then bent inwards to lower angle of cell and
outwardly oblique to inner margin ; subterminal line defined by
dark suffusion on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle; a series of minute white points at
extremities of the veins; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind
wing white faintly tinged with brown, the inner margin clothed
with fiery-red hair in the male; a fine dark terminal line on apical
half; cilia mixed with brown at tips towards apex. Underside of
fore wing with the base and costal area clothed with fiery-red hair
in male; hind wing with the base, costal and inner areas clothed

24H 2

468 NOCTUID.N.

with fiery-red hair in male, the costal and termiual areas irrorated
with brown, a black discoidal spot and slight postmedial line from
costa to vein 4.

Hab. Brazin; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 3 ¢, 10 9; Purv,
Trujillo, vp. 24-26 millim.

J. Underside of hind wing in male clothed with rough scales.

*4167. Monodes punctula.
Semiophora punctula, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 103 (1906).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown. Fore wing ‘red-
brown with a faint greyish tinge and slight dark irroration ;
subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian
fold, with dark point beyond it above vein 1; antemedial line
indistinct, double from costa to median nervure and with black
point before it on vein 1, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform
slightly defined by black, and with slight whitish annuli, the former
with fuscous centre, elliptical, the latter with its lower part filled
in with fuscous; an indistinct, rather diffused waved medial line ;

Fig. 137.—Monodes punctula, 3. +.

postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate
and with double series of black points beyond it on the veins,
incurved below vein 4; an indistinct pale subterminal line slightly
defined by fuscous on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle ; a slight dark terminal line and fine whitish line at base
of cilia. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia whitish with
brown line through them; the underside brown irrorated with
grey, a dark discoidal lunule and rather diffused waved postmedial
line.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parafia in Coll. D. Jones. wp. 24 millim.

g- Male without secondary sexual characters.
a, Fore wing with the orbicular oblique and confluent
with lower part of reniform.
a’, Fore wing with ochreous costal fascia and apical
mark.
a’. Fore wing without dark mark on costal fascia
before the apical mark.
a‘, Fore wing with the reniform with white
anmnliuskd etme dabya blackeseneseeeeerssteeeeeeetes conjugata.
4. Fore wing with the reniform almost obsolete . fissistigma.

MONODES.

#3, Fore wing with dark mark on costal fascia
betoxenthierajoicall amar kareee ees eeee ee eee Reese eceeee
62. Fore wing with the costal fascia grey, the apical
TUE OCC ONIS pan tnadicone oeaduioconacosaucnoueeTeaoe. use
6, Fore wing with the orbicular not confluent with
lower part of reniform,
a*, Fore wing with wedge-shaped black patch below
end of cell and vein 4 to termen...............2-206-
62. Fore wing without wedge shaped black patch
below end of cell and vein 4.
a’, Fore wing with black-brown fascia from middle
Of cellitoalpexn cqisesadsdasececnees ea neers
6%. Fore wing without black-brown fascia from
middle of cell to apex.
a‘, Fore wing with dark streaks in interspaces of
Lerminaleare arent ices seaseasceeeech aeesoe case
. Fore wing without dark streaks in interspaces
of terminal area.
a°®. Kore wing with pale costal fascial
a’, Kore wing with the reniform represented by
a slight blackish mark at lower angle of
Celi earcmiu teenie daccne ts ude datceeonintna ken eaeee ames
08. Fore wing with the reniform lunulate.
a’, Fore wing with small white spot above

wade OF TEM IL soaccoopsovssaneseap0000G000¢
o7, Kore wing without white spot above middle
of vein I.
a, Fore wing with oblique pale mark from
apex.

@, Kore wing with the postmedial line not
defined by white suffusion on outer
side.

a0, Hind wing without dark line through
the cilia from apex to vein 2 .........
610. Wind wing with dark line through the
cilia from apex to vein 2...............

6’. Fore wing with the postmedial line
defined by white suffusion on outer
side.

a0, Fore wing with the costal area ochreous

Sw lanibeMasacieanicuaskes sodanessdesepiessins

610, Kore wing with the costal area ochreous

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68. Fore wing without oblique pale mark

LEOMPA POR: E ented ee etice sacsite eelsaseiee tesicere

0®. Fore wing without pale costal fascia.

a®. Fore wing with oblique pale mark from
apex.

ai, Fore wing with the orbicular not filled in

with white.

a. Kore wing with blackish marks before

and beyond reniform.

a®. Fore wing with the apical mark yellow
(ove THIN IMO cacccoconoaasee00canose

9, Fore wing with the apical mark pale
brownish.

a0, Fore wing purplish fusecus ............

6, Kore wing grey suffused with brown.

@1, Fore wing with the terminal area
CVACOOFOWS soonansasoooeoroacposqgn9a000¢

albiviata.

trifissa,

plectilis.

atrisecta.

enterstriata.

rubrisecta.

costag na.

TUONY MA.

agrotina.

proleuca.
subobliquz.

Jalapensts.

versicolor.

chalcedoivia.

Sestivoides,

ATO NCCIUID&.

H.. Fore wing with the terminal area
suffused with black except at
APOK detenassepee nec coeec urea buddsese crime
68, Hore wing without blackish marks before
and beyond reniform.
a), Fore wing with the ground-colour red-
brown.
a, Fore wing with the apical area not
fuscous.
wv, Fore wing with the postmedial line
oblique from below costa to inner
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HM, Fore wing with the postmedial line
excuryed from below costa to
vein 5.
a'?, Fore wing with the reniform oblique
4. Fore wing with the reniform erect .
60, Fore wing with the apical area fus-

COUSHEA Nat OORT tier GAME a cantata ECan

69. Fore wing with the ground - colour
greyish.

a0, Fore wing with the terminal half

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610. Fore wing with the terminal half

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cl0, Hore wing with blackish patches on
terminal area above and below
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d'©, Fore wing with black patches beyond
pestmedial line on costa and at
Tine (Glas aadooauebddoudachnoncedannoacceasoddae
7, Fore wing with the orbicular filled in with
white.
a8, Kure wing with the orbicular round ......
b8, Fore wing with the orbicular rather
triangular.
a. Fore wing with the reniform not angled
inwards on median nervure ............
69, Fore wing with the reniform angled
inwards on median nervure. ............
ce’. Fore wing with the orbicular represented
by an oblique rufous striga ..................
d’, Fore wing with the orbicular absent.
a8. Fore wing with the reniform oblique.
a’, Fore wing wholly suffused with brown .
69. Fore wing mostly white.
a0, Kore wing with the basal area brown
and blacks ccee iy. te acceamebace see aesene
610, Fore wing with the basal area white. .
8. Fore wing with the reniform erect.
a®. Fore wing with black spot in lower
extremity of cell before the reniform...
69. Fore wing without black spot in lower
extremity of cell before the reniform.
a0, Fore wing red-brown, the inner and
postmedial areas whitish ...............
610, Fore wing violaceous grey, the basal
costal area and medial and terminal
areas except towards inner margin
tingeduwithyolivelescescetcessssseee eee c

EXESA,

obliquirent.

ensind.
polysticta.

apicalis,
pallescens.
hemipolia.
pheopera.
niveiplaga.
leucomela.
masterd.

marmorata.

semirufa.
repanda.

basistigma.
hemileuca.
venustula.

pheoplaga.

chlerozona.

MONODES.

6°. Fore wing without oblique pale mark from
apex.

a. Fore wing without ante- and postmedial
wedge - shaped black patches from
costa.

a, Fore wing without medial wedge-shaped
black patch from costa.
a. Fore wing with the orbicular pure
white.
a’. Fore wing with the orbicular an oblique
BINS STE BUS aocuiataneosascobounaaceodeeues
60. Fore wing with the orbicular narrow,
oblique elliptical.
all, Wore wing with the reniform oblique.
O'. Fore wing with the reniform erect.
a2, Hore wing with some pink suffusion
Oin WHEL BIA, coscooossoosssoo00sa0eae
62. Fore wing without pink suffusion on
medial area.
a3, Kore wing red-brown ...............
613, Fore wing ochreous white suffused
in parts with brown ...............

e. Fore wing with the orbicular a small .

round point or spot.
a1, Fore wing with the cell filled in with
black on medial area ..................
6, Kere wing with the cell not filled in
with black on medial area.
a. Fore wing tinged with olive.
a3, Wore wing with the reniform not
constricted at middle ...............
613, Fore wing with the reniform con-
Stiictedtatimiddley sssssce-assseeee
b)2. Fore wing red-brown.
a}3, Fore wing with the reniform lunu-

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613, Kore wing with the reniform bar-

Shia pediayeeratemnandceieaaaseua: nase

Gir Horenwmimey bluishierey, i.e. sscdseee:

69. Fore wing with the orbicular yellowish
white.

a0, Kore wing with the reniform yellowish

white, round .............-. amecee see does

b'°. Kore wing with the reniform greyish.

aul, Kore wing with the reniform erect,

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6, Fore wing with the reniform oblique

Cilio tically seme cca en oemen unui

e°. Fore wing with the orbicular orange-

WElllOn sadccadnecdnar Momece icc Teme He aueerom sia)

d*, Fore wing with brownish centre to

orbicular.

a0, Kore wing with oblique white streak

on medial area below the cell, repre-
senting upper edge of clayiform

6. Fore wing without oblique white

streak on medial area below the

cell.
a1. Fore wing with white streak on
median nervure on mediul area......

bertha.
SANCLANNA.
rubripicta.
leucostigima.

algama.

pulchra.

orbiculata.

chionopis.
thoracica,

castrensis.
cenicienta.

stelligera.

mesomela.
cadema.

flaviorbis.

callopistrica.

acaste.

472 NOCIUID®.

bu, Fore wing without white streak on
median neryure on medial area.
«@2, Fore wing with the medial area
white below submedian fold ......
}12, Fore wing with the medial area not
white below submedian fold.
al3, Fore wing with the veins not
streaked with white.
a4, Fore wing without blackish eee
on maediall area in submedian fold.
a5, Fore wing without black patch
etmccnl orbicular and _ reni-
form.
a6, Kore wing with two white
points at upper extremity of
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16, Fore wing without white points
at upper extremity of reni-
form.
a”, Hind wing entircly suffused
with brown.
a8, Kore wing red-brown .........
v8. Kore wing grey-brown suf-
fused with fuscous............
c}8, Fore wing grey tinged with
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)7, Hind wing white, the terminal
area suffused with brown.
w8, Fore wing with the post-
medial line dentate .........
b'8, Fore wing with the post-
medial line not dentate.
«9. Fore wing reddish brown.
«0, Fore wing with the ante-
medial line oblique
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$9, Fore wing with the ante-
medial line oblique to
median nervure, then
erect.
a*\, Kore wing with the post-
medial line incurved
below vein 4...............
)2, Fore wing with the post-
medial line inecurved
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b19, Fore wing violaceous white
suffused with reddish
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ds, Fore wing with black patch
between orbicular and reni-
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p14, Fore wing with blackish streak on
medial area in submedian fold .
$13, Fore wing with the veins streaked
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©, Fore wing with the orbicular represented
by a black bar on its outer edge.
ae, Fore wing with the reniform an oblique
whitish patch defined by black on
inner side and below

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langia.

bastula.

tenebrosa.
stygiata.

hemassa.

miochroa.

grata.

stenonephra.

lentilinea.

targa.

atrisigna.
Jonea.

editha.

lithodia.

MONODES. 473

blo, Kore wing with the reniform erect,
brown defined by black at sides ...... thionaris.
f°. Fore wing with the orbicular absent.
a0, Fore, wing with the ante- and post-

medial areas green ............0.---+.- virescens,
610, Fore wing dark brown, the apical area
THEBEROWM cosnosogoonecqsnccos0on0509R60008 stenelea.
48, Fore wing with oblique medial wedge-
shaped black patch from costa ............ costipuncta.

o7, Fore wing with ante- and postmedial
oblique wedge-shaped black patches from
COBLAL ciclo aistsewisleitic acts ncterstaviastlommbnan sacne nom asiie ditrigona.

4168. Monodes conjugata. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 9.)
Hydrelia conjugata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 8369; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.
li. p. 514.
Eurois albicostata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 228 (1894).

Palpi and frons dark brown ; vertex of head and tegule brownish
ochreous, the latter tipped with black; thorax dark brown, the
patagia ochreous at base, the vertex of thorax with some ochreous ;
abdomen ochreous white suffused with brown except at base. Fore
wing with the ‘costal area broadly ochreous, narrowing to apex,
with the costal edge dark, and slight brownish streaks in the inter-
spaces beyond the cell, the inner area rufous tinged with greyish
fuscous, the terminal area fuscous brown except at inner margin ;
a diffused blackish streak on base of median nervure; antemedial
line double, excurved, from the ochreous costai area to inner margin ;
orbicular and reniform with ochreous centres tinged with fuscous
and white, defined by black, open above, the former very narrow
and oblique, its lower extremity confluent with the latter which
extends to well below the cell and has its outer edge strongly
indented ; an obiique ochreous streak defined by black and with
brownish centre from lower edge of orbicular to submedian fold at
postmedial line, which is indistinct, double, oblique from vein 6 to
inner margin, angled outwards at vein 1; some ochreous points
on terminal part of costa; a terminal series of slight black strize
with ochreous points and striz on their inner side; cilia fuscous
with slight pale line at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with
fuscous brown especially in female; a faint dark discoidal lunule;
a terminal series of dark striz; cilia brownish white with a slight
dark line through them; the underside ochreous white irrorated
with brown, thickly on costal area, a large black discoidal lunule,
diffused waved postmedial line, and terminal series of small black
lunules.

Hab. Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 3, 1 Q type albicostata ;
Srxuim. Hap. 24-23 millim. Type? in Mus. Berlin.

4169. Monodes fissistigma. (Plate CXXXIYV. fig. 10.)
AXanthoptera fissistigma, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 446 (1898).

Head and thorax yellowish white slightly mixed with rufous ;

ATA NOCTUID %.

palpi red-brown at sides; antenne brown; pectus and legs
brownish; abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown. Fore
wing pale yellow tinged in parts with red, the inner half of medial
area whitish; subbasal line brownish, indistinct and double to
median nervure, then single and incurved to inner margin ; ante-
medial line indistinct, double, very oblique from costa to submedian
fold where it is acutely angled outwards to a dark point, then bent
inwards to inner margin and with two dark points before it on
vein 1; orbicular white slightly defined by black, oblique elliptical,
its lower extremity produced to a short streak on median nervure
and a longer curved streak below the cell with a black streak from
its extremity to termen below vein 5 and defined below by a curved
white patch; reniform almost obsolete; traces of a waved dark
medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial
line slight, strongly bent outwards below costa, incurved and double
below vein 4 and slightly excurved at vein 1; subterminal line repre-
sented by a slight dark mark on costa and two slight obliquely
placed dark lunules below veins 4 and 3; a wedge-shaped brownish
shade from termen below apex above the black streak ; a terminal
series of prominent black points; cilia slightly intersected with
blackish. Hind wing ochreous white with traces of a curved post-
medial line; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with
brown, a blackish discoidal spot and indistinct curved waved post-
medial line.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢, 1 @ type. Hup. g 26, 2 30
millim.

4170. Monodes albiviata, n. sp. (Plate CX XXIV. fig. 11.)

g. Head and thorax whitish mixed with some brown; palpi
brownish; antenne ringed with brown; tarsi brown with pale
rings ; abdomen ochreous white. JT'ore wing ochreous white, the
basal area and costal area to near apex suffused with brown, a
broad oblique yellowish fascia from apex to lower angle of cell,
with a triangular brown patch below it extending to near tornus;
an indistinct curved brown subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold in which there is a short black streak; orbicular with white
annulus slightly defined by brown, rather oblique elliptical, with
curved white streak from its lower extremity below end of cell;
some dark brown beyond it in cell; reniform absent; postmedial
line almost obsolete and bent outwards below costa, double,
minutely waved and incurved from the obliyue fascia to inner
margin, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
represented by slight white lunules with small dentate black marks
on their inner side between veins 6 and 2%, the lowest larger and
extending to termen; a terminal series of minute black lunules ;
cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing white with fine
brown terminal line; the underside tinged with ochreous, a short

MONODES. A7T5

blackish streak in middle of cell, discoidal lunule and terminal
series of minute lunules.

Hab, W. Cuina, Chang-Yang (Pratt), 1 3 type. Hap. 30
millim.

4171. Monodes trifissa, n. sp. (Plate CX XXIV. fig. 12.)
Eurois albicastata, Hmpsn, Moths Ind. ii. p. 228 (part).

@. Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous, the
extremity of patagia with some black scales and the metathoracic
crest blackish ; pectus and legs suffused with fuscous brown ;
abdomen ochreous suffused with brown, the basal crest fuscous.
Fore wing with the base and costal area to just beyond postmedial
line grey slightly irrorated with black, the inner area and a broad
curved fascia from end of cell to apex ochreous, the cell and area
beyond its lower extremity rufous and the medial part of terminal
area grey with slight dark streaks on the veins and in interspaces ;
subbasal line represented by a slight oblique black striga from
costa; antemedial line absent; orbicular white with an ochreous
tinge in centre and slightly defined by brown at sides, narrow,
very oblique, its lower extremity produced to three oblique white
streaks with a bar across their extremities below the reniform
which is represented by a very slight ochreous lunule; an oblique
ochreous streak from below the orbicular to submedian fold at
postmedial line, which is very indistinct and double from costa to
vein 3, strongly bent outwards below costa, bent inwards at vein 3
and sinuous to inner margin; a terminal series of black points.
Hind wing greyish wholly suffused with fuscous brown ; the under-
side ochreous irrorated with fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot,
curved waved postmedial line, and terminal series of striae.

Hab. Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 2 type. Exp. 24 millim.

*4172. Monodes plectilis. (Plate CX XXIV. fig. 13.)
Axylia plectilis, Guen. Noct. 1. p. 135 (1852).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown. Fore wing pale
brown; the veins with fine dark streaks; a black streak in sub-
median fold from base to middle of wing; a wedge-shaped leaden-
fuscous patch below the cell and vein 4 from middle of cell to termen
towards which it expands; orbicular and reniform minute, with
brown centres and whitish annuli defined by black, a black streak
between them in lower part of cell; a rufous streak from reniform
to termen and another below the leaden-fuscous patch. Hind wing
white; cilia brown at middle and at tips towards apex.

Hab, Stzzra Lronz, type t 3 in Coll. Oberthir. Hap. 26
millim.

476 NOCTUID A.

4173. Monodes atrisecta, n. sp. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 14.)

@. Head and thorax rufous mixed with whitish ; palpi with
some black ; lower part of frons white; tegule with dorsal black
bar near base and brown line near tips; abdomen brown, the anal
tuft white, the ventral surface white with sublateral dark streak.
Fore wing ochreous white suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated
with brown, the veins slightly streaked with brown ; a black-brown
fascia in discal fold from middle of cell where it narrows to a point,
curved upwards to termen below apex; subbasal line represented
by slight double oblique dark striw from costa and single striga
from cell with brown mark below it on inner margin; antemedial
line obsolescent towards costa, inwardly oblique and waved below
the cell with brown band before it defined by whitish on inner
side ; claviform whitish defined by black, very narrow and elongate ;
orbicular a very oblique white striga; reniform a small round
white spot defined by black and with brown line on it near inner
edge ; a slight oblique sinuous rufous line from lower angle of cell
to inner margin; postmedial line double at costa, strongly bent
outwards and almost obsolete below costa, then reduced to black
points in the interspaces and very oblique to submedian fold, then
continuous, slightly excurved at vein | and with black and whitish
points beyond it on veins 3, 2,1; traces of a pale sinuous sub-
terminal line; a terminal series of black strize with white points at
the veins; cilia intersected with dark brown. Hind wing ochreous
brown; cilia white with a brownish line near base; the underside
white, the costal and termival areas tinged with rufous and irrorated
with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial
line, and terminal serics of black lunules.

Hab. Brazit, Rio Janeiro (Wilson), 1 9 type. Hap. 28 millim.

4174. Monodes interstriata, n. sp. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 15.)

@. Head whitish mixed with some brown ; palpi with the 2nd
joint at sides and 3rd joint in front blackish; antenne brown ;
thorax pale ochreous mixed with brown ; tarsi fuscous with pale
rings; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale ochreous, the
costal area irrorated with brown, the veins and interspaces of
terminal half streaked with brown; orbicular and reniform small
defined by brown except above, the former with brown point in
centre, round, the latter with brown points in upper and lower
parts, constricted at middle, some dark brown suffusion between
them in cell; postmedial line represented by two dark striz from
costa, bent outwards and obsolescent below costa, then with double
series of minute dark points, oblique below vein 4; the terminal
area tinged with red-brown except at apex; a terminal series of
dark points. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with
brown from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal area and
terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with brown, traces of a minute
discoidal lunule.

Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (foster), 1 9 type. Lap. 30 millim.

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4175. Monodes rubrisecta, n. sp. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 16.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen tinged with red-brown. Fore wing
ochreous tinged with red-brown; a triangular red-brown shade
from termen from apex to submedian fold to below angle of cell with
rather darker fascia on its upper edge; a double curved antemedial
series of black points ; a small blackish spot at lower angle of cell;
a double postmedial series of black points bent outwards below
costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; the veins from apex to
upper angle of eell with pale streaks; a terminal series of black
striz ; cilia dark brown with a pale line at middle. Hind wing
yellowish white, the apical area faintly tinged with brown; a fine
brown terminal line from apex to submedian fold; the underside
with the costal area irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal
striga and postmedial line from costa to vein 5.

Hab. Braziz, Rio Janeiro (Doer), 2 3, 1Q type. Exp. 22
millim.

4176. Monodes costagna. (Plate CXXXLIV. fig. 17.)
Thalpochares costagna, Schaus, Trans, Am. Ent. Soc, xxx. p. 161 (1904).

3. Head, tegule, and vertex of thorax red-brown ; patagia pale
ochreous yellow; pectus, legs, and abdomen red-brown mixed with
ochreous. Fore wing with the costal half from inner margin near
base to apex pale ochreous yellow tinged with rufous especially
towards apex, its lower edge rather sinuous, the rest of wing red-
brown mixed with greyish; the costal edge black towards base ;
antemedial line represented by slight oblique brown strie from
costa and cell and a curved white line on the brown inner area; a
small white spot above middle of vein 1; reniform very small and
narrow, its lower part with slight whitish annulus; veins 2 and 3
with slight pale streaks beyond the cell, the latter with white streak
on postmedial area; postmedial line represented by a slight brown
striga from costa and an incurved white line from vein 5 to inner
margin with black points beyond it on the veins; subterminal line
whitish on costal area, then represented by brown suffusion on
inner side, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3; a terminal
series of black striz with slight pale strie before them; cilia with
a fine pale line at base. Hind wing white, the termen slightly
tinged with red-brown from apex to vein 4; a slight discoidal
lunule ; a fine brown terminal line from apex to submedian fold ;
cilia with a brown line through them; the underside with the
costal area and terminal area to vein 3 irrorated with red-brown, a
small discoidal lunule and rather diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Braztt, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), type t $ in U.S. Nat. Mus.
Exp. 20 miilim.

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4177. Monodes monyma.

Monodes monyma, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ain., Het. i. p. 280, pl. 27. f. 8
(1889).

Head and thorax pale yellow tinged in parts with rufous ; palpi
with the 2nd joint fuscous at sides; legs tinged with fuscous, the
tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen whitish tinged with
brown. Fore wing pale yellow, some rufous suffusion on inner
area before the antemedial line and on medial area in, beyond and
below cell and on inner area, the terminal area fuscous brown with
rounded pale yellow apical patch; antemedial line represented by
two slight brown striz from costa and an indistinct double inwardly
oblique line from cell to inner margin; orbicular hardly traceable,
very faintly defined by brown, round; reniform small, defined by
brown except above, rather oblique elliptical; a rather diffused
red-brown medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell;
postmedial line brown defined by yellow on outer side, oblique from
costa to vein 6, then incurved and excurved in submedian inter-
space, some pale points with brown streaks between them beyond
it on costa; subterminal line very faint, pale, from the apical patch
to inner margin, angled outwards at vein 4 and bent outwards to
tornus ; a slight dark terminal line; a fine pale line at base of cilia.
Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal area tinged
with ochreous, a slight dark terminal line on apical half.

Hab. Mrxtco, Presidio (Forrer), 1 $; Panama, Chiriqui
(Champion), 1 S$, 12 type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hap. 24-26
millim.

4178. Monodes agrotina. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 18.)

Celena agrotina, Guen. Noct. i. p. 221 (1852).

Laphygma trientiplaga, Wik. xv. 1677 (1858); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am.
Do, INP.

Celene guttula, Herr.-Schaff. Zool.-min. Corresp.-blatt. Regensb. xxii.
p. 154 (1868).

Celeno arnoides, Herr.-Schaff. Zool.-min. Corresp.-blatt. Regensb. xxii.
p. 154 (1868).

Hadena aduncula, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 110. f. 4 (1874).

Head and basal half of tegule dark brown; palpi with ochreous
ring at extremity of 2nd joint; tips of tegule and thorax ochreous
mixed with reddish brown; tarsi blackish ringed with ochreous ;
abdomen ochreous dorsally suffused with dark brown, ventrally
irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused with dark red-
brown, the basal area and the costal balf to medial line uchreous
irrorated with red-brown; subbasal line dark, angled inwards in
cell, outwards on median nervure and ending at vein | ; a triangular
dark shade before the antemedial line from median nervure to inner
margin; antemedial line double, angled outwards below costa, then
oblique, waved ; claviform a small elongate ochreous white mark ;
orbicular and reniform smal] with pale brown centres and ochreous
annuli defined by blackish, the former somewhat elongate elliptical,
the latter narrow ; an oblique slightly sinuous medial line ; post-

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medial line black slightly defined by whitish on outer side, especially
towards costa where it is double, oblique below costa, then forming
outer edge of reniform, outwardly oblique below vein 2, some
ochreous points beyond it on costa; an apical ochreous patch with
black point at apex; subterminal line represented by slight dark
streaks in the interspaces ; a terminal series of black points; cilia
with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing semihyaline whitish
tinged with brown, the costal area and termen to vein 2 suffused
with brown; cilia with a fine pale line at base; the underside with
the costal area irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal spot
and postmedial series of minute points on the veins from costa to
vein 3.

Hab. U.8.A., Florida; Muxtco, Coatepee (Schaus), 1; Jamaica,
Constant Springs (Walsingham), 2 $; Cusa, Tanamo (Schaus), 13,
1 2, Baracoa (Schaus), 1 9; Vunuzuera (Dyson), 1 S$; Brazm,
Amazons, Breves (Austen), 1 9, R. Jutahi (frail), 1 5, 1 9;
Paraguay, Sapucay (/oster),4 2. Hvp. 22-24 millim.

4179. Monodes proleuca, n. sp. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 19.)

3. Head and thorax white, the head and tegule tinged with
rufous, the latter with triangular black spot at middle; legs
tinged with rufous; abdomen white dorsally suffused with fuscous,
the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fere wing white with triangular
red-brown patch before the postmedial line from beyond upper
angle of cell to inner margin near base, the terminal area with
triangular brawn patch extending from below apex to tornus and
to postmedial line at vein 6, the costa tinged with rufous except at
apex ; no trace of subbasal and antemedial lines; claviform small,
narrow, white defined by black; orbicular absent ; reniform very
small, narrow and oblique, with brownish centre and white
annulus open above ; postmedial line double, pale brown filled in
with white, with two brown points at costa, very indistinct and
oblique to vein 6, then incurved; a curved white fascia from apex ;
subterminal line represented by slight dentate black marks on the
terminal brown patch. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown,
the veins and terminal area suffused with brown; a slight dis-
coidal point; cilia white; the underside white irrorated with
brown, a black discoidal spot and traces of a waved postmedial
line and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Bawamas, Nassau (Sir G. Carter), 1 ¢ type. Exp.
22 millim.

4180. Monodes subobliqua. (Plate CXXXLV. fig. 20.)

Celena subobliqua, Wik. xv. 1690 (1858).

Callopistria vittata, Wik. xxxili. 811 (1865).

Celeno trapezoides, Herr.-Schaff. Zool.-min. Corresp.-blatt. Regensb. xxii.
p- 153 (1868).

Alibama mutata, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 44, ff. 5, 5a (1886);
Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. 1. p. 295,

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3. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown ; palpi
with the 2nd joint black at sides; frons with black bar; tegule
with dark lines at middle and tips; metathoracic crest blackish
tipped with grey ; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with brown,
sublateral series of small black spots except towards base, the anal
tuft black-brown below. Fore wing red-brown, a broad costal
ochreous fascia suffused with rufous, extending at base to inner
margin and narrowing suddenly to apex ; subbasal line represented
by a slight dark striga from costa and some dark scales below cell ;
antemedial line represented by two dark strize from costa, a black
point in cell and white line from cell to inner margin, incurved in
submedian interspace, then excurved, an oblique fascia of black
scales before it on inner area; claviform a small elongate pure
white mark; orbicular absent; reniform very small, narrow and
oblique, white with red-brown bar in centre; a waved blackish
medial line except on costal area; postmedial line represented by
two blackish spots on costa, then by minute black streaks on the
ochreous area bent outwards below costa, on the brown area slight,
double, filled in with pure white and with broad diffused band of
white beyond it, incurved to submedian fold, then slightly sinuous
and outwardly oblique, some slight brown marks beyond it on
costa; an oblique irregular ochreous apical patch with brown point
on costa; subterminal line represented at middle by small dentate
black marks in the interspaces with some ochreous scales on their
outer side, on inner area by a whitish line bent outwards to tornus ;
a terminal series of minute black lunules slightly defined by
ochreous on inner side and with white points at extremities of the
veins ; cilia black-brown with fine pale line at base. Hind wing
ochreous white, the inner and terminal areas broadly suffused with
brown; a slight black discoidal lunule; cilia white with a dark
line through them; the underside ochreous white, the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule,
crenulate postmedial line, and slight waved subterminal line with
blackish spot at discal fold.

®. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown.

Hab. Muxtco, Coatepec (Schaus), 1 9, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 9;
Guatemata, Las Mercedes (Champion), 1 9, Vera Paz (Champion),
1 9, San Isidro (Champion), ] 9; Panama, Chiriqui (Champzon),
1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamatca (Kaye), 1 9; Cusa, Santiago
(Schaus), 2 3,19, Baracoa (Schaus), 1 §, Tanamo (Schaus), 1 9;
Vewezorta, Aroa,2 6,19; Br. Guiana, Potaro R. (Kaye), 1 9;
Brazit, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 1 9 , Sao Paulo (D. Jones),
1g, 19; Paraguay, Sapucay (Poster), 1d, 22. Hxp. 24-
28 millim.

4181. Monodes jalapensis.

Acontia jalapensis, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 239 (1894).
Acontia darpa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. 1. p. 493, pl. 95. f. 5
(1898).

Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with grey; palpi

MONODES. 48]

blackish, white on inner side; frons blackish at sides; tegule
tipped with whitish ; tarsi brown with slight whitish rings;
abdomen grey suffused with fuscous brown, the anal tuft ochreous.
Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with fuscous brown, the cell
and area below it to submedian fold brown, the termen tinged with
brown, the costal area to subterminal line white tinged with
ochreous ; subbasal line represented by a brown striga from cell ;
antemedial line indistinct, oblique, very minutely waved, from the
costal fascia to inner margin ; orbicular and reniform purplish grey
defined by brown and with faint dark centres, the former round ;
a diffused brown medial line from costal fascia to inner margin,
slightly incurved at median nervure, then very oblique to inner
margin near postmedial line, which is double, the outer line
indistinct, from costal fascia to inner margin, very minutely waved,
slightly incurved below vein 5, then somewhat oblique to near
tornus; a very indistinct dark minutely waved subterminal line ;
a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins,
inner and terminal areas suffused with brown; a small discoidal
spot; cilia white with brownish tips towards apex ; the underside
white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a black
discoidal spot with fuscous mark above it on costa, and minutely
waved postmedial line with slight dark spots at discal and sub-
median folds.

Hab. Mextco, Jalapa (Schaus, Trujillo), 5 3,2 9, type darpa,
Godman-Salvin Coll. Hxp. 30 millim. ‘Type tf in U.S. Nat. Mus.

4182. Monodes versicolora. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 21.)

Hadena versicolor, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1874, p. 204; id. Can.
Ent. vii. pl. J. f. 11; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 150.

¢. Head and thorax fuseous brown mixed with grey; tarsi
ringed with white; abdomen greyish suffused with brown. Fore
wing dull purplish pink, irrorated with brown and suffused with
fuscous between the antemedial and subterminal lines, except on
inner area which is suffused with whitish, the veins irrorated with
white scales ; subbasal line represented by slight dark strize from
costa and median nervure defined by whitish on outer side; ante-
medial line indistinct, oblique, waved, with patch of fuscous and
white scales before it on inner area; orbicular and reniform small,
indistinctly defined by brown, the former round, the latter with
triangular black patch before it in cell and triangular spot beyond
it; an indistinct waved dark medial line; postmedial line defined
by white on outer side, strongly towards costa and on inner area
and with short black streaks beyond it on the veins, excurved from
below costa to vein 5, then incurved to lower extremity of reniform
and rather outwardly oblique and sinuous to inner margin, some
white points beyond it on costa; an oblique ochreous patch tinged
with rufous from apex; subterminal line defined by the contrast;
between the dark and pinkish areas, excurved at middle and
strongly angled inwards at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal

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482 NOCTUID ©,

series of small dark spots defined by slight pale lunules; cilia with
a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing grey suffused with pale
brown ; cilia whitish with a slight brown line through them ; the
underside whitish irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot
and curved postmedial line.

Hab, Canava, Ontario, St. Catherines, 1 g type; U.S.A., New
York, Buffalo. Hap. 24 millim.

Larva. Head pale brown with a curved black band on each lobe.
Body robust, joint 12 enlarged; dark brown, mottled, dorsum
paler, pinkish on joints 7 to 12, enlarged to a triangular patch on
joint 8; a bright white speck subdorsally on joint 12; a slender
blackish lateral line. Food-plant : dead leaves of Oak.—H.G. D.

4183. Monodes chalcedonia. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 22.)

Noctua chalcedonia, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 404 (1808) ; Smith, Cat.
Noct. N. Am. p. 150.

Celena arna, Guen. Noct. i. p. 222 (1852).

Celena expuncta, W\k. x. 269 (1856).

Miana vineta, W1k. xi. 739 (1857).

Celena irresoluta, Wik. xi. 731 (1857).

Laphygma trientiplaga, Wik. xv. 1677 (1858).

Hadena tracta, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1874, p. 204.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous mixed with brown ;
metathorax with the crest blackish; tarsi black with pale rings.
Fore wing ochreous suffused with brown, the basal area and costal
area to medial line ochreous Jeaving the costa browner ; subbasal
line represented by slight dark striw from costa and cell; an
oblique blackish shade from antemedial line at median nervure to
inner margin towards base; antemedial line double filled in with
ochreous, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, waved ;
claviform small, ochreous slightly defined by brown; orbicular and
reniform small with dark centres and ochreous annuli defined by
brown, the former rather elongate elliptical, the latter narrow and
open above, a black streak in discal fold between them and beyond
the reniform to the postmedial line; an indistinct waved medial
line; postmedial line double filled in with ochreous, slightly bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved to lower
edge of reniform and outwardly oblique to inner margin; some
ochreous points beyond it on costa; an irregular ochreous apical
patch with black point on costa, the faint ochreous subterminal line
arising from it, somewhat excurved at middle and diffused towards
tornus; a terminal series of black points with ochreous points
before them ; cilia brown with a punctiform ochreous line at base.
Hind wing semihyaline white, the costal area and the termen to
vein 2 suffused with brown; a fine black terminal line; cilia brown
at tips on apical half; the underside with the costal area irrorated
with brown, a black discoidal point and postmedial series of minute
points on the veins.

Q. Fore wing with the basal and costal areas suffused with
brown.

MONODES. 435

Hab. Canana; U.S.A., New York, Maryland, Alabama, Florida
(Schaus), 1 9, St. John’s Bluff (Doubleday), 2 2 types irresoluta
and vincta and (?) arna, Texas, Dallas (Boll), 2 3, 3 2, type
tracta, Colorado, New Mexico. wp. 26-28 millim. Type fT
expuncta in Mus. Oxon.

Guenée’s type arna was probably redescribed by Walker as either
wresoluta or vincta and Guenée’s label lost.

4184. Monodes festivoides. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 23.)

Celena festivoides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 220 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 149.

Erastria varia, Wk. xii. 808 (1857).

Oligia cephalica, Butl, Entom, xxiv. p. 241 (1891).

Head and base of tegule ochreous mixed with dark red-brown ;
palpi blackish at sides; thorax grey-white irrorated with fuscous ;
tarsi red-brown with slight pale rings; abdomen grey-white
irrorated with fuscous, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing grey
tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line black,
eurved, angled inwards in cell and extending to imner margin;
antemedial line black defined by whitish on inner side, angled
outwards below costa, strongly incarved in ceil, then strongly
sintous and faintly double towards inner margin; claviform small,
defined by black at extremity ; orbicular and reniform whitish
irrorated with fuscous and defined by black, the former round with
its inner side formed by the sinus of the antemedial line, the latter
open above with black patches before and beyond it and some
fuscous suffusion below the cell; a slight dark medial line; post-
medial line double, black filled in with whitish, slightly bent
outwards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique, and touching
lower extremity of reniform; subterminal line very indistinct,
diffused, pale, with some fuscous beyond it at discal fold, somewhat
excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small
black spots. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown ;
the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot
and indistinct postmedial line with blackish spots in the interspaces
towards costa.

Ab. 1. Fore wing more variegated with white on basal and
costal areas and beyond the postmedial line.

Ab. 2. varia. Fore wing more uniform brown without the
black patches before and beyond the reniform.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., Eastern States to Florida and west to
Nebraska, New York, 5 6,1 9, Evan’s Center (Grete), 1 2 type
cephalica, Florida, St. John’s Bluff (Doubleday), 5 3 type and
type varia, Texas, 1 g. Hep. 26-30 millim.

4185. Monodes exesa. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 24.)

Ceiena exesa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 222 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.
p. 150.
Hadena floridana, Wk. xxxiii. 730 (1865).
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A84 NOCTUID#,

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous and mixed with
dark brown; palpi with black patch at sides of 2nd joint ; frons
black at sides; tegule with slight dark medial line; tarsi black
ringed with whitish; abdomen greyish ochreous irrorated with
fuscous brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous and
irrorated with dark brown, a darker shade in and below cell from
antemedial line to termen below apex and vein 2, the veins slightly
streaked with black; subbasal line double, waved, oblique, from
costa to vein 1 and with patch of black scales below vein 1 ; ante-
medial line double, waved, oblique, angled outwards below costa
and above inner margin; claviform narrow and elongate, defined
by black; orbicular and reniform small, defined by black and
with dark centres, the former round, the latter constricted
at middle, with a black streak in discal fold and small spot
beyond it; a curved waved medial line; postmedial line double
at costa, bent outwards below costa, then erect, minutely waved
and produced to slight black and white streaks on the veins,
some ochreous points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous,
arising from an irregular ochreous apical patch, excurved below
vein 7, excurved and dentate at middle and bent outwards to
tornus; a terminal series of black strie; cilia fuscous. Hind wing
reddish brown; cilia whitish with a dark line through them; the
underside white irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused
with brown from apex to vein 2,a blackish discoidal spot and
curved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida (Doubleday), 2 6, 2 Q type and type
floridana, Enterprise, 2 9. Hup. 30-384 millim.

4186. Monodes obliquirena, n. sp. (Plate CX XXIV. fig. 25.)

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous; palpi black,
whitish towards tips; frons whitish; tarsi fuscous ringed with
white ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused with
rufous especially on medial area to submedian fold, the terminal
area suffused with fuscous except towards apex and tornus ; some
blackish suffusion on base of inner margin; subbasal line double,
rufous filled in with ochreous, waved, from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial line double filled in with yellow, oblique, waved,
strongly incurved at vein 1; claviform defined by black, narrowing
to a point at base; orbicular and reniform with rufous centres and
slight yellowish annuli defined by black, the former small, round,
the latter an oblique lunule; a brown medial line incurved from
costa to upper edge of reniform, then sinuous; postmedial line
double filled in with yellow, slightly bent outwards below costa,
then incurved, minutely waved and with short black streaks beyond
it on the veins with white points on them, some ochreous points
beyond it on costa; an apical ochreous patch with the subterminal
line arising from it formed of small ochreous spots angled outwards
between veins 4, 3 and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series
of minute black lunules defined on inner side by slight ochreous

MONODES. 485

lunules; a series of ochreous points at base of cilia. Hind wing
ochreous white, the veins, costal and terminal areas suffused with
reddish brown; cilia ochreous white with a brown line through
them; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal lunule, traces of a
postmedial line with black points on the veins and terminal series
of small black lunules.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 2; Sr. Vincent (7.
H. Smith), 1 3, 3 Q type; Paraguay; Argentina, Tucuman.
Hep. 22-28 millim.

*4187. Monodes ensina. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 26.)
Oligia ensina, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxix. p. 12 (1907).

Head and base of tegule black-brown, the rest of thorax red-
brown; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing red-brown ; subbasal
line double filled in with grey, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line double, excurved below the cell, minutely waved,
a quadrate blackish patch before it on costal area; orbicular and
reniform small with dark centres and pale annuli defined by black,
the former round, the latter oblique, constricted at middle and
more or less angled inwards on median nervure, a dark streak from
it to postmedial line ; medial shade represented by a dark mark on
costa and irregular line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;
postmedial line double filled in with grey, slightly bent outwards
below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ;
postmedial area darker, with black streaks below costa and above
vein 4; subterminal line formed by a series of pale marks in the
interspaces, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; the veins of
terminal area with dark streaks ; a faint dark terminal line; cilia
somewhat paler at base. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous
especially towards termen; a dark discoidal point; cilia pale with
a dark line through them; the underside with the costal and
terminal areas tinged with yellowish, a dark discoidal point and
sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts. Evp. 30 millim. This
species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in
Coll. Barnes.

*4188. Monodes polysticta. (Plate CXXXLIV. fig. 27.)
Monodes polysticta, D. Jones, Trans, Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 161.

Q@. Head and thorax fuscous black mixed with some white;
legs pale brown, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen pale
brown suffused with fuscous. Fore wing pale rufous, the terminal
area suffused with deep rufous ; a blackish mark at base of inner
margin; subbasal line represented by two widely separated black
striz from costa and a point below cell; antemedial line indistinct,
double, oblique, waved, with two black points before it on median
nervure and vein 1; claviform slightly defined by black and white

486 NOCTUID.

at extremity; orbicular with pale brownish centre and white
annulus defined by black, irregularly rounded and produced on
outer side; reniform slightly defined by blackish, with white
annulus to upper part and black in lower, twice slightly constricted
at middle; a slight waved medial line, oblique from costa to sub-
costal neryure; postmedial line represented by black points towards
costa, then punctiform, with two series of black points beyond it,
bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 5; traces of a
‘dark subterminal line slightly excurved below costa; a whitish
mark on costa before apex; cilia dark brown. Hind wing fuscous
brown, the cilia white with dark line near base; the underside
whitish irrorated with fuscous, the costal half suffused with rufous,
a black discoidal spot and curved crenulate postmedial line,

Hab. Brazit, Sav Paulo, type t in Coll. D. Jones. Lap.
26 millim. ‘

4189. Monodes apicalis. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 28.)
Oligia apicalis, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 113 (1898).

Head and thorax pale rufous irrorated with a few deep rufous
scales; palpi deep rufous ; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen
palerufous. Fore wing pals rafous slightly irrorated with blackish,
a triangular fuscous- brown patch on terminal area from costa near
apex to tornus and with its apex curved up to upper angle of cell,
the area above it pale brown and with a pale rufous apical spot on
it; an indistinct dark waved subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique, waved ; claviform
represented by a black point at its extremity ; orbicular slightly
defined by brown, round; reniform absent; postmedial line in-
distinct, double, oblique at costa, then minutely waved and
produced to black points at the veins, shghtly incurved below
vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
represented by slight pale rufous marks defined on inner side by
slight dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at
middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of white
points at the veins and a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind
wing rufous, the cilia with fine white line at base; the underside
pale rufous irrorated and suffused with red-brown, a dark discoidal
lunule and indistinct crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Venezugeta, Aroa, 1 3 ; Braztt, Castro Parana (D. Jones),
WO, JD. SG B25 D BO “initia.

4190. Monodes pallescens, n. sp. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 29.)

Q. Head and tegule dark red-brown; thorax ochreous white
with some dark brown on base of patagia and prothorax and a
large patch on metathorax; pectus and legs red-brown, the tarsi
with pale rings ; abdomen dark greyish brown. Fore wing greyish
white slightly irrorated with rufous extending on costa to medial

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line and below the cell to postmedial line, the terminal area red-
brown suffused with fuscous; a red-brown patch on costa before
the antemedial line, another irregular patch from cell to inner
margin with diffused black mark on inner margin, and an oblique
streak from submedian fold near base to subcostal nervure at
antemedial line, which is very indistinct, double, waved, oblique
from costa to submedian fold; claviform very faintly defined by
brown at extremity; orbicular small, round, whitish defined by
brown and with dark point in centre; reniform small with blackish
centre and slight pale annulus defined by brown; a brown medial
line, oblique trom costa to median neryure, then indistinct and
inwardly oblique; postmedial line indistinct, black, bent outwards
below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to white points
on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points
beyond it on costa; an apical ochreous patch with black suffusion
before it, the indistinct pale waved subterminal line arising from it,
angled inwards in discal fold and with black streak beyond it, then
with some black points on outer side; a terminal series of black
strize; cilia rufous and black with fine pale line at base. Hind
wing red-brown, the cilia with a fine pale line at base; the
underside brown irrorated with grey, a dark discoidal lunule,
diffused waved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.
Hab, Vunuzunta, 1 @ type. Hap. 28 millim.

4191. Monodes hemipolia. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 30.)
Monodes hemipolia, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 299 (1908),

3d. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with rufous; palpi
brown at sides except at tips; antenne brown; tegule and meta-
thoracie crest tipped with brown ; tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish ;
abdomen grey dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing with the
basal halt grey-white, the terminal half rufous; subbasal line
double, the inner line brown, the outer rufous, waved, from costa
to vein 1; antemedial line double, rufous with blackish points at
costa, minutely waved; orbicular hardly traceabie, faintly defined
vy rufous and with slight brown centre, round; reniform an
oblique black-brown lunule with faint grey annulus; medial line
diffused, brown and oblique from costa to reniform, slight and
incurved from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line
whitish, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold,
incurved below vein 4, some whitish points with slight black
streaks between them beyond it on costa on a diffused whitish
patch ; subterminal line grey-white, slightly excurved at middle ;
a terminal series of black-brown points slightly defined by grey.
Hind wing fuscous brown, the costal area whitish to beyond
middle; a blackish discoidal bar; cilia whitish with a dark line
near base; the underside grey, the basal half suffused with brown,
the terminal haif irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot,

488 NOCTUID 28.

curved minutely waved postmedial line, and terminal series of
points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. S.E. Perv, 8S. Domingo (Ockenden), type 7 d in Coll. Druce,
Oconeque, 1 Q. wp. 26 millun.

4192. Monodes pheopera, n. sp. (Plate CXXXIV. fig. 31.)

g. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown; palpi
black except at tips; tegule with black line near tips ; tarsi black
ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with black. Fore
wing greyish ochreous with slight dark irroration, the medial area
suffused with black from costa to below cell, the terminal area
suffused with black except towards apex and tornus, the veins with
slight dark streaks ; subbasal line double, the outer line indistinct,
waved, extending to inner margin where there is a black mark
beyond it; antemedial line indistinctly double, angled outwards
below costa, then waved; claviform moderate, defined by black ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former with blackish
centre, round, the latter narrow, oblique elliptical, its centre
slightly tinged with brown; a sinuous medial line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line bent outwards below
costa, then rather oblique, sinuous, with short black streaks beyond
it on the veins, some slight dark marks beyond it on costa; sub-
terminal line hardly traceable, pale, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle; a terminal series of black points defined by slight pale
lunules ; cilia ochreous and fuscous, Hind wing ochreous white
tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with
brown; cilia whitish, with a brown line through them ; the under-
side white, the costal and terminal areas sparsely irrorated with
brown, a small black discoidal spot, indistinct minutely crenulate
postmedial line with some black points on the veins and terminal
series of black points.

Hab. Vunezveta, Aroa, 1 3 type, Hap. 28 millim.

4193. Monodes niveiplaga. (Plate CAXXIV. fig. 32.)
Oligia niveiplaga, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 112 (1898).

@. Head and thorax tinged with rufous; palpi black at sides;
frous with lateral black bars; patagia and dorsum of thorax with
blackish patches; pectus and legs black-brown, the tarsi ringed
with white; abdomen ochreous’ dorsally suffused with brown,
ventrally irrorated with black, the dorsal crest black at tip. Fore
wing greyish ochreous, slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated
with black, the veins with blackish streaks ; subbasal line repre-
sented by an oblique black striga from costa and slight curved mark
from cell; a slight black streak on inner margin near base followed
by a large whitish patch irrorated with black before the antemedial
line, which is double filled in with white, oblique, waved ; clavi-
form slightly defined by black above at extremity ; orbicular and

MONODES. 489

reniform ochreous defined by black, the former round, the latter
elliptical, its lower part filled in with black; a strong obliquely
curved sinuous black medial line ; postmedial line black defined by
white on outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved, some black points on its outer edge on the
veins, blackish patches beyond it below costa and at middle and
some white points on costa; subterminal line whitish, hardly
traceable, slightly defined on inner side by fuscous on inner half,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to tornus,
with black streaks from it to termen on veins 4, 3, 2; cilia pale
rufous, with series of small black spots. Hind wing white, the
veins of terminal area blackish, the termen suffused with black,
narrowing to tornus; a discoidal point; cilia pale rufous, with
series of small biackish spots; the underside with the costal area
and terminal area to vein 4 irrorated with black, blackish marks
at middle of costa and on terminal area at apex and discal fold, a
small black discoidal spot and slight curved postmedial line except
on inner area with minute black streaks on the veins.
Hab, Vunuzueca, Aroa, 1 2. Hap. 28 millim.

*4194, Monodes leucomela. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 1.)
Monodes leucomela, Dogn. Ann. Soe. Ent. Belg. li. p. 236 (1907).

2. Head and thorax white mixed with blackish; palpi black
with white rings at extremities of 2nd and 8rd joints; tegule
blackish with white tips; pectus and legs blackish mixed with
some white, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen white tinged
with brown, the ventral surface black irrorated with white. Fore
wing white; the basal area blackish from costa to submedian fold,
with subbasal black point below costa and bounded by the ante-
medial black line, which is strongly angled inwards in submedian
fold, then excurved and defined by fuscous on inner side, ending at
vein 1; orbicular small, round, incompletely defined by black and
with blackish patch above it on costa ; reniform defined by blackish
at sides, oblique bar-shaped, angled inwards on median nervure ;
a shght medial shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;
postmedial line black, slightly excurved round the reniform and
touching its upper and lower extremities, then waved; postmedial
area almost entirely suffused with black with some white points
on costa; subterminal line black, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle, then incurved ; some fuscous suffusion on terminal area at
discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of black striz ; cilia
white with a series of black spots. Hind wing whitish suffused
with fuscous, especially on terminal area; cilia white mixed with
some fuscous; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas
suffused and irrorated with fuscous, a diffused oblique dark medial
band, discoidal blackish spot, and diffused curved postmedial line,

Hab, Argentina, Tucuman, type fT Q in Coll. Dognin. Exp.
26 millim.

490 NOCTUID ©.

*4195. Monodes mastera. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 2.

Microcelia mastera, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 151 (1904).

¢. Head and thorax whitish tinged with brown and mixed with
black, the vertex of head pure white; frons with black band;
pectus and legs whitish tinged with red-brown, the tarsi blackish
ringed with white; abdomen whitish tinged with rufous and
irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white largely suffused with
olive-green and purplish grey, especially on medial area except
outer part of costal area; subbasal line black defined by white on
outer side, double at costa, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line blackish defined by white on inner side, double at
costa, oblique, sinuous; claviform whitish slightly defined by
black at extremity; orbicular and reniform whitish, the former
defined by black at sides, rather triangular and with whitish patch
above it on costa, the latter defined by black except above and
slightly angled inwards on median nervure; an indistinct waved
blackish line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial
line black defined by white on outer side, double towards costa,
bent outwards below costa, angled inwards at discal fold, incurved
below vein 4 and slightly excurved at vein 1, some white points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line white with blackish patch
before it on costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, some
brownish suffusion beyond it except at apex and a triangular
brown patch at discal fold ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia whitish mixed with brown and with brown Jine through
them. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; a slight dis-
coidal point, traces of a postmedial line, and terminal series of
points ; cilia white with a dark line through them ; the underside
white tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown, a
brown discoidal spot, waved postmedial line, and terminal series of
strie.

Hab. Braziz, Castro Parana (D. Jones), type + ¢ in U.S: Nat.
Mus. xp. 30 millim.

4196. Monodes marmorata. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 3.)

Miana marmorata, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 224 (1894).

$. Head and thorax white tinged with pale olive-brown ; palpi
with the 2nd joint brownish at sides ; tarsi brown ringed with pale
olive; abdomen reddish brown, the basal segment and ventral
surface whitish. Fore wing ochreous white slightly irrorated with
brown, the medial area below the cell suffused with olive-yellow,
the postmedial and terminal areas suffused with red-brown leaving
some yellow at tornus; subbasal line represented by black-brown
spots below costa and cell; antemedial line biack-brown defined on
inner side by whitish, oblique, dentate ; claviform represented by
an oblique white bar on upper edge of extremity and a dark point
at extremity; orbicular white, oblique oblong; reniform white

MONODES. 49]

with olive-yellow centre, oblique oblong, angled inwards on median
nervure, some dark brown before and beyond orbicular and beyond
the reniform; postmedial line black slightly defined by white on
outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely
dentate, excurved to vein 5, then oblique, some purplish-white
suffusion beyond it between veins 4 and 2 and some white points
on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, defined on inner
side by faint somewhat dentate black marks, angled outwards at
vein 7 where it is met by an oblique white bar from apex, excurved
at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a
terminal series of small black lunules; cilia yellowish white mixed
with red-brown. Hind wing reddish brown, the cilia paler; the
underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown, a biack discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line, and terminal
series of lunules,

Hab. Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 9, Godman-
Salvin Coll.; Braziz, Castro Paraiia. Zwp. 30 millim.

*4197. Monodes semirufa. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 4.)
Monodes semirufa, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 299 (1908).

2. Head and thorax rufous, the head and tegule with blackish
mixed; palpi fuscous; antenne black; peectus and legs fuscous,
ihe tarsi black ringed with whitish ; abdomen rufous suffused with
brown. Fore wing with the basal half rufous, the terminal half
brown, suffused with white basally ; subbasal line represented by a
few black scales below costa; antemedial line brown, waved, defined
on inner side by whitish sowrantls Inner margin en a pateh of '
brown suffusion before it; orbicular represented by an oblique
rufous striga defined by brown on its outer edge; reniform narrow,
faintly defined by white, with a yellowish-rufous spot beyond it;
postmedial line indistinctly double, brown filled in with white, bent
outwards below costa, incurved below vein 4 and excurved below
submedian fold; a yellow streak beyond it in discal feld to the
oblique diffused white fascia from apex ; subterminal line absent ;
a terminal black line defined by yellowish marks on inner side and
with white points at the veins. iiind wing whitish suffused with
brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with red-brown, a brown
discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. 8.%. Paru, 8. Domingo (Ockenden), type 7 Q in Coll. Druce.
Exp. 22 millim.

4198. Monodes repanda. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 5.)
Photedes repanda, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 157 (1904).

2. Head, tegule, and prothorax yellow, thorax red-brown ;
sides of palpi and frors black; tarsi with slight pale rings ;
abdomen grey suffused with brown, the dorsal crest black at tips.

A929 NOCLUID As.

Fore wing whitish suffased with brown and irrorated with fuscous,
the inner area yellowish white tinged with rufous to the postmedial
line, the veins of terminal area streaked with black; a blackish
patch on inner area before the antemedial line, which is very
indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then inwardly
oblique; claviform minute, yellow defined by brown; orbicular
absent; reniform a narrow oblique lunule defined by brown; a
slight dark spot on middle of inner margin ; a very indistinct dark
medial line, diffused from costa to the reniform, and waved from
lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line blackish filled
in with whitish, excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved
and again excurved below submedian fold, some whitish points
beyond it on costa; an oblique whitish patch from apex, with the
rather diffused oblique blackish subterminal line arising from it ;
anotner rather diffused blackish line before termen with slight
yellowish spots beyond it; a terminal series of black points ; cilia
blackish and grey with a fine white line at base. Hind winy white,
the termen tinged with brown except towards tornus; cilia white,
brown at tips towards apex; the underside with the costal area
irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal spot, indistinct post-
medial line with minute black streaks on the veins and terminal
series of small black spots.
Hab. Muxico, Orizaba (Schaus), 1 2. Hp. 20 millim.

4199. Monodes basistigma. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 6.)
Erastria basistigma, W1k. xv. 1762 (1858).

g. Head and base of tegule pale fulvous; sides of palpi and
frons with some black; tegule with black medial line and white
tips; thorax white mixed with brown and black ; pectus and legs
pale fulvous, fore tibiz black, the tarsi black ringed with white ;
abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing white tinged
with pale brown; the basal area suffused with brown and black,
bounded by a curved black line retracted to inner margin; sub-
basal line black defined by white on inner side, strongly angled
inwards in cell and retracted to vein 1 ; antemedial line pale brown,
double, waved, oblique, with black points at costa and inner
margin ; claviform and orbicular absent; reniform white defined
by black except above and with waved brown line in middle, a
narrow oblique lunule with irregular outline; medial line double,
irregularly waved, oblique, angled inwards on median neryure, the
medial area beyond it suffused with brown ; postmedial line double
tilled in with white, the inner line black, the outer brown, with
small black spot at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then
minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, with small
black spot before it beyond the reniform and semicircular brown
patch beyond it on costa with white points at costa; subterminal
line white, slightly defined by brown on inner side and by a black

MONODES. 493

bar towards inner margin, minutely waved, excurved below vein 7
and at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia black-
brown, white at apex and middle. Hind wing whitish suffused
with brown, the terminal area darker; cilia white; the underside
white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 rufous slightly
irrorated with black, a black discoidal point with faint dark bar
above it from costa, a crenulate postmedial line from costa to vein 5
with black points at the veins,
Hab. Jamaica, 1 g type, Newcastle, 1 ¢. Hap. 24 millim.

*4200. Monodes hemileuca. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 7.)
Monodes hemileuca, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 160.

@. Head and thorax white faintly tinged with yellow; palpi
and antennz rufous ; pectus, legs, and abdomen white tinged with
rufous. Fore wing white slightly irrorated with pale rufous, the
terminal half suffused with rufous, its inner edge running obliquely
from middle of costa to inner margin at postmedial line; very in-
distinct, irregularly waved, oblique antemedial and medial rufous
lines ; orbicular absent ; reniform oblique, white, rather constricted
at middle, with some dark brown scales on its inner edge and
diffused dark streak from it to postmedial line, which is red-brown
defined by white on outer side, oblique from costa to upper edge of
reniform, then strongly angled outwards in discal fold, incurved to
lower edge of reniform and again excurved; a diffused red-brown
subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle, with a round
white patch beyond it at apex defined by red-brown on outer side ;
cilia pure white at base. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish
brown, a slight brown discoidal bar; cilia white with a slight
brown line through them; the underside white irrorated with
brown, the costal area tinged with rufous, a small discoidal spot
and curved minutely waved postmedial line with brownish marks
beyond it at discal and submedian folds.

Hab. Braztt, Sao Paulo, type 7 in Coll. D. Jones. Exp. 24 millim.

4201. Monodes venustula.

Noctua venustula, Hibn. Beitr. ii. 3, p. 78, pl. 4. f. 2 (1790); id. Eur.
Schmett., Noct. f. 294; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 565, pl. 47. f. 5;
Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 118; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 230.

Pyralis hybnerana, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 2247 (1793).

Head and tegulee rufous, the latter with slight whitish line near
base and whitish tips; thorax white tinged with pink, the patagia
with slight curved brown medial line, the pro- and metathoracic
crests mixed with brown; pectus and legs whitish tinged with
brown, the fore legs red-brown; abdomen whitish suffused with
red-brown except at base. Fore wing grey-white suffused with

494 NOCTUID®.

red-brown, a diffused white fascia tinged with pink from sub-
terminal line near apex through the cell to base of inner margin ;
subbasal line waved, from costa to vein 1, brown defined by greyish
on costal area, blackish below the cell; antemedial line double
except in lower part of cell, waved, brown filled in with greyish on
costal area, blackish filled in with white from cell to inner margin ;
claviform detined by a white and black lunule at extremity ;
orbicular absent ; a semicircular blackish patch in lower extremity
of cell; reniform with greyish lunule defined by brown and whitish
annulus with two dark points on its outer edge; medial line red-
brown, oblique from costa to reniform, below the cell waved and

Hig. 138.—Monodes venustula, S$. 3.

traversing an area of deeper red-brown suffusion ; postmedial line
double filled in with white, oblique from costa to upper extremity
of reniform, then minutely waved, excurved round the reniform,
then incurved, some grey-white beyond it on costa followed by
white points on a red-brown patch; subterminal line white, obso-
iescent between veins 6 and 3, minutely waved, emitting short
streaks towards apex, defined on inner side by black marks above
and below vein 5 and angled outwards on vein 1 ; the termen grey-
white defined on inner side by red-brown and with terminal series
of small brownish spots ; cilia red-brown. Hind wing white tinged
with red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown; a
faint discoidal striga and curved postmedial line; cilia white with
red-brown line near base; the underside white thickly irrorated
with red-brown, a red-brown discoidal spot, curved postmedial line,
and terminal series of lunules.

Hab. Briraty, Leech Coll.; France; Grrmany, Zeller, Frey, and
Leech Colls.; Auvsrrta, Leech Coll.; Hungary; Swirzertanp;
Searn, Bilbao; Rumen; 8S. Russta; ArmenTA; TRANSCAUCASIA,
Grusia, Lagodechi (Mlokosewitch), 1 3,1 2 ; Prrsta; W. Srperta,
Altai; E. Srsppria, Amurland, Ussuri. Hap. 20-24 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 165; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 178, pl. 246.
fa:

Purplish brown ; dorsal line pale, indistinct ; a pale lateral spot
on 4th somite; head brown. Food-plant: flowers of Potentilla
reptans. 8.

MONODES. 495

*4202. Monodes pheoplaga. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 8.)
Monodes pheoplaga, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soe. 1908, p. 162.

3. Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with fuscous; palpi
with some blackish at sides of 2nd joint; pectus and legs whitish
tinged with brown; abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the anal
tuft with pale rufous. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated and suffused
with fuscous, the inner and postmedial areas whitish irrorated with
rufous ; subbasal line represented by slight dark strie from costa
and cell; antemedial line minutely waved, oblique from costa to
median nervure, then erect and angled inwards on vein 1, a short
black streak beyond it in submedian fold; two dark strive from
middle of costa; postmedial line strongly bent outwards below
costa, then very minutely waved, angled inwards in submedian
interspace and again bent outwards, some pale points beyond it on
costa; subterminal line whitish, bent outwards to apex and con-
fluent with the pale postmedial area, excurved at middle, and defined
by a black patch on outer side, bent outwards to tornus ; an oblique
diffused blackish streak from apex ; a terminal series of black strize ;
cilia pale brown. Hind wing whitish; a faint discoidal spot and
carved postmedial line with the area beyond it tinged with brown
from costa to vein +; a fine dark terminal line; the underside with
the costal and apical areas irrorated with brown, a black discoidal
spot, curved minutely waved postmedial line, and black terminal
line.

@. Fore wing with black-brown patch on medial area in, below,
and beyond end of cell.

Hab. Brazin, Castro Parana, type fT in Coll. D. Jones. Exp.
20 millim.

*4203. Monodes chlorozona. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 9.)
Monodes chlorozona, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 161.

Q@. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; palpi blackish ;
tegulee with blackish dorsal streak; pectus and legs blackish ;
abdomen grey. Fore wing pale olivaceous grey tinged with brown,
the basal costal area, the medial area to submedian fold, and the
terminal area to vein 2 greenish olive; subbasal line black, curved,
from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black, minutely
waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold and slightly angled
outwards on subcostal nervure; orbicular and reniform absent; a
diffused oblique black medial band from costa to submedian fold,
then represented by a few black scales and bent inwards to inner
margin ; postmedial line black slightly defined by white on outer side,
very minutely waved, oblique, strongly and acutely angled outwards
in discal fold, some slight dark streaks with white marks between
them beyond it on costa; traces of a whitish subterminal line
excurved below vein 7 and at middle and with slight fuscous
—suffusion on its inner side, then angled inwards and oblique to

496 NOGLUID A.

tornus ; a rounded white apical spot tinged with yellow-brown on
lower edge; a terminal series of black striae; cilia grey. Hind
wing grey suffused with fuscous; a slight dark terminal line; cilia
white at base, fuscous at tips; the underside whitish irrorated
with fuscous especially on costal and terminal areas, a black dis-
coidal spot, diffused postmedial line, and terminal series of black
strie.

Hab. Braztt, Castro Paraiia, type tT in Coll. D. Jones. xp.
18 miJlim,

4204. Monodes bertha. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 10.)
Eurois bertha, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p, 143 (1898).

©. Head and thorax clothed with dark brown mixed with pink
and white scales; palpi with the extremity of 2ud joint white;
frons with lateral white patches; basal joint of antenne white;
tibia and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen dark brown , with
whitish segmental lines. Fore wing dark brown irrorated with
white, the medial area with median nervure and veins 3, 2, 1
streaked with pink; a pink point at base; subbasal line represented
by slight black strize from costa and cell; antemedial line white,
interrupted at the veins, oblique from costa to median nervure
where it is retracted, then obliquely curved to inner margin ; clavi-
form absent; orbicular represented by an oblique white striga;
reniform narrow, defined by white, constricted at middle and
strongly angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line black
defined by white on outer side, slightly beyond the cell, bent out-
wards below costa, then with series of black-and-white points
beyond it on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side
by short black streaks, angled outwards at vein 7, inwards at discal
and submedian folds, and excurved at middle; a terminal series of
black striae; cilia white with black line through them and series
of black spots at tips. Hind wing dark fuscous brown; cilia white
with a brown line near base; the underside white irrorated with
brown, an elliptical disccidal spot, rather diffused minutely waved
postmedial line, and diffused terminal band.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parana (D. Jones), 1 9. EHvp. 32 millim.

*4905. Monodes sanctanna. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 11.)
Agrotis sanctanna, Guen. Noct. 1. p. 295 (1852).

9. Head reddish brown; thorax and abdomen clothed with
grey and brown scales. Fore wing pale brown suffused with
fuscous and white, especially on costal area and beyond the post-
medial line; the subbasal line waved, blackish, from costa to vein 1,
defined by white on outer side on costal area; the antemedial line
oblique, double, waved, filled in with white on costal half; clavi-
form indicated by a few dark scales; orbicular small, oblique,

MONODES. 497

white defined by black; reniform constricted at middle, with brown
centre and white annulus defined by black; an indistinct oblique
waved medial line; the postmedial line defined by white on outer
side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa on a
quadrate blackish patch; the subterminal line indistinct, greyish,
angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with some
dentate blackish marks before its medial part, the one above
vein + extending to postmedial line; a fine dark terminal line
and some dark points on cilia. Hind wing whitish, the veins
and terminal area fuscous brown; cilia brown at base, grey at
tips; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown,
a small prominent discoidal spot and sinuous diffused postmedial
line.

Hab. Brazit, Neu Fribourg, type t 2 in Coll. Oberthiir. vp.
36 millim.

4206. Monodes rubripicta, n. sp. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 12.)

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous and blackish ;
palpi black ringed with whitish at extremities of 1st and 2nd joints ;
frons whitish with lateral black bars; pectus fuscous ; legs fuscous
and brown, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen fuscous
with slight pale segmental lines. Fore wing dark reddish brown
mixed with ochreous and black, the medial area yellowish irrorated
with brown and suffused with bright pink before the orbicular, in
lower part of reniform and below the cell; subbasal line repre-
sented by black spots below costa and cell, with waved yellow line
on outer side; antemedial line black, defined by yellow on inner
side, very oblique, waved, with more distinct black spots at costa
and inner margin; claviform absent; orbicular a minute oblique
elliptical white spot defined by black; reniform yellowish white,
iis lower part filled in with pink, rather narrow, and with its
extremities produced, some diffused black between the stigmata
and beyond the reniform; postmedial line slightly defined by
white on outer side and with white spot at costa, bent outwards
below costa, slightly excurved to vein 4, then slightly incurved,
some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented
by a series of obscure blackish marks; terminal area yellowish
except at apex; a terminal series of slight blackish lunules; cilia
yellow mixed with brown. Hind wing deep fuscous brown, greyish
at base ; cilia white with a slight fuscous line through them; the
underside bluish white, the costal and terminal areas broadly
fuscous, a deep black discoidal lunule and sinuous fuscous post-
medial line.

Hab. Vunezunta, 1 3d type; Br. Guiana (Roberts), 1 9. Hep.
28-34 millim,

VOL. VIII. Dik

498 NOCTUID ®.

*4207. Monodes leucostigma. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 13.)
Monodes leucostigma, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 299 (1908).

@. Head yellowish white; palpi, antenne and thorax red-
brown; abdomen greyish suffused with brown. Fore wing red-
brown with some blackish suffusion on ante- and postmedial areas;
subbasal line blackish, curved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial
line indistinct, dark, angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular white
detined by some black scales, narrow, oblique; reniform with
slight fuscous centre and whitish annulus, narrow, constricted at
middle; postmedial line double, brown filled in with whitish,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique, some faint pale
points beyond it on costa; a faint oblique whitish shade from
apex; subterminal line only defined by the contrast between the
postmedial and terminal areas, excurved at middle; cilia with a
fine white line at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown,
especially on terminal area; a slight discoidal lunule; cilia with a
fine white line at base; the underside whitish tinged with brown,
the costal half irrorated with red-brown, a brown discoidal lunule
and sinuous postmedial line. .

Hab, 8.E. Perv, Oconeque ees type fT 2 in Coll. Druce.
Exp. 22 wmillim.

4208. Monodes algama. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 14.)
Bryophila algama, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxx. p. 151 (1904).

Head and thorax black mixed with white, the vertex of head,
tegule, and patagia with white patches, the last and metathoracic
crest with some pink scales; tibie and tarsi ringed with white ;
abdomen grey tinged with brown, the ventral surface black. Fore
wing ochreous white, suffused in parts with brown, especially on
medial area and medial part of terminal area, the veins irrorated
with black scales; the costal half of basal area black crossed by
the curved ochreous subbasal line; antemedial line black defined
by ochreous white on inner side and pure white towards costa,
angled outwards below costa, then oblique, sinuous; orbicular
white defined by black, oblique, its lower extremity acute; reni-
form with red-brown and black centre and white annulus defined
by black, constricted at middle and angled inwards on median
nervure to near orbicular; a black patch in cell between the
stigmata and a black spot beyond the reniform; a slight curved
blackish medial line; postmedial line black, defined by white on
outer side, very oblique from costa to vein 5, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved and crossed by minute black streaks on veins 3, 2, 1,
a black patch beyond it on costal area with white points on costa ;
subterminal line indistinct, whitish, inwardly oblique from costa to
vein 6, then sinuous and with two small black spots before it at
middle; a terminal series of slight brown striew; cilia reddish
brown mixed with whitish. Hind wing whitish tinged with

MONODES. 499

brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, a curved brown
postmedial line; cilia white with a slight brown line through
them ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a small blackish
discoidal spot, diffused curved postmedial line and diffused sub-
terminal line expanding into a patch at costa, black, and with
irregular outer edge from costa to vein 4.

Hab, Braztt, Castro Parafia, S80 Paulo (D. Jones), 1 S$. Hap.
26-28 millim.

4209. Monodes pulchra.

Miana pulchra, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 274, pl. 26. f. 22
(1889).

©. Head whitish mixed with brown; palpi white at extremities
of 2nd and 3rd joints ; thorax pale rufous with some brown scales,
the tips of patagia black ; pectus and legs brown and whitish, the
tarsi with pale rings; abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral surface
whitish. Fore wing whitish, mostly suffused with fulvous yellow
and slightly irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by
black spots below costa and cell; antemedial line black slightly
defined on each side by white, oblique, waved, interrupted, angled
inwards on yein 1; claviform represented by a black point at its
extremity; orbicular a white point on a conical black patch
extending to reniform, which is pale yellow with a slight white
annulus and black point in lower part and black patch beyond it ;
postmedial line black slightly defined on each side by white, bent
outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4, some
white points with black strive between them beyond it on costa;
subterminal line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by
diffused black, angled outwards at vein 7 and middle and inwards
in discal and submedian folds, the area beyond it whitish; a
terminal series of prominent black spots; cilia whitish tinged with
rufous towards apex and with series of fuscous strie. Hind wing
fuscous brown ; cilia white with fuscous line through them; the
underside white irrorated with brown, the terminal area broadly
suffused with brown, a small black discoidal spot and minutely
waved postmedial line.

Hab. Guatemata, Vera Paz, Cubilguitz (Champion), 1 Q ;
Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 2 type, Godman-Salvin Coll.
Exp. 26 millim.

*4210. Monodes orbiculata. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 15.)
Eurois orbiculata, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 143 (1898).

g. Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with greyish; 2nd
joint of palpi with some black above; frons with blackish bar;
tegule with some black scales near tips; prothoracic crest black
at base; tarsi banded with black; abdomen olive-brown dorsally

suffused, with fuscous except at base and extremity. Fore wing
22

500 NOCTUID 4.

olive-brown, slightly irrorated and in parts suffused with fuscons ;
subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa and cell,
filled in with whitish and defined by whitish on outer side ; ante-
medial line detined by whitish on inner side, slightly angled out-
wards below costa, incurved to submedian fold, then oblique,
waved; orbicular pure white defined by black, small, round ; reni-
form defined by blackish, with white and black bar on inner edge,
small; some black suffusion in cell between the stigmata, and a
diffused blackish shade from middle of costa; postmedial line
defined by whitish on outer side, shghtly bent outwards below
costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some
whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by
a diffused oblique whitish fascia from apex to near postmedial line,
then a pale line exeurved at middle and angled inwards in sub-
median fold; the terminal area with dark shade below apex; a
terminal series of black strive defined by whitish on inner side;
cilia with series of whitish points at base. Hind wing dark brown,
the cilia with fine whitish line at base and whitish tips; the
underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, a large
blackish discoidal lunule; postmedial line excurved and waved to
vein 4, then incurved, a diffused subterminal band and black
terminal line.

Hab, Brazit, Castro Parana in Coll. D. Jones. vp. 53 millim,

*4211. Monodes chionopis. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 16.)
Monodes chionopis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 299 (1908).

g. Head ochreous white; palpi fuscous at sides except at tips ;
frons with fuscous spot; antennee black except basal joint ; thorax
ochreous white mixed with black ; tarsi black ringed with ochreous ;
abdomen ochreous mixed with fuscous, the basal crest and anal
tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous white, tinged with
olive and irrorated with some black, the antemedial arca to sub-
median fold and the postmedial costal area black ; subbasail line
ochreous, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line black,
defined by white on inner side, oblique, waved; claviform defined
by a slight black streak above; orbicular pure white defined by
black, small, round; reniform ochreous, incompletely defined by
black, its centre irrorated with black, constricted at middle: a
medial black lar from costa and slight oblique line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line black, defined by
whitish on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 6, then incurved,
some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish
defined on inner side by some black, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle; a terminal black line with white points at the veins.
Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown, the terminal area
suffused with brown from apex to vein 2; a slight discoidal
lunule; cilia brown towards apex with whitish line at base; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, the apical

MONODES. 501

area suffused with black, a black discoidal spot and sinuous
postmedial line.

Hab. S.K. Peru, 8. Domingo (Ockenden), type >t S in Coll.
Druce. Exp. 22 millim.

*4212. Monodes thoracica. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 17.)
Oligia thoracica, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 113 (1898).

3. Head rufous with slight black marks at base of antenne ;
tegule tipped with white; thorax rufous mixed with white, the
patagia black except towards base; pectus and legs brown mixed
with greyish, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen
ochreous suffused with brown and with tufts of long yellowish-
white hair from the basal stigmata. Fore wing red-brown, the
costal area to subterminal line, the cell and areas below its base
and beyond and below its extremity suffused with blackish ;
subbasal line represented by double striz filled in with whitish
from costa, and a striga from cell; antemedial line double, filled in
with whitish, oblique, waved; orbicular pure white defined by
black, elliptical; reniform red-brown defined by diffused black,
small; postmedial line black, defined on outer side by white
towards costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate,
with black and white points beyond it on the veins and streaks
below veins 7 and 5, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale,
slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle and with minute
dentate black mark on inner side below vein 4; some minute
white points at middle of termen; cilia with an indistinct dark
line through them. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the
terminal area suffused with brown; a slight discoidal striga and
diffused curved postmedial line; cilia whitish with a brown line
near base; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with
brown, a blackish discoidal lunule; sinuous rather maculate
postmedial line and subterminal patches below apex and at discal
and submedian folds.

Hab. Brazit, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), type g in U.S. Nat. Mus.
Hep. 34 millim,

4213. Monodes castrensis. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 18.)
Lithacodia castrensis, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 161 (1904).

@. Head and thorax brown mixed with fuscous and grey, the
upper edge of patagia and metathoracic crest blackish, the tarsi
ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with grey, the
dorsal crest rufous. Fore wing pale brown irrorated with dark
red-brown; a large blue-black patch on antemedial area from
costa to submedian fold with a small blackish spot below it on vein 1
and a short black streak in submedian fold before the antemedial

502 NOCTUIDZ.

line, which is double, minutely waved, angled inwards on vein 1;
claviform represented by an oblique red-brown shade ; orbicular
very small, bar-shaped, pure white defined by black; reniform
oblique bar-shaped, angled slightly inwards on subcostal nervure,
its centre blue-black mixed with grey and defined by grey at sides,
a chocolate-brown patch before it in cell and another beyond it
extending to the postmedial line ; an oblique black line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, except on
inner area, very obliquely excurved from costa to vein 5, then
inwardly oblique to vein 2 and erect to inner margin, a blue-black
and greyish patch beyond it on costal area with some small white
spots on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, diffused, pale,
strongly defined by black suffusion on inner side towards costa and
at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and below 4, angled inwards
to the postmedial line at discal fold, almost obsolete towards
tornus; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with blackish
and with white points at their extremities; cilia brown with
slight whitish lines at base and middle. Hind wing brown,
greyish towards base; cilia with a fine white line at base; the
underside whitish irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused
with brown, a black discoidal lunule, indistinet diffused oblique
medial line, and diffused waved postmedial line incurved below
vein 4.

Hab. Brazit, Sio Paulo (D. Jones), 1 9, Castro Parana. Hap.
24 miliim.

*4914, Monodes ecenicienta. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 19.)
Acronycta cenicienta, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xli. p. 407 (1897).

©. Head and thorax grey mixed with black; palpi blackish ;
tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen brownish grey. Fore
wing bluish grey irrorated with fuscous and suffused with fuscous
brown on basai and medial areas and before the subterminal line ;
the subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian feld,
defined by grey on outer side; the antemedial line oblique, double,
waved, filled in with grey; orbicular a small white spot defined
by blackish; reniform very indistinct, blackish, defined partially
by grey; the postmedial line defined on both sides by whitish, bent
outwards below costa to just beyond the renitorm, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved, and with a series of blackish points on the
veins beyond it; the subterminal line grey, excurved at vein 7,
angled inwards in discal fold and outwards at vein 4, then
incurved; a prominent series of small terminal black lunules.
Hind wing greyish white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ;
cilia white; the underside white irrorated with brown on costal
and terminal areas, a small black discoidal spot and curved {uscous
postmedial line obsolescent towards inner margin.

Hab. Ecvavor, Loja, type + @ in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 30 millim.

teh)

MONOPES. 50:

4215. Monodes stelligera. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 20.)
Microcelia stelligera, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxi. p. 224 (1894).

2. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with white and pale
yellow; palpi with white rings at extremities of joints; lower
part of frons and basal joint of antennez white; tarsi dark brown
ringed with white; abdomen dark brown mixed with whitish, the
ventral surface yellowish. Fore wing dark brown mixed with
grey-white ; subbasal line represented by small yellow spots below
costa and cell with another spot beyond them in cell, the ante-
medial line by small spots below costa and cell and on inner
margin; orbicular and reniform round yellow spots, the former
small, the latter moderate; postmedial line with small yellow spot
on costa, then represented by a double series of points and spot in
submedian fold, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, some points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
represented by small obliquely placed yellow spots on and below
costa, then by a series of points and an irregular mark at tornus,
the point below vein 7 nearer termen; a terminal series of points.
Hind wing pale brown with a golden gloss; the underside grey-
white irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal spot, rather diffused
curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parana (D. Jones), 1 2. Hap. 30 millim.

*4916. Monodes mesomela. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 21.)
Monodes mesomela, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. li. p. 236 (1907).

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous brown ; palpi black,
greyish at tips; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey
suffused with fuscous. Fore wing grey slightly tinged with
rufous and irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line represented by
black points below costa and cell; an incuryed black mark defined
by whitish on inner side on antemedial area from submedian fold
to inner margin; traces of an oblique waved whitish antemedial
line; clayiform represented by a diffused black streak; orbicular
and reniform small, whitish, incompletely defined by black, the
former tinged with yellowish, rather oblique elliptical, the latter
with fuscous Junule in centre, a quadrate black patch between
them; traces of a sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line indistinct, slightly defined by whitish on
outer side, bent. outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved to lower edge of reniform, some white points with black
streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish
defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side, with oblique black
streak beyond it below apex; a terminal series of small black
lunules defined by whitish on inner side; cilia fuscous and grey.
Hind wing white tinged with brown; a fine black terminal line;
cilia with a slight dark line near base; the underside irrorated

504 NOOTUIDE.

with brown, a black discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial
line.

Hab. Perv, Angasmarea, type tT ¢ in Coll. Dognin. up.
26 millim,

4217. Monodes cadema. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 22.)
Oligia cadema, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 118 (1898).

Q@. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some white, the
vertex of head and base of tegule tinged with ochreous; palpi
black, grey at tips; frons with lateral black bars; tarsi black
ringed with white; abdomen grey thickly irrorated with fuscous
brown, the basal crest blackish. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated
with black and suffused with dark brown to postmedial line and on
terminal area, the veins with blackish streaks ; subbasal line double
filled in with grey, waved, bent outwards at median nervure, from
costa to vein 1, antemedial line double filled in with grey, oblique,
waved; claviform defined by black above, elongate; orbicular very
small, elliptical, ochreous defined by black, a black streak from it
to reniform, which is grey defined by black, oblique elliptical; an
obliquely curved medial black line ; postmedial line double at costa,
then indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,
excurved to vein 5, then bent inwards to lower extremity of reni-
form, then strong, outwardly oblique, and slightly excurved at
vein 1, some faint grey marks beyond it on costa; an oblique
irregular greyish patch from apex; subterminal line indistinct,
grey slightly defined by diffused brown on inner side, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle, and bent outwards to tornus; a
blackish terminal line; cilia brown intersected with blackish.
Hind wing pure white; the veins towards termen tinged with
brown; the termen suffused with brown from apex to vein 2; a
black terminal ne except towards tornus ; cilia tinged with brown
and with series of slight dark spots; the underside with the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with black-brown, slight dark marks
on costal area at and beyond middle and at apex and in discal
fold beyond the cell, a small black discoidal spot and terminal series
of small lunules.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parana (D. Jones), 1 9. Hep. 30 millim.

4218, Monodes flaviorbis. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 23.)
Monedes fiaviorbis, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. li. p. 236 (1907).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with greyish; palpi with the
3rd joint fusecous; pectus and legs brown mixed with grey, the
tarsi with pale rings; abdomen reddish brown mixed with grey.
Fore wing red-brown slightly tinged with grey; subbasal line
indistinct, double, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line
double, waved, nearly erect; orbicular orange-yellow, defined by
blackish, rather quadrate; reniform with concave black and white

MONODES. 5) 0)5)

line on inner edge, some fuscous in upper and lower parts and two
white points at upper extremity; an oblique sinuous line from
lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line indistinctly
double, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, some slight pale points beyond it on costa; sub-
terminal line indistinct, yellowish, excurved below vein 7 and at
“middle: a series of white points at extremities of veins; cilia
fuscous mixed with grey and with fine white line at base. Hind
wing whitish suffused with brown, especially on terminal area ;
cilia with fine white line at base followed by a brown line; the
underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal
spct and curved postmedial line.

Hab. S.K. Purv, Carabaya, Oconeque, type f in Coll. Dognin,
Quinton, 1 g. H#xp. 26 millim.

4219. Monodes callopistrica, n. sp. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 24.)

2. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some pale rufous ;
abdomen dark brown, the anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface
whitish irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing pale rufous largely
suffused with red-brown and irrorated with black, leaving the area
just below costa and towards tornus pale rufous, the veins of medial
area and towards apex with pale streaks; subbasal line represented
by blackish spots below costa and cell defined by rufous on outer
side; antemedial line black defined by rufous on inner side, slightly
angled outwards below costa, then oblique, minutely waved ; an
oblique whitish streak from median nervure to medial line at
submedian fold, representing upper edge of claviform ; orbicular
and reniform with ochreous centres tinged with rufous and white
annuli, the former narrow, oblique V-shaped, open above, the latter
oblique lunulate, angled inwards on median nervure ; a minutely
waved oblique black medial line from lower angle of cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line black defined by ochreous on outer side,
bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to
vein 5, then oblique; subterminal line pale rufous defined on inner
side by blackish suffusion below costa and at middle, where it 1s
strongly excurved, angled inwards at discal fold; a fine black
terminal line; cilia rufous with a fine pale line at base. Hind
wing dark brown; cilia fuscous with a pale line at base; the
underside greyish thickly irrorated and suffused with brown, a
small black discoidal lunule and indistinct postmediai line.

Hab. Venzzurta, | 9 type; Br. Guiana, Potaro R. (Roberis),
12. xp. 28 millim.

*4220. Monodes acaste. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 25.)
Noctua acaste, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 568 (1869).
@. Head and thorax white mixed with bright rufous and dark

brown ; palpi with the extremities of Ist and 2nd joints white ;
frons with lateral white spots; antenna with the basal joint

506 NOCLUID@&.

white at tip; tibie and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen fuscous
brown with white segmental rings, the ventral surface irrorated
with white. Fore wing black-brown tinged with red and irrorated
with white especially on basal area; subbasal line white, from
costa to vein 1, forming a small annulus below the cell; antemedial
line strong, white, oblique, nearly straight ; the medial area with
the median nervure and vein 1 streaked with white; orbicular
defined by some white on inner side and above and an oblique
striga on outer side above median nervure; reniform defined by
white, narrow and constricted at middle, with short white streaks
frora it to postmedial line, which is white, slightly bent outwards
below costa and oblique below vein 4, with short white streaks
before and beyond it on inner area and some white points beyond
it on costa; subterminal line represented by a white mark from
vein 3 to tornus, angled inwards at submedian fold; a terminal
black line intersected by slight white streaks on the extremities of
the veins and cilia, which latter are chequered brown and white at
tips. Hind wing fuscous with a greyish tinge; a blackish discoidal
spot; cilia with white line at base and white tips, except at apex,
with some brown spots on them; the underside white, the basal,
costal, and terminal areas fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot and
curved minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Vunuzunta; Prrv, 8. Domingo (Ockenden) in Coll. Druce.
Ep. 32 millim.

*4921. Monodes langia.

Callopistria langia, Druce, P. Z. 8. 1890, p. 518; id. Biol. Centr.-Am.,
Het. ii. p. 502, pl. 96. f. 7.

Head and thorax red-brown; antenne and legs dark brown;
abdomen grey-brown with the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing red-
brown; subbasal line represented by dark striz from costa and
cell; antemedial line dark, defined on each side by white except at
costa; medial area white below submedian fold; claviform defined
by black; orbicular and reniform defined by white, the former
triangular; postmedial line black defined by white on inner side,
slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique to discal fold, then
incurved, the white on its inner side confluent with the white
defining the reniform above and below, some white points beyond
it on costa, an oblique white fascia from apex to the angle of post-
medial line; subterminal line defined by dark suffusion on inner
side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to
tornus; a terminal series of black points; cilia pale. Hind wing
brown, the terminal area darker; a dark discoidal lunule; cilia

ale.

Hab. Panama, Chiriqui. Hap. 24 millim. This species is un-
known to me; the head and thorax are white in the figure.

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4222. Monodes bastula. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 26.)
Semiphora bastula, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 102 (1906).

Head and thorax red-brown, the tegule slightly tipped with
whitish; pectus and legs fuscous brown, the tarsi ringed with
white; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore
wing red-brown; subbasal line indistinct, double filled in with
whitish, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line indistinct,
waved, oblique, defined by whitish on inner side at costa and with
slight black streaks before it on the veins; orbicular and reniform
slightly defined by black, the former with incomplete white annulus,
round, the latter with its lower part filled in with black and two
white points at upper extremity ; an indistinct waved medial line,
oblique from costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial line double,
filled in with whitish towards costa, strongly bent outwards below
costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some fuscous
suffusion and white points beyond it on costa; an indistinct pale
subterminal line slightly defined on inner side by fuscous suffusion,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle and incurved at discal and
submedian folds; the veins at termen with minute dark streaks and
white points at their extremities. Hind wing dark cupreous brown ;
cilia whitish, brown at apex and with brown line through them ;
the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas thickly irrorated
me brown, a blackish discoidal spot and sinuous waved postmedial
ine.

®. Hind wing more suffused with fuscous.

Hab, Braztt, Castro Parana in Coll. D. Jones. Hep. 26 millim.

Subsp. 1. Hind wing white with dark discoidal spot, the terminal
area suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Peru, Limbani (Ockenden), 1 g , Agualani (Ockenden),3 3,
Carabaya.

*4993, Monodes tenebrosa. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 27.)
Monodes tenebrosa, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. li. p. 237 (1907).

g. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with some dark
brown; palpi blackish except at extremity of 2nd joint; antenne
blackish ; tegula with diffused blackish line towards tips; tarsi
blackish with pale rings; abdomen dark greyish brown, the basal
crest rufous, the genital tufts whitish. Fore wing red-brown
tinged with greyish and suffused in parts with dark brown especially
on antemedial area and on postmedial costal area; subbasal line
double filled in with whitish and curved towards costa, black and
curved from cell to vein 1; antemedial line indistinctly double,
waved, oblique, filled in with whitish at costa; claviform rufous
defined by black and with some rufous in centre ; orbicular with
fuscous centre and pale annulus defined by black except above,

508 NOCTUIDZ.

oblique elliptical ; reniform fuscous defined by black at sides, some-
what constricted at middle and with black streak from it to post-
medial line ; a slight oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to
inner margin; postmedial line indistinctly double, filled in with
whitish at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa and with some
white scales beyond it, then minutely dentate with white points
beyond it on the veins, slightly angled inwards in discal fold and
incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub-
terminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by small dentate
black marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, a short black
streak beyond it in discal fold; a terminal series of black striz ;
cilia rufous intersected with blackish. Hind wing fuscous brown
with a slight reddish tinge; cilia pale brown with a fine pale line
at base; the underside greyish, almost wholly suffused and irrorated
with dark reddish brown, a dark discoidal spot, diffused curved
postmedial line, and fine black terminal line.

Hab. §.K. Purv, Carabaya, S. Domingo, type fT din Coll. Dognin.
Kap. 34 millim.

4224, Monodes stygiata, n. sp. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 28.)

2. Head and tegule red-brown; thorax fuscous black ; pectus
and legs fuscous and grey, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen
fuscous, ventrally whitish. Fore wing grey-brown suffused with
fuscous on basal area and costal half to subterminal line; subbasal
line represented by small black marks below costa and cell; ante-
medial line double filled in with grey, oblique, waved; orbicular
and reniform defined by black, the former round, the latter rather
constricted at middle; a rather diffused oblique black medial line
bent inwards to costa; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer
side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved,
with short black streaks beyond it on the veins, a black streak to
subterminal line below vein 5 and some white points on costa ;
subterminal line very indistinct, pale, slightly defined on inner side
by fuscous suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a
terminal series of slight black striz; a fine pale line at base of
cilia. Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscous brown, the terminal
area darker; a fine pale line at base of cilia; the underside white
irrorated with fuscous brown, a black discoidal spot, diffused inter-
rupted postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band with dark
patch at discal fold.

Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (foster), 12 type. xp. 30 millim.

4225. Monodes hemassa, n. sp. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 29.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with brown; palpi
blackish, pale at tips; frons with black bar; tegule rufous with
slight dark medial line; tarsi fuscous with pale rings. Fore wing
grey tinged with purple and with slight dark irroration; a black

MONODES. 509

point at base; subbasal line double at costa, excurved below costa
and ending at submedian fold, with some black scales beyond it
above vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, with black points on it,
twice angled outwards below costa and in submedian interspace,
incurved between those points, angled inwards on vein 1 and
excurved above inner margin; orbicular very indistinct, with faint
pale annulus, round; reniform wlth faint pale annulus and black
points on its outer edge and more prominent point on inner side of
lower part; postmedial line blackish, indistinct, interrupted,
minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, then with series of
prominent black points beyond it on the veins, incurved below
vein 4, a series of alternating white and rufous streaks beyond it
on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, brown with white
points beyond it on the veins, somewhat excurved below vein 7
and at middle; a terminal series of small black spots defined by
slight pale lunules. Hind wing pale reddish brown; cilia white
at tips; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated
with fuscous, a black discoidal spot, rather diffused minutely
waved postmedial line, and terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab, Cupa, Santiago (Schaus), 2 3 type, Baracoa (Schaus), 43,
19. ep. 30 millim.

*4296,. Monodes miochroa. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 30.)
Monodes miochroa, 1). Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 160.

3. Head and thorax greyish ochreous mixed with black-brown ;
palpi blackish ; frons with lateral black bars above; tegule pale
ochreous with dark tips; legs blackish, the tarsi ringed with
white; abdomen whitish suffused and irrorated with brown
leaving pale segrmental lines, the dorsal crest blackish. Fore
wing brown largely suffused with fuscous; subbasal line repre-
sented by double black striz from costa and cell filled in with pale
trown ; antemedial line double filled in with pale brown, somewhat
oblique and angled inwards on vein 1; claviform represented by
a small reddish-brown mark with triangular black spot at its
extremity ; orbicular narrow, rufous defined by prominent oblique
black bars at sides; reniform hardly traceable, with an oblique
rufous bar on inner side; postmedial line defined by greyish on
outer side from costa to vein 6, then by white, strongly bent out-
wards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to white
points on the veins, incurved below vein 4,some pale points beyond
it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined by fuscous
suffusion on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then
with oblique whitish striga to tornus; some whitish points on
termen at the veins; cilia fuscous with fine whitish line at base.
Hind wing white tinged with brown; a black discoidal spot; an
indistinct minutely waved sinuous postmedial line; the terminal
area suffused with brown from apex to vein 5 and at submedian
fold ; a dark terminal line; cilia whitish with a dark line through

510 NOCTUID®.

them ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas to vein 3
irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal lunule, postmedial waved
line excurved below costa and incurved below vein 3, and terminal
series of small black lunules.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parafia, type fin Coll. D. Jones. Lp.
24 millim.

4227. Monodes grata.

Elaphria grata, Hibn. Zitr. p. 16, ff.'71, 72 (1827); Smith, Cat. Noct. N.
Am. p. 151.

Hadena rasilis, Morr. Proc, Post. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 158 (1874). -

Atethmia subusta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 290 (part., nec Hibn.).

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with grey; tegulee
with whitish line near tips. Fore wing red-brown irrorated with
grey and fuscous, the veins with slight black streaks ; subbasal
line defined by white on inner side, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line double filled in with white, oblique, slightly bent
inwards to inner margin; orbicular and reniform with black centres
and white annuli, the former small, round, the latter narrow and
strongly constricted at middle; a faint diffused obliquely curved
medial line; postmedial line defined by white on outer side,
excurved from below costa to vein 5, then incurved, some whitish
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale defined by fuscous
suffusion on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and
bent outwards to tornus; a series of minute white points at the
extremities of the veins. Hind wing yellowish white tinged with
brown especially on terminal area from apex to vein 2; cilia with
a fine white line at base: the underside white irrorated with
reddish brown, a black discoidal spot and indistinct diffused post-
medial line and subterminal band.

Hab. U.S.A., Maryland, Florida, Kansas, Mississippi, 2 ¢,19,
Texas; Mexico, Jalapa (7rujillo), 13,12; Panama, Chiriqui
(Champion), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hep. 26 millim.

Larva. Head shining pale brown with a curved vertical black
band on each lobe. Body robust, joints 5 and 12 enlarged ;
obscure brown, mottled with darker; a narrow white dorsal line ;
a white subdorsal speck on joint 5and a brown one on 6; a slender
waved black lateral line, outlining the substigmatel band above.—

Ge D:

4228. Monodes stenonephra, n. sp. (Plate CXXXYV. fig. 31.)

_ Perigea concisa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 481 (part., nee W1k.).

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; palpi black,
whitish at tips; pectus and legs fuscous grey, the tarsi with slight

pale rings. . Fore wing grey irrorated with fuscous, the terminal
area tinged with reddish brown; subbasal line represented by

MONODES. LIL

slight double dark stria from costa and cell; antemedial line in-
distinct, double filled in with grey, oblique to median nervure, then
sinuous ; orbicular a minute pale annulus with black centre, round ;
reniform very narrow and constricted at middle, with fuscous
centre and pale annulus slightly defined by black; a diffused curved
medial shade ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent
outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, with slight
blackish points beyond it on the veins and pale points on costa ;
subterminal line very indistinct, whitish, somewhat excurved below
vein 7 and at middle; a slight blackish punctiform terminal line;
a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins,
costal area and terminal area to vein 2 tinged with brown; cilia
white with a slight brown line on apical half; the underside with
the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown and black, a
small black discoidal spot, curved postmedial line with minute
dark streaks on the veins, and terminal series of black points.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 3 type, Coatepec (Brooke), 1°,
Godman-Salvin Coll.; Sr. Vincent (1. H. Smith),1 3. Hp. 28-
30 millim.

4229. Monodes lentilinea, n. sp. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 32.)

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and irrrorated with
fuscous; palpi blackish, white at tips; pectus and legs fuscous and
grey, the tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen grey tinged with
brown. Fore wing grey irrorated with fuscous and tinged with
reddish brown especially on medial and terminal areas; subbasal
line represented by slight dark strice from costa and cell defined by
grey on outer side ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side,
oblique to median neryure, then sinuous; orbicular with fuscous
centre and faint pale annulus, very small, round; reniform very
narrow and constricted at middie, with white annulus and fuscous
irrorated centre; a very indistinct, diffused, obliquely curved medial
line; postmedial line indistinct, defined by whitish on outer side,
bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 6, with blackish
points beyond it on the veins; subterminal line whitish defined by
brown suffusion on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved
at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of small
black spots defined by slight grey lunules; cilia fuscous and grey.
Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with brown from apex
to vein 3; cilia white, tinged with brown on apical half; the
underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark dis-
coidal point, indistinct minutely waved postmedial line from costa
to vein 4, and terminal series of small black lunules on apical
half.

Hab. Braztt, 1 9, Sao Paulo (Jones), 1 S type; Paracuay,
Sapucay (foster), 1 9,4 2. Eup. 24-26 millim.

512 NOCTUID 2,

4230. Moncdes targa. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 1.)
Atethmia targa, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 115 (1898).

Head and thorax brownish white mixed with red-brown; palpi
red-brown, the extremity of 2nd joint pale; legs red-brown ;
abdomen white tinged with reddish brown. Fore wing violaceous
white suffused with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown ;
traces of a whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line double, brown filled in with white, slightly curved ;
orbicular absent; reniform defined by white, very narrow and
constricted at middle; a slight red-brown medial shade ; postmedial
line double, brown filled in with white, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 5, then incurved and touching lower extremity of
reniform, some whitish points beyond it on costa; a straight
whitish subterminal line from costa before apex to tornus ; cilia
with a fine white line at base. Hind wing pure semihyaline white,
the apex very slightly irrorated with fuscous: a fine dark terminal
line except towards tornus ; the underside with the costal area and
terminal area to vein 3 broadly irrorated with red-brown, a black
discoidal point.

Hab. Braz, Rio Janeiro, 5 g¢, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 1 ;
Paraeuay, Sapucay (Foster), 13,19; Aneenrina, Gran Chaco,
Florenzia (Wagner), 13,19. Hap. 22-28 millim.

4231. Monodes atrisigna, n. sp. (Plate CXXXVL. fig. 2.)

@. Head fuscous tinged with grey ; palpi black, whitish at tips;
tecule black at base; thorax white slightly tinged with brown and
with a few black scales; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen
white suffused with fuscous except at base. Fore wing white
thickly irrorated with cupreous brown, the terminal area suffused
with cupreous brown; subbasal line represented by a black point
on costa; antemedial line indistinct, interrupted, with some black
scales on it and a black point at costa, oblique, almost straight, with
traces of another line before it on inner area; a minute black striga
in submedian fold before the diffused brown medial line; orbicular
white with brownish centre, triangular, defined by black on inner
side and with oblong black patch on outer before the reniform,
which is small, rather constricted at middle with pale brown centre
and white annulus slightly defined by black on outer side, some
red-brown suffusion beyond it before the postmedial line, which is
white defined bv brown on inner side, oblique from costa to vein 6,
then erect, slightly sinuous, the whole area beyond it cupreous
brown ; an indistinct whitish subterminal line from costa to vein 3,
angled inwards below costa, then excurved and with shght black
streaks beyond it; a fine white line just before termen ; cilia white
mixed with brown and with slight brown lne through them.
Hind wing white with rather diffused terminai brown band and

MONODES. 513

dark terminal line from apex to submedian fold; the underside
with the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. Argentina, Gran Chaco, Florenzia (Wagner), 1 2 type,
Rioja (Giacomel), 1 9. Hxp. 26 millim.

4232. Monodes jonea. (Plate CXXXVL. fig. 3.)
Hadena jonea, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 101 (1906).

3. Head and thorax white mixed with some black scales, the
vertex of head and tegule tinged with rufous, the metathoracic
crest blackish ; palpi with brown patch at side of 2nd joint; frons
with brown bar; pectus tinged with rufous, the tarsi brown ringed
with white; abdomen white slightly irrorated with fuscous and
faintly tinged with brown. Fore wing white slightly irrorated with
fuscous, the basal and terminal areas tinged with brown; subbasal
line represented by rather diffused double blackish striz from costa
and single striga from cell ; antemedial line double, oblique, waved ;
orbicular and reniform white slightly defined by black, the former
round with slight brown centre, the latter elliptical with slight
dark suffusion in centre ; a medial brown shade from costa to median
nervure between the stigmata and a. diffused dark streak in sub-
median fold on medial area; postmedial line double filled in with
white, the outer line indistinct except at costa, bent outwards below
costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein +, then incurved,
some white points with black marks between them beyond it on
costa, an oblique dark mark from the outermost to excurved part of
postmedial line; an indistinct waved whitish subterminal line,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to tornus ;
a terminal series of blackish strize; cilia brownish white with series
of fuscous spots. Hind wing white, the apical area tinged with
brown narrowing to vein 2; a slight postmedial line from costa to
vein 6 and a fine terminal line except towards tornus; the under-
side with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small black
discoidal spot, the postmedial line rather diffused, waved, extending
to vein 4.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial shade replaced by two black
striz from costa, no streak on medial area; in female the basal and
terminal areas suffused with fuscous.—Castro Parajia.

Hab. Brazin, Rio Janeiro, 1 ¢, Castro Parana in Coll. D. Jones.
Exp. 32-84 millim.

4233. Monodes editha. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 4.)
Atethmia editha, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p- 115 (1898).

6. Head and thorax white mixed with cupreous brown ; abdo-
men white faintly tinged with ochreous and ventrally irrorated
with brown, the basal crest tipped with brown. Fore wing white
thickly irrorated with cupreous brown, the veins white ; subbasal
line represented by slight double brown ‘striz from costa and cell

VOL. VIII. 2 WL

514 NOCTUID-_T,

filled in with white; antemedial line double filled in with white,
oblique, straight ; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and
white annuli slightly defined by brown, the former erect, ellip-
tical, the latter oblique, elliptical ; postmedial line double filled in
with white, the inner line somewhat diffused, strongly bent outwards
below costa, then oblique, almost straight, some white points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line white slightly defined by
diffused brown on inner side, straight ; a terminal series of slight
brown lunules; cilia white. Hind wing pure white; the underside
with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, some blackish
points on termen from apex to vein 3.

Q@. Hind wing irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused
with brown; cilia with a dark line through apical half.

Hab. Brazit, Sio Paulo (D. Jones),3 ¢,1 9. Hxp. 28 millim.

4234, Monodes lithodia. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 5.)
Lustrotia lithodia, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxx. p. 154 (1904).

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with whitish; palpi
black, whitish at tips; tibiz and tarsi blackish ringed with white ;
abdomen fuscous brown mixed with whitish. Fore wing whitish
suffused in parts with cupreous brown and slightly irrorated with
black ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, double filled in with
whitish, oblique, sinuous, with brown patches before it on costa
and below submedian fold; orbicular represented by a slight
black bar on its outer edge; reniform a diffused whitish patch,
defined on inner side and below by blackish; traces of a waved
dark medial line from cell to inner margin with slight white marks
on it on and below median nervure; postmedial line indistinct,
double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, slightly
incurved at discal fold, incurved and minutely waved below vein 4,
a black mark beyond it in discal foid and some white points on
costa; subterminal line whitish, minutely waved, excurved at
middle, the area beyond it white suffused with grey; a terminal
series of small black lunules; cilia brown and whitish with two
slight dark lines at middle. Hind wing fuscous; a fine black
terminal line; cilia olive-brown, whitish at tips; the underside
white irrorated with purplish Snscors, a slight discoidal lunule and
minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. TRrrnipan, Cupane, Cia), I Qs Brazit, Sio Paulo C2:
Jones), 1 6,22. Hep. 22 millim. Type fin U. S. Nat. Mus.

#4235. Monodes thionaris. (Plate CXXXVL. fig. 6.)
Eustrotia thionaris, Schaus, Trans. Am, Ent, Soc. xxx. p. 155 (1904).
¢. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with some white;
pectus and legs whiter; tarsi dark brown ringed with white;
abdomen paie red-brown, ventrally whiter. Fore wing cupreous
brown ; subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa

MONODES. 15

and cell with some blackish suffusion beyond them; antemedial
line double, blackish, waved, strongly angled inwards on yein 1
and to inner margin; orbicular defined by a black bar on outer
edges, the reniform by black bars on inner and outer edges, and
slight white points at upper and lower extremities; a curved
blackish medial line with brown band on its outer edge; post-
medial line double, black, filled in with white towards costa,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then waved, incurved at discal
fold, bent inwards below vein 3 to near medial line, then erect to
inner margin, some white points and white irroration beyond it on
costa; subterminal line formed of rufous and whitish lunules
defined on inner side by black marks, with a wedge-shaped black
mark below vein 7 extending to near termen, incurved at discal
fold, slightly angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved; a
terminal series of small black lunules with white points on their
inner side and between them on the veins. Hind wing cupreous
brown with terminal series of small biack lunules defined by whitish
on inner side, a black spot at tornus with white bar above it; cilia
with fine white line and points at the veins at base; the underside
white irrorated with cupreous brown, the apical area suffused with
cupreous brown, an indistinct minutely waved postmedial line
incurved at submedian fold.

Hab. Brazit, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), type + 5 in US. Nat. Mus.
Eep. 34 millim.

*4936, Monodes virescens. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 7.)
Photedes virescens, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 156 (1904).

Head and thorax whitish tinged with grey-green and red-brown ;
palpi blackish at sides ; prothoracic crest brown; pectus and lees
whitish tinged with red-brown, the fore tarsi dark brown ; abdomen
whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing pale yellow-green, the
basal inner area whitish, the medial area whitish tinged with
rufous, the terminal area pale rufous from below apex to vein 2
leaving some green on termen; subbasal line represented by a
slight curved dark striga from costa; antemedial line fine, black,
oblique, slightly angled at subcostal nervure and bent inwards
between submedian fold and vein 1; orbicuiar absent ; reniform
represented by two small black spots with an oblique red-brown
patch from costa to the inner side of the upper spot; postmedial
line fine, blackish, defined by white on outer side towards costa,
obliquely incurved from costa to vein 6, then minutely dentate,
incuryed below vein 4, an oblique white fascia from apex to post-
medial line at vein 6, some short brown streaks on costa towards
apex; a diffused brownish subterminal line bounding the green
area, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved ; a terminal
series of slight black striz; cilia rufous. Hind wing whitish suf-
fused with pale red-brown; the underside whitish irrorated with
red-brown especially on costal area, a diffused brown mark on

2n 2

516 NOCTLUIDA.

middle of costa, a slight discoidal spot; postmedial line bent out-
wards below costa. then minutely waved, incurved below vein 2,
some small black lunules on apical part of termen.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parafia in Coll. D. Jones. Hap. 24 millim.

*4937. Monodes stenelea. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 8.)
Photedes stenelea, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 156 (1904).

3. Head and thorax dark brown; palpi blackish at sides ; pectus
and legs grey-brown, the tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen red-brown.
Fore wing dark brown, the apical area red-brown with oblique
inner edge from postmedial line to termen at vein 2; subbasal line
represented by a faint grey striga from costa; antemedial line
whitish with black points on its outer edge at the veins, sinuous,
oblique from costa to submedian fold, then erect ; orbicular absent ;
reniform very narrow and oblique, rufous defined by black, strongly
on inner side; postmedial line represented by an oblique white bar
from costa to vein 6 defined by blackish on outer side, then indistinct
and slightly defined by whitish on outer side, bent inwards to lower
extremity of reniform and sinuous to inner margin; an indistinct
whitish subterminal line oblique towards costa, excurved at middle
and bent outwards to tornus ; some black points on termen ; cilia
black-brown intersected with rufous, wholly rufous at apex, Hind
wing pale reddish suffused with brown especially on terminal area ;
a faint discoidal spot and slight dark terminal line; the underside
paler with dark discoidal spot.

Hab. Brazit, Séo Paulo in Coll. D. Jones. Hep. 20 millim.

4238. Monodes costipuncta. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 9.)
Photedes costipuncta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p- 156 (1904).

¢. Head pale purplish, the palpi with black marks at side of
2nd joint, the frons with lateral black bars; thorax grey-white
tinged with greenish and mixed with purplish brown; pectus
whitish ; legs pale purplish mixed with black, the tarsi black ringed
with white; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous, the basal crest
tipped with black. Fore wing greyish suffused with pale olive-
green, some fuscous suffusion on antemedial area from cell to inner
margin, the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with black ;
subbasal line black slightly defined by white on outer side, curved,
from costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in
with whitish, minutely waved, oblique from costa to just below
cell, then erect; orbicular and reniform grey with slight white
annuli defined by a few dark scales, the former oblique elliptical ;
an oblique wedge-shaped black patch from costa to between the
stigmata, 1ts extremity bent outwards as a streak on median nervure
below the reniform; an indistinct oblique sinuous line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line slightly defined by
whitish on outer side, bent outward below costa, excurved to yein 4,

MONODES. j HIT

then incurved, some white points with slight brown streaks between
them beyond it on costa ; an indistinct pale subterminal line defined
on inner side by fiery red suffusion except towards costa, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to tornus and with
a black patch beyond it in submedian interspace ; a terminal series
of slight dark lunules; cilia dark brown. Hind wing whitish
tinged with brown, the veins and apical area suffused with brown;
a brown terminal line; cilia whitish with a slight brown line
through them. Underside of both wings with the costal area
tinged with purple and irrorated with black; hind wing with black
discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line, and terminal series of black
lunules.

Hub. Braztt, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 2 3. Exp. 24 millim.

*4239. Monodes ditrigona. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 10.)
Monodes ditrigona, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 162.

3S. Head and tegule deep rufous; thorax silvery white; fore
and hind legs rufous, the tibiz suffused with dark brown ; abdomen
brownish white, the basal crest rufous. Fore wing silvery white
faintly tinged with rufous and with slight dark irroration; an
oblique triangular black-brown patch on base of costa with sinuous
edges, its apex on median nervure before middle where it expands
into a small triangular mark, with traces of the oblique waved
antemedial line from it to inner margin; claviform represented
by a slight curved black mark defining its extremity; orbicular
triangular, defined slightly by black, open below ; reniform defined
on inner side by a fine black bar with oblique wedge-shaped black-
brown patch from costa to its upper extremity ; postmedial line
very indistinct, double, strongly bent outwards towards costa,
then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then bent inwards to
lower angle of cell; faint traees of a whitish subterminal line
excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of minute
black points. Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal
area tinged with rufous, a small discoidal spot, traces of a post-
medial line from costa to vein 7 and series of minute points on the
veins, a terminal series of points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Grazit, Castro Paraiia, type t ¢ in Coll. D. Jones. Exp.

32 millim.

Secor. IV. Antenne of male laminate; thorax with the crests large.

*49240, Monodes bucephalina.
Axylia bucephalina, Mab. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ix. p. 63 (1885); id. N.
Arch. Mus. (3) 1. p. 151, pl. xi. f. 10.

¢. Head and thorax clothed with ochreous grey and fuscous
black scales; pectus, legs, and abdomen ochrcous, the last with

518 NOCTUIDA.

fuscous black and grey crest at base. Fore wing fuscous black
irrorated with grey ; some ochreous at base of inner margin; the
antemedial line black, obsolete except from submedian fold to inner
margin, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner
margin ; the postmedial line arising at middle of costa, sinuous
and oblique to vein 2 where it emits a streak to termen, then
retracted to join the antemedial line in submedian fold and again

Fig. 189.—Monodes bucephalina, 3.

angled outavards at vein 1; the apical area down to vein 2 buff,
with a triangular grey white-streaked patch on costa defined by an
oblique blackish line on inner side; a short black streak before
termen above vein 4, a more prominent one above vein 2 and a fine
streak on vein 1. Hind wing yellowish white, the inner area and
termen yellower, some fuscous suffusion near tornus.

Hab. Pavagonta, Santa Cruz, type fT ¢ in Mus. Paris. Lup. 30
millim.

Genus NEOMILICHIA, nov.

Type, NV. hylea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons with slight
rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded ;
antennz of male ciliated; build slender; head and thorax clothed chiefly with
scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibia moderately fringed
with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex
rectangular, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper
angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Scr. I. Hind tibiz of male greatly dilated and rather flattened and grooved,
the spurs short, the inner spurs dilated.

4241. Neomilichia caternaulti.
Perigea caternaultii, Guen. Noct. i. p. 233 (1852).
Celena fervens, Wik. x. 266 (1836).
Celena fuscata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1879, p. 25.
Celena dentilineata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1879, p. 24.

Head and thorax red-brown slightly tinged with grey; palpi
with pale rings at extremities of joints; lower part of frons white ;

NEOMILICHIA. 519

pectus and legs whitish, fore legs suffused with brown, hind tibiz
irrorated with brown and with dark spots near base and extremity
and on spurs, the tarsi with dark bands; abdomen ochreous white
dorsally suffused with brown, ventrally irrorated with brown. Fore
wing brown suffused with purple and slightly irrorated with greyish;
subbasal line represented by slight double dark striz from costa;
antemedial line very indistinct, double at costa, oblique to submedian

Fig. 140.—-Neomilichia caternaulti, 3. 3.

fold, then erect ; orbicular with traces of a dark annulus, round; reni-
form small with rufous centre and indistinct diffused black outline
obscured by the diffused medial line, which is oblique from costa to
lower angle of cell, then incurved ; postmedial line double filled in
with greyish, the outer line indistinct except at costa and with
series of black points on it, bent outwards below costa, slightly
incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some pale points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined by dark suffusion on
its inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and slightly
dentate at middle; a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia
with series of minute white points at base. Hind wing white with
terminal brown band from apex to vein 2, in female wholly tinged
with brown, the terminal area darker ; cilia yellowish white; the
underside white, the costal and terminal areas, except towards
tornus, tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal point, postmedial sinuous line with minute dark streaks
on the veins, and terminal series of small black lunules.

Ab. 1. fuscata. Fore wing with inverted comma-shaped white
mark in centre of reniform.

Hab. Vennzueta (Dyson), 1 2 type fervens; Br. Guiana, Rock-
stone (Kaye), 1 2; Brazit, Amazons, R. Madeira, Statoro (7’rail),
29, R. Negro, Marapata (Zruil), 1 3 type fuscata, R. Jutahi
(Trail), 1 9, RK. Purus, Paricatuba (Trail), 1 Q type dentilineata.
Exp. 22-28 millim.

Sucr. IT. Hind tibix of male with the inner spurs very long.
4242. Neomilichia hylea.
Noctua hylea, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 48, pl. 312. f. E (1782).

Head and thorax yellow tinged with rufous and mixed with
brown ; sides of palpi and frons brown; fore legs brown ; abdomen

520 NOCIUIDE.

yellowish white tinged with brown. Fore wing yellow irrorated
with red, with diffused oblique reddish-brown bands from costa to
median nervure before antemedial line and at middle and a wedge-
shaped patch from lower angle of cell to apex and tornus; sub-
basal line indistinct, red, from costa to submedial fold ; antemedial
line blackish, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular
with faint yellowish annulus, round; reniform a rather narrow

Fig. 141.—Neomilichiahylea, S. 3.

yellow lunule with its centre defined by red and with white striga
at lower angle of cell; postmedial line brown slightly defined by
yellow on outer side and with yellow spot at costa, strongly bent
outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to dark
streaks on the veins, strongly incurved below vein 4, some yellowish
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line dark red-brown, rather
diffused, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, 2 and incurved at
discal and submedian folds; a dark brown terminal line; cilia
brown. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown
from apex to vein 2; the underside white, tho costal area irrorated
with rufous, a slight discoidal spot and rather diffused postmedial
line from costa to vein 2.

Hab. Surinam; Brazit, Amazons, Cararaucu (Zrail),1 3, Ma-
naos (Trail), 1 2. Hap. 22 millim.

Sror. III. Hind tibiz of male normal.

4243. Neomilichia veprecola.

Protheodes veprecola, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 406 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p. 319. ‘

Head and thorax red-brown, slightly mixed with greyish and
fuscous ; palpi blackish except at tips; pectus and legs greyish
suffused with fuscous; abdomen red-brown. Fore wing red-brown
mixed with whitish and some fuscous; subbasal line represented
by a slight pale striga from costa; antemedial line double, brown
filled in with whitish, waved, angled inwards in cell and on vein 1;
orbicular and reniform with rufous centres and whitish annuli
defined by blackish, the former round ; postmedial line double filled

NEOMILICHIA.—HADJINA. alt

in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved
at discal fold and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line whitish,
rather diffused, slightly angled inwards at discal and submedian
folds: a terminal series of black points; cilia brown and whitish, a

Fig. 142.—Neomilichia veprecola, ¢.

fuscous line near base. Hind wing whitish suffused with red-
brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown except on inner
area.

Hab. Bompay, Kutch, 2 2, Poona (Swinhoe), 7 3,7 @ type ;
Mapras, Cuddapah (Campbell), 19. Exp. 20-22 millim.

Genus HADJINA. Tope
JECT, ECs LUPE, TN, Os AKO CUS) coogocsasdnsssseooonebocaancoacee lutosa.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint slender, reaching
vertex of head and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd short ; frons
smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennx of male tynically ciliated ; build slender;
head and thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the pro- and meta-
thorax with spreading crests; legs moderately fringed with hair; abdomen
with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing rather short and broad, the apex
rounded, the termen evenly curved and very slightly crenulate ; veins 8 and 5
from near angle of cell; 6from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell; 5 obsolescent from well below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly
stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Antenna of male laminate.

4244, Hadjina radiata.
Caradrina radiata, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 120.

6. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed
with black ; palpi and frons blackish at sides; tegule with slight
dark medial line; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen greyish
suffused with brown, the basal crest black. Fore wing ochreous
tinged with rufous and suffused in parts with black especially in and
just below cell and on terminal area, the costal area irrorated with
grey, the veins slightly streaked with black; subbasal line repre-
sented by double black strive from costa and cell; antemedial line
indistinct, double, oblique, waved ; claviform narrow, defined by
black at extremity only ; orbicular and renitorm with pale annuli

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922

NOCTUID A.

defined by black and their centres incompletely defined by black,
the former oblique elliptical, the latter slightly angled inwards on
median nervure ; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to
lower angle of cell, then waved ; postmedial line rather indistinct,
double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique, minutely
waved and produced to black and white points on the veins, some

Fig. 143.—Hadjina radiata, 8. }.

pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a
series of faint pale marks in the interspaces with fuscous suffusion
before and beyond them ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing whitish suffused with
reddish brown ; an indistinct dark discoidal spot, fine terminal line
and fine pale line at base of cilia; the underside whitish tinged
with red-brown and irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot,
rather diffused postmedial line, and terminal series of small black
lunules.

Hab. W. Curna, Pu-tsu-fang, 3 g type. Exp. 36-40 millim.

Secr. IT, Antenne of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular rounded,
a, Fore wing with the medial line indistinct or absent.
a’. Fore wing not suffused with fiery red.
a*, Hind wing wholly tinged with brown.
a. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with
white

ceases cieicite attarccloealauitaa taste auc EU eee aE ea eER ER biguttula,
%3, Fore wing with the reniform not filled in
with white.
a‘, Fore wing with dark streaks in interspaces
of terminal area.
a, Fore wing with wedge-shaped rufous
marks on terminal area .................. carcaroda.
6°. Fore wing without wedge-shaped rufous
marks on terminal area .................. illustrata,
d', Fore wing without dark streaks in inter-
spaces of terminal area.
a. Hind wing not ochreous.
a’, Fore wing with the inner area ecupreous
Med case saasiwtises sealstoecehece aeaars eee cupreipennis.

26, Fore wing with the inner area not
cupreous red.
a’, Fore wing without blackish mark in
lower part of cell between orbicular
and reniform.

a8. Fore wing purplish red-brown... chinensis.

HADJINA. 523

a. Fore wing fuscous brown.
a, Fore wing with the reniform

NATUUGTS) deer roe snaeogennadadasoncnees vichti.
6°. Fore wing with the reniform
(AEE 7occonocdadsoosqcoodoscHnboane S000 cinered.

c8, Fore wing reddish ochreous irro-
rated with brown.
a, Fore wing with the postmedial
line defined by whitish on
OUMUGP GIGI cocoanccooddacnscecoces Lutosa.
b°, Fore wing with the postmedial
line defined by whitish on
IMOGIP SCI odocqncecosascodcnancce beata.
6°, Fore wing with blackish mark in
lower part of cell between orbicular
eynGl TReLMMKOVATN secoococeaucnnodecoos00000 atrinota.
+°, Hind wing ochreous tinged with brown. modestissima.
4°, Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused
with brown.
a’. Fore wing with the subterminal line ex-
curved at middle.
a‘, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique
below vein 4 ........ Ueldasmastonuntaes aaheeeoeaee viscosa.
b4, Fore wing with the postmedial line evenly
curved from costa to inner margin......... palestinensis.
63. Fore wing with the subterminal line not
excurved at middle

Boa canddonEepdnopAdedoadouades poliastis.
b'. Fore wing suffused with fiery red.
a>. Kore wing with the reniform not fllled in with
RULOTIG gat wan bescke Sa Rear Ee BeOS Socee Cena Mi emeEn te Serrvugined.
b?, Fore wing with the reniform filled in with
WIN C Weanaseciotunerenes ceases eiscnticesaccs oaneancavete pyroxantha.
6, Fore wing with prominent rather diffused dark
mane diallMline remem emerec ae rete acecacescue sce tearentecnete grisea.
B. Fore wing with the orbicular very oblique and pro-
duced at lower extremity, large ..................00+s0000 pallida.

4245. Hadjina biguttula. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 11.)
Mamestra biguttula, Motsch. Bull. Mose, xxxix. i. p. 194 (1866).

Head and thorax very pale red; abdomen greyish tinged with
pale red. Fore wing pale red very slightly irrorated with black ;
antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with whitish, waved,
somewhat oblique ; orbicular and reniform white slightly defined by
brown, the former small, round, the latter constricted at middle ;
postmedial line very indistinct, with white point at costa, then
defined on outer side by some white scales and more distinctly
defined by white towards inner margin, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line very indistinct, defined by whitish on outer
side towards costa and inner margin, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle ; cilia with series of slight fuscous spots at tips. Hind wing
ochreous white suffused with pale brown; the underside grey-
white, the costal and terminal areas suffused and irrorated with

a24 NOCTUID @.

pale red, a slight dark discoidal lunule and diffused sinuous post-
medial line.

Hab. Japan, Tsuruga (Leech), 1 2, Tokio (Maries), 1 9, Yoko-
hama (Fenton, Pryer), 3 3,2 23; Corus, Gensan (/to), 1 $3. Hap.
28-36 millim.

*4246. Hadjina carcaroda. (Plate CXX XVI. fig. 12.)
Xanthoptera carcaroda, Dist. Entom. 1901, p. 284.

©. Black-brown. Fore wing with indistinct grey dentate ante-
medial linc; claviform and orbicular faintly defined by grey, the
latter round; reniform faintly outlined with grey and constricted
at middle; a very highly dentate indistinct grey postmedial line,
bent outwards below costa, and inwards below vein 3; the inter-
spaces streaked with black, on terminal area defining obscure
irregular dentate rufous marks longer below veins 5 and 6; a ter-
minal series of black striz. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia
grey at tips; the underside grey, thickly mottled with brown, a
discoidal spot and sinuous dentate postmedial line.

Hab. Transvaat, Lydenburg, type 2 in Coll. Distant. Exp.
30 millim.

*4247, Hadjina illustrata.
Caradrina illustrata, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 256; id. Rom. Méin.
vi. p. 489, pl. 8. f. 11.; id. Cat. Lép. pal. p. 198.
Segetia albopicta, Gries. Berl. ent. Zeit. xxxvul. p..226 (1892); Staud. Cat.
Lep. pal. p. 170.

©. Head and thorax cupreous red-brown mixed with white and
blackish ; pectus and legs blackish, the tarsi ringed with white ;
abdomen grey suffused with brown, the ventral surface blackish
irrorated with white. Fore wing with the cell and costal area
deep cupreous red-brown irrorated with a few. white scales, the
inner and postmedial areas pale rufous, the terminal area cupreous
brown suffused with black, the veins with dark streaks, the inter-
spaces of terminal area with red-brown streaks, above vein 3
extending to the cell; subbasal line very faint, white, from costa
to median nervure; traces of a white antemedial line, bent inwards
on subcostal nervure, then oblique, waved ; orbicular with slight
white annulus and whitish centre, small, round ; reniform with white
centre, its lower part defined by a black and white annulus incom-
plete above, strongly constricted at middle; postmedial line repre-
sented by a series of white points on the veins, bent outwards below
costa and oblique below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line absent ; cilia black with series of minute
white streaks at base. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the
terminal area darker from apex to vein 2, the veins of terminal
area with dark streaks; a black terminal line; cilia white mixed
with blackish ; the underside whitish, the costal area tinged with

925

HADJINA.

rufous, the terminal area with fuscous from apex to vein 2, a dark
discoidal point.

Hab. EH. Stperta, Amurland, Ussuri in Coll. Pungeler. Lup.
32 millim.

4248. Hadjina cupreipennis. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 13.)

Tlattia cupreipennis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 112 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.
ii. p. 251.

Head and thorax fiery red mixed with dark brown and some
grey ; abdomen dark brown. Fore wing deep cupreous red shading
to brown mixed with grey on costal and terminal areas; subbasal
line represented by a slight dark striga from costa ; antemcdial line
very indistinct, waved ; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform
whitish irrorated with brown and very faintly defined by brown, the
former round, the latter somewhat quadrate; postmedial line very
indistinct, dark, bent outwards below costa; then produced to dark
streaks with grey points on them on the veins, incurved below vein 4 ;
hardly a trace of the subterminal line; a fine punctiform black
terminal line. Hind wing glossy yellowish brown; a fine dark
terminal line and slight pale line at base of cilia; the underside
pale tinged with red and thickly irrorated with brown, a small
black discoidal lunule and traces of curved postmedial line.

Hab. Ponsas, Murree (Harford), 1 9; Stxumm, 2 g, 3 ae type.
Exp. 30-36 millim.

4249. Hadjina chinensis.

Perigea chinensis, Wilgrn. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 169 (1860).

Segetia mandarina, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 482, pl. ix. f. 4 (1892); id.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170.

Segetia sarepte, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. xxxii. p. 850 (1888), nec Guen.

Amyna pulverea, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 114.

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with purple-brown ; palpi and
sides of frons blackish ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen
greyish ochreous suffused with brown. Fore wing purplish red-
brown irrorated with grey, the veins with slight dark streaks ; sub-
basal line purple-brown defined by whitish on outer side, from costa
to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with
whitish, slightly waved; claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform
with diffused whitish annuli, undefined, the former small, rather
constricted at middle, the latter slightly angled inwards on median
neryure and with dark point on its lower edge; postmedial line
defined by whitish scales on outer side and with prominent white
striga from costa, bent outwards below costa, then produced to
short dark streaks with white points on them on the veins, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa;
subterminal line white defined ie dceper brown on inner side,
slightly angled RULER at vein 7 and excurved at middle; the

526 NOCTUID 2.

termen with series of white points at extremities of veins with faint
dark striz between them. Hind wing pale cupreous brown; the cilia
white tinged with cupreous brown; the underside grey tinged and
irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line,
and traces of diffused subterminal line.

Hab. KE. Srperia, Amurland, 2 ¢, Ussuri; Corza; N. Cuina;
Centr. Cartna, Ichang (Hobson), 19; W.Crtna, Ni-tou, 1¢, Omei-
shan, 1 9, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 29 . Moupin (Aricheldorff’), 2 3 type
pulverea ; Kasumrr, Scinde Valley (Leech), 13,19, Goorais Valley
(Leech), 19; Punsas, Simla (Harford), 23,19, Murree (Harford),
lo. ep. 26-32 millim.

*4250. Hadjina vichti. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 14.)
Amphipyra wichti, Hirschke, Jahresber. Wien. ent. Ver. 1903, p. 41, pl. i.
yee

6. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with grey ; tarsi black
ringed with white; abdomen grey irrorated with fuscous, the basal
crest blackish at tip. Fore wing black-brown irrorated with grey ;
subbasal line represented by double black striz filled in with
whitish from costa and cell; antemedial line black defined by
whitish on inner side, strongly excurved in submedian interspace
and excurved at vein 1; orbicular with whitish annulus defined by
black, round; reniform whitish irrorated with fuscous and with
waved black outline constricted at middle; postmedial line black
defined by whitish on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then
dentate and produced to white points on the veins, incurved below
vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
much interrupted, white defined on inner side by very slight dentate
black marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at
middle; a fine terminal black line; cilia with a series of white
points at base. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, the
terminal area fuscous; cilia whitish with a fuscous line through
them ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a diffused dark
postmedial line and diffused subterminal band.

Hiab. Spain, Murcia, type t ¢ in Coll. Pingeler. wp. 34
millim.

4251. Hadjina cinerea, n. sp. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 15.)

3. Head and tegule pale fulvous ; thorax dark brown mixed with
grey anda few black scales; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey-
brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing dark brown suffused
with grey and irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by
a slight grey striga from costa; antemedial line very ill-defined,
grey, diffused, waved; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform
grey irrorated with black, undefined, the former round, the latter
somewhat constricted at middle; postmedial line very ill-defined,
grey, diffused, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;
subterminal line very indistinct, grey faintly diffused by blackish on

HADJINA, DoF
inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series
of slight black points. Hind wing silky fuscous grey, the cilia
slightly paler with a faint black discoidal spot and traces of post-
medial line.

Hab. Stxur, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 $type. Ewvp. 26 millim.

4252. Hadjina lutosa.

Hadjina lutosa, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 286, pl. 4. f. 1 (1891); id. Cat. Lep. pal.
p. 170.

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with bright rufous; tarsi brown
ringed with white; abdomen ochreous tinged with brown. Fore
wing reddish ochreous thickly irrorated with red-brown; a slight
waved subbasal brown line from costa to submedian fold; a waved
brown antemedial line, angled inwards on vein 1, then strongly
excurved ; claviform small, slightly defined by brown; orbicular
yellowish defined by brown, round; reniform indistinct, defined by

Fig. 144.— Hadjina lutosa, G. +

brown, its centre also defined by brown, constricted at middle; a
diffused brown medial shade ; postmedial line brown slightly defined
by yellowish on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,
oblique below vein 4, some ochreous points beyond it on costa;
subterminal line yellowish defined on inner side by brown suffusion,
excuryed below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of minute
brown lunules. Hind wing ochreous suffused with reddish brown
especially on terminal area ; traces of a discoidal point, punctiform
postmedial line and diffused subterminal line; the underside paler
thickly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and rather
diffused slightly sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Greyer, irrorated and suffused with fuscous.— Taurus.

Hab. Asta Miyor, Taurus, 1¢,29; Syria, Mardin, 2¢. Ep.
34-36 millim.

4253. Hadjina beata. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 16.)

Thalpochares beata, Staud. Iris, vill. p. 342 (1895); id. Cat. Lep. pal.
p- 228.

g. Head and thorax rufous mixed with ochreous ; lower part
of frons whitish; abdomen ochreous white tinged with rutous.

528 NOCTUIDZ.

Fore wing reddish ochreous thickly irrorated with rufous; ante-
medial line hardly traceable, pale, bent inwards to costa; orbicular
and reniform faintly defined by whitish, the former small, round,
the latter strongly constricted at middle and with dark mark in its
lower part; a faint rufous medial shade, oblique to lower angle of
cell, then incurved; postmedial line very indistinct, rufous with
slight dark points on the veins and defined by whitish on inner
side, some whitish points beyond it on costa; traces of a punctiform
whitish subterminal line; terminal area slightly darker; cilia
browner, white at tips. Hind wing whitish tinged with pale
rufous.

Hab. W. Torxestan, Turcomania; KE. Turcrstan, Kashgar,1<¢.
Eep. 26 millim.

4254, Hadjina atrinota, n. sp. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 17.)

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey ; tarsi fuscous
with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown with a slight ochreous
tinge in female. Fore wing dull reddish brown suffused with
grey ; subbasa! line represented by two blackish strie from costa,
in female filled in with grey; antemedial line indistinct, slightly
defined by grey on inner side, waved; claviform absent; orbicular
hardly traceable in male, round, in female filled in with grey ;
reniform small with slight grey annulus, in female larger, its
centre defined by fuscous and with a black streak between it and
reniform above median neryure; a diffused dark medial line,
oblique from costa to median nervure, almost obsolete in female ;
postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below
costa, then with slight dark points beyond it on the veins, slightly
incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, less distinct in
female, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
pale defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side, angled outwards at
vein 7 and excurved at middle; a slight punctiform black terminal
line; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing grey suffused
with brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia whitish with a slight
brown line near base; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,
a black discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and traces of
diffused subterminal line, the markings less distinct in female.

Hab. Br. BE. Aprrica, Kikuyu, Nairobi (Crawshay), 1 ¢ type,
Eb Urru (Betton), 2 9. Kap. g 28, 2 32 millim.

4255, Hadjina modestissima.

Apamea modestissima, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xx. p. 26, pl. 2. f. 14 (1877).
Hipepa opacaria, Swinh. Trans, Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 264, pl. 8. f.3; Hmpsn.
Moths Ind. ii. p. 266.

Head and thorax bright rufous ; pectus paler ; abdomen whitish
tinged with rufous, the basal crest rufous. Fore wing bright
rufous ; subbasal line indistinet, waved, from costa to submedian

HADJINA. 529

fold; antemedial line brown, oblique, waved; orbicular and
reniform indistinct, greyish, slightly defined by red-brown, the
former round; a diffused red-brown medial shade, oblique from costa
to just beyond the reniform, then inwardly oblique; postmedial
line red-brown, strongly bent outwards below costa, then produced
to slight streaks on the veins, oblique, slightly incurved at discal
fold and below vein 4, some slight pale points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line defined by red-brown suffusion on inner side,
angled outwards at veins 7, 6, excurved and minutely waved at
middle; a terminal series of slight brown lunules. Hind wing
ochreous tinged with brown especially on terminal area; a fine
brown terminal line; the underside white, the costal area and
terminal area to vein 2 suffused with rufous, faint diffused waved
rufous postmedial and subterminal lines, the former extending to
vein 4, the latter to vein 2.

Hab. Burma, Rangoon (Scott), 1 ¢,1 2 type opacaria; Java;
CeLrpes. Lap. 5 30, 2 36 millim.

4256. Hadjina viscosa.
Mythimna viscosa, Frr. Neue Beitr.i. p. 39, pl. 21. f. 3(Aug. 1831); Staud.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170.
Mythimna implexa, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. 2, p. 73 (1835), nee Hibn. ;
Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 98, pl. 58. f. 7.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey scales; tarsi
fuscous with pale rings; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing red-
brown slightly irrorated with greyish ochreous; subbasal line
absent ; antemedial line hardly traceable, greyish, waved; clavi-
form absent ; orbicular and reniform small with faint grey annuli,
undefined, the former oblique elliptical, the latter constricted at
middle ; postmedial line very indistinct, slightly defined by grey on
outer side and with prominent grey striga from costa, bent out-
wards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some pale points
beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, angled
outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle; a terminal
series of blackish points; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind
wing white, the termen tinged with pale red-brown from apex to
submedian fold, in female almost entirely suffused with brown ;
the underside with the costal area irrorated with red.

Ab. 1. Much more ochreous or grey irrorated with fuscous and
with hardly a trace of rufous ; fore wing with the ante- and post-
medial lines more distinct, the former angled outwards in sub-
median fold and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1,
a dark patch sometimes present between orbicular and reniform.
—Fersian Gulf.

Hab. Spain, Andalusia; Story; Canarirs; Syria, 3 g,1 9;
Persian Guir, Fao (Cumimg), 7 5,2 93; Sixp, Karachi (7. R.
Bell) ly Ge Oe cp So Farm im:

VOL. VIII. est

530 NOCLIUID A,

4257. Hadjina palestinensis. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 18.)

Segetia palestinensis, Staud. Iris, vii. p. 277 (1894); id. Iris, x. p. 285,
pl. 9. f. 16; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170.

6. Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown; palpi with the
2nd joint suffused with fuscous at sides; abdomen grey suffused
with brown. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous and brown
and irrorated with a few white scales; subbasal line absent ;
antemedial line very indistinct, double, oblique, waved ; claviform
and orbicular absent; reniform represented by a faint irregular
whitish lunule; a faint diffused dark medial line, oblique from
costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial line indistinctly double
filled in with white, bent outwards and obsolescent below costa,
then oblique and slightly curved, some white points beyond it on
costa; a faint pale subterminal line slightly defined by brown
suffusion on inner side, somewhat waved; a fine waved black
terminal line with white points at the extremities of the veins;
cilia fuscous and grey, with fine whitish line at base and traces of
a whitish line near tips. Hind wing whitish, the veins, costal and
rerminal areas suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia yellowish white ;
the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown, a dark discoidal spot and traces of a postmedial line and
diffused subterminal band from costa to vein 2.

flab. PauustinE, 1 6,19. Hep. 36 millim.

4258. Hadjina poliastis. (Plate CXX XVI. fig. 19.)
Amyna poliastis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 470 (1906).

6. Head pure white; thorax greyish mixed with brown, the
pectus and legs white slightly irrorated with brown; abdomen
white faintly tinged with ochreous, the crest at base brown. Fore
wing grey slightly suffused and irrorated with reddish brown,
especially on costal half to postmedial line; subbasal line repre-
sented by a slight striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct,
oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1; claviform absent ;
orbicular and reniform with faint pale annuli slightly defined by
brown, constricted at middle; postmedial line indistinct, dark,
defined by greyish on outer side and with dark points beyond it on
the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4,
some grey points beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey slightly
defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, then
straight, oblique; a fine terminal brown line. Hind wing white
tinged with ochreous brown, especially on terminal area; cilia pure
white ; the underside white slightly irrorated with brown on costal
and terminal areas.

Hab. Ponsa, Perozpur (Nurse), 1 ¢ type. Exp. 24 millim.

On
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—

HADJINA.

*4259,. Hadjina ferruginea. (Plate CXNXXVI. fig. 20.)
Caradrina ferruginea, South, ined.

@. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with fiery red and fuscous ;
palpi fuscous at sides; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen
whitish irrorated with fuscous and with faint fuscous dorsal bands.
Fore wing ochreous suffused in parts with fiery red and irrorated
with brown ; subbasal line blackish, waved, from costa to submedian
fold; antemedial line waved, rather oblique; orbicular and reniform
slightly defined by fuscous, the former round; medial line diffused
from costa to between the stigmata, slight and oblique from lower
angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line black, bent outwards
below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;
subterminal line very indistinct, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with diffused
blackish lines at middle and tips. Hind wing ochreous yellow tinged
and irrorated with brown; traces of a discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.; a terminal series of black points; the underside
with black discoidal spot, the diffused postmedial line more
distinct.

Hab. Javan, Tsu-shima, type tin Coll. Wileman. xp. 30 millim.

4260. Hadjina pyroxantha. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 21.)
Polia pyroxantha, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xiv. p. 202 (1902).

3S. Head and tegule yellowish white tinged with fiery red and
slightly mixed with brown ; sides of palpi and frons dark brown;
thorax fiery red slightly mixed with brown; pectus and legs whitish
mixed with brown; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with dark
brown, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing orange-yellow suffused
and thickly irrorated with fiery red, the veins streaked with dark
brown, the costal area suffused with dark brown, a dark brown
streak on inner margin except towards base; subbasal line repre-
sented by slight red strive from costa and cell; antemedial line
brown, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold; claviform
represented by a black point on antemedial line ; orbicular yellow
defined by red, small, round; reniform a narrow white lunule
defined by black, very oblique, its lower part intersected by the
dark streak on vein 4; an oblique red medial line from lower angle
of cell to inner margin; postmedial line dark brown defined by
yellow on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely
dentate, strongly excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; sub-
terminal line brown, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3;
a fine brown terminal line ; cilia red with a faint dark line through
them, brown at tips towards tornus. Hind wing white tinged with
yellow, the terminal area slightly irrorated with brown; a slight
brown terminal line; cilia yellow; the underside pale yellowish,

2mu 2

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the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a small
discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line..

Hab. Stxuim Trper, Yatung (Hobson), 3 g type. Hep. 26-
30 millim.

4261. Hadjina grisea.

Limacodes grisea, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. viii. p. 63, pl 142. f. 7 (1891) ;
id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 320.

Q. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; tarsi brown
slightly ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with brown.
Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with reddish brown ; subbasal
line represented by slight dark striz from costa and cell; ante-
medial line indistinct, brown faintly defined by whitish on inner
side, sHghtly sinuous, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; clavi-
form represented by arufous patch beyond its extremity ; orbicular
and réeniform hardly traceable, with faint pale annul, some rufous
in cell between them; medial shade strong, blackish-brown, rather
diffused, oblique from costa to reniform, then inwardly oblique;
postmedial line very indistinct, double filled in with whitish, bent
outwards below costa, incurved below vein 4 and closely approxi-
mated to the medial shade; subterminal line diffused, whitish
defined on inner side by red-brown suffusion, oblique, angled out-
wards at vein 7 and very slightly excurved at middle; a terminal
series of slight brown striz. Hind wing whitish suffused and
irrorated with brown; cilia whiter; the underside whitish irrorated
with fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot, diffused curved postmedial
line, and terminal series of strie.

Hab. Assam, Nagas; Manpras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 @ type.
Exp. 32 millim.

4262. Hadjina pallida. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 22.)
Telesilla pallida, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 589.

6. Head and thorax grey-white mostly suffused with rufous:
pectus and legs tinged with dark brown, the tarsi dark brown with
slight pale rings; abdomen grey-white shghtly tinged with brown.
Fore wing glossy violaceous grey-white, the antemedial area from
costa to submedian fold, the area before the medial line and the
postmedial area suffused with red-brown ; subbasal line represented
by a slight oblique striga from costa defined by whitish on outer side
and a patch of blackish scales below the cell; antemedial line in-
distinct, double filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa,
bent inwards in cell, then excurved; orbicular very large, white
defined at sides by black, very oblique and produced at lower
extremity ; reniform white with pale greyish centre, defined by
black on inner side and with some minute black points on outer,
oblique bar-shaped; medial line strong, blackish brown, very
oblique from costa to reniform at discal fold, then inwardly oblique ;
postmedial line indistinct, defined by white on outer side, bent out-

HADJINA.— PROCRATERIA. 533.

wards below costa and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line only
defined by the contrast between the postmedial and terminal areas,
angled outwards at vein 7 and very slightly excurved at middle; the
termen greyish with a series of slight dark strise defined on inner
side by faint whitish lunules ; cilia greyish at base, white at tips.
Hind wing white faintly tinged with brown, the termen whiter
with a fine dark terminal line; the underside with the costal area
suffused with rufous, an oblique dark bar from middle of costa,
blackish discoidal spot, diffused postmedial line from costa to vein 4,
diffused fuscous subterminal band, and terminal series of small
lunules.

Hab. W. Cuina, Pu-tsu-fang, 6 ¢ type. Exp. 34-38 millim.

Genus PROCRATERIA. Tye
Procrateria, Hmpsn. Aun. 8. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 426 (1905) ...... noloides.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, short, the 2nd joint.
moderately scaled, the 3rd joint moderate; frons with large truncate conical
prominence with raised edges and corneous plate below it; eyes large, round ;
antenne of male serrate, of female ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales,
the pro- and metathorax with small spreading crests ; tibize moderately fringed
with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex
rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obso-
lescent from well below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing without black patches on basal and apical costal

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EV REAVS oca0s occnescocn 00000 cDedGosDanoDO SH ESE OOsYEDOOUDOOLOSGODBsOS0N0N00 noloides.

4263. Procrateria pterota, n. sp. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 25.)

Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with rufous; palpi and
antennee fuscous; legs suffused with fuscous brown; abdomen
ochreous, the basal crest black. Fore wing ochreous white tinged
with pale rufous in parts, the veins with brown streaks, the costal
area suffused with pale pink; subbasal line represented by a slight
oblique brown striga from costa; antemedial line represented by an
oblique brown line from costa to subcostal nervure and a red-brown
line from submedian fold to inner margin angled inwards on vein 1
and with sume rufous'suffusion beyond it; slight rufous streaks in
upper and lower extremities of cell; two black discoidal points ;
postmedial line represented by a very oblique brown line from costa
to vein 7 and an oblique rufous striga from inner margin just beyond
the antemedial line; rufous streaks beyond the cell above veins 4, 3
and above vein 7 from the postmedial line to subterminal line, which
is very close to termen, whitish, minutely waved, defined on inner
side by a series of wedge-shaped rufous marks; the terminal area
red-brown with a slight whitish line just before termen; cilia

03 NOCTUID ®.

pinkish white with a black line through them. Hind wing pale
ochreous, slightly tinged with brown in female and with indistinct
diffused subterminal band; the underside with the costal area
slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Nata, Charleston (Yoppin), 1 6, 129 type. xp. 36
millim,

4264. Procrateria noloides.
Preerateria noloides, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 426 (1905).

Head and tegule dark brown slightly mixed with grey;
thorax grey slightly irrorated with brown; pectus and legs dark
brown, the tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen grey irrorated
with black-brown. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with black-
brown, the veins streaked with black; a black patch on basal
costal area extending to antemedial line and at extremity to
median nervure, and another black patch on costal area from post-
medial line to apex, its outer edge obliquely excised; antemedial
line very indistinct, whitish slightly defined by black scales,
forming the outer edge of the black patch, then slightly angled
outwards on median nervure and oblique to inner margin; orbicular

Fig. 145.—Procrateria noloides, §. }

whitish slightly defined by black, round; reniform represented by
a slight whitish bar defined by blackish on inner side; traces of a
dark sinuous medial line; postmedial line indistinct, dark, defined
by whitish on outer side before the costal black patch, bent outward
below costa, then strongly dentate and produced to a double series
of black points on the veins, oblique below vein 4; subterminal
line hardly traceable, whitish, defined on inner side by very faint
minute rufous streaks in the interspaces, slightly excurved below
vein 7 and at middle; cilia grey mixed with rutous. Hind wing
ereyish uniformly suffused with fuscous brown; cilia white at
tips; the underside grey thickly irrorated with fuscous, a black
point at upper angle of cell with dark mark on costa above it, and
an indistinct diffused curved postmedial line.
Hab. MasHonarann (Dobbie), 1 Q type. Eevp. 34 millim.

Genus XYLOM@A.

Type.
Xylomoia, Stand. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 451 (1892)

\dnominstonewlsicotineatts graminea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, short, roughly scaled ;
frons with slight roughened prominence; eyes large, rounded; antenne of

XYLOMG@A. 535

male ciliated ; thorax typically clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro-
and metathorax with spreading crests; tibie moderately fringed with hair ;
abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing rather narrow, the termen
crenulate, oblique towards tornus; veins 38 and 5 from near angle of cell;
6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the arecle:
11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 38, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescenr,
from just helow middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked or from angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

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4265. Xylomea letrina.

Apamea letrina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 477, pl. 93. f. 21
(1898). |
Head and thorax brown mixed with greyish; pro- and meta-
thorax with paired black spots; patagia with black spots at
middle and tips; pectus grey; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;
abdomen grey dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing brown
with a cupreous gloss; subbasal line black, oblique, from. costa to
vein 1, above which it is produced into a slight streak ; antemedial

Fig. 146.—Xylomewa letrina, S$. +.

line indistinct, slightly defined by greyish on inner side, angled
outwards below costa, then oblique, waved and angled inwards to
whitish points on the veins ; claviform narrow, pale brown slightly
defined by black; orbicular pale red-brown with faint whitish
annulus defined by blackish, very oblique elliptical; reniform
defined by blackish and with pale red-brown centre defined by
blackish, some whitish points on its annulus at upper aud lower
edges ; postmedial line very indistinct, double, with some whitish
on it at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then strongly
dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins, very oblique
below vein 4; a diffused oblique whitish fascia from costa just,
before apex to below vein 7 with black streaks from it to termen
above and below vein 7; a faint dentate whitish subterminal line;
a terminal series of small black lunules defined on inner side by
slight whitish lunules ; cilia with fine pale line at base. Hind wing
cupreous brown with a slight dark discoidal ‘spot; cilia white
tinged with brown at tips; the underside white irrorated with
brown, a black discoidal lunule, faint crenulate postmedial line

536 NOCIUID 23.

with minute dark streaks on the veins, traces of subterminal shade
and terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab. Mexico, Guerrero, Omilteme (H. H. Smith), 2 2, 1 2 type,
Godman-Salvin Coll, Hap. 34-40 millim.

4266. Xylomea didonea. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 24).

Hadena didonea, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xx. p. 58, pl. 6. f. 7 (1894) ;
Dyar, Cat. Lep. N.,.Am p. 114.

Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous and mixed with
black ; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with brown. Fore wing
grey-brown tinged with pale rufous in submedian interspace to
postmedial line and thence to termen between veins 4, 3; subbasal
line represented by a slight striga from costa; antemedial line
black defined by white on inner side, oblique and sinuous from
costa to submedian fold, then angled outwards above inner margin;
claviform replaced by a slight dark streak in submedian fold from
ante- to postmedial lines; orbicular and reniform with slight white
annuli defined by some brown scales, the former narrow, oblique
irregular; the veins beyond the cell with fine white streaks; post-
medial line dark defined by white on outer side, strongly bent
outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subter-
minal line white, dentate from costa to vein 6, excurved to termen
at veins 4, 3, angled inwards in submedian fold to near postmedial
line, then bent outwards to tornus; a fine waved black terminal
line. Hind wing white irrorated with brown; a fine dark ter-
minal line; cilia white with a slight brown line through them ;
the underside with slight discoidal lunule and faint curved post-
medial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 9, California
(Walsingham), 1 g. Ewp. 30-40 millim. 5

Sect. IJ. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales.

4267. Xylomea graminea.

Nonagria graminea, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. xxxii. p. 643 (1888) ; Staud. Cat,
Lep. pal. p. 188.

Aylomoia separata, Stand. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 451, pl. 12. f. 8 ee
id, Cat, Lep. pal. p. 188.

¢. Head and thorax ochreous suffused with red-brown; abdomen
ochreous white tinged with brown. Fore wing pale ochreous, the
inner half and terminal half below vein 6 suffused with red-brown,
the veins of terminal half with dark streaks defined on each side
by fine pale streaks; a slight dark streak below base of cell; a faint
double antemedial line filled in with whitish from submedian fold
to inner margin, angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular represented
by a slight brown point in upper part of cell, the reniform by two
brown points ; postmedial line slight, double filled in with white,
from vein 5 to inner margin, oblique below vein.3; a terminal

XYLOMCA.—RUACODES. 537

series of small black lunules; cilia brown intersected with whitish.
Hind wing white faintly tinged with brown; traces of a discoidal
lunule and curved postmedial line; the underside with the costal

Fig. 147.—Xylomea graminea, S. 1.

and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point
and postmedial series of minute points on the veins.

Hab. KE. Srperta, Ussuri, Raddefka, 1 ¢. xp. 30 millim.

Genus RUACODES, nov.

Type, Lf. tela.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed
with scales in front and reaching to about middle of frons, the 3rd short, blunt ;
frons with truncate conical prominence with raised edges, flattened vertical
central process and corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded; antenne of
female almost simple; bead and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro-
and metathorax with spreading crests; tibia moderately fringed with hair ;
abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the termen evenly curved and moderately crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;
5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anasto-
mosing with the cell near base only.

4268. Ruacodes tela.

Hadena tela, Smith, Proce. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 470 (1900) ; Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 115.

@. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey and some
black and tinged with olive; patagia with strong black streak near

Fig. 148.—Ruacodes tela, 2. 3.

upper edge; tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish; abdomen grey-
brown tinged with olive at base, the basal crest darker. Fore wing
grey thickly irrorated with fuscous and tinged with olive especially
on inner and terminal areas; subbasal line represented by two

538 NOCTUID AM.

black stria from costa; a black streak above inner margin before’
the antemedial line, which is double, angled outwards below costa
and in cell and strongly above inner margin, excurved in sub-
median interspace; claviform defined by black, short, with black
streak from its extremity to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform
with slight pale annuli detined by black, the former round, the
latter rather constricted at middle; an indistinct medial line
oblique from costa to vein 2, then incurved; postmedial line defined
by greyish on outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, then
minutely dentate, angled inwards at discal fold, very oblique below
vein 5, incurved and stronger in submedian interspace, some pale
points beyond it on costa; the veins of terminal area with slight
dark streaks; subterminal line white, dentate, defined on inner.
side by wedge-shaped black marks and by a streak above vein 4
extending to reniform ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;
cilia fuscous and grey intersected with whitish. Hind wing whitish,
the marginal areas suffused and irrorated with fuscous; a discoidal
spot and indistinct sinuous postmedial line; some white on termen
towards tornus; a fine black terminal line; cilia white with a
fuscous line through them; the underside white with the costal
and terminal areas to vein 2 irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot
and indistinct curved postmedial line.
flab, U.S.A., Arizona (Poling), 1 2. Exp. 34 millim.

Genus AMIANA. aoe
Amiana, Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soe. Wash. vi. p. 104 (1904) ............ mama.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, short, the 2nd joint fringed with
hair in front, the 3rd moderate ; frons with rounded promineuce with corneous
plate below it; eyes large, rounded ; antennze of male Jaminate, almost simple;
head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with
spreading crests; tibize moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal
crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from
upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below
middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked; 8 anasto-
mosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial area white except towards

(LOTS Hee se Se a RR SRR ene oe a eK Pee eee annao auc osdbdos letabilis.
B. Fore wing with the postmedial area not white.
a, Fore wing tinged with rufous .............0c-ceeeeeceesee eee continens.
5. Fore wing black-brown mixed with grey ..................04: niama.

49269. Amiana letabilis.

Hadena letabilis, Smith, Can, Ent. xxxi. p. 263 (1899); Dyar, Cat. Lep.
N. Am. p. 115. :

¢. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey ; patagia
with some black scales near upper edge; tarsi blackish ringed with

AMIANA, 539

white; abdomen whitish tinged with ochreous brown, the basal
crest brown and white. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial
areas pale sapphire blue (fading to white), the medial area black
suffused with grey ; subbasal line slight, black, waved, from costa
to submedian fold; a diffused dentate dark mark above inner
margin near base; antemedial line oblique, waved, angled inwards
on vein 1 and excurved above inner margin, a small white spot
beyond it on costa; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular
small with fuscous centre and white annulus defined by black,
round; reniform white defined by black, its centre defined by
black ; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line with small
white spot at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

Fig. 149.—Amiana letabilis, 3. 3.

dentate and with series of black points beyond it on the veins,
slightly ineurved at discal fold and strongly below vein +; the
postmedial area with dark patch on costa with white points on it ;
subterminal line only defined by black on outer side, dentate ; the
narrow terminal area black and white mixed, with a series of slight
black lunules on termen; cilia fuscous intersected with whitish.
Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous, a slight
discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line; a fine dark terminal
line; cilia white with diffused fuscous line through them.

Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Santa Fé (Cockerell), 2 5. Exp.
34 millim.

4270. Amiana continens. (Plate CXX XVI. fig. 25.)

Perigea continens, H. Kdw. Papilio, iv. p. 122 (1884); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 154.

3. Head and thorax rufous slightly mixed with ochreous ;
pectus white; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen white with
dorsal brown bands, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing with the
basal area pale yellow suffused with rufous, the medial area suf-
fused with black, the terminal area rufous; subbasal line repre-
sented by small black spots below costa and cell; antemedial line
almost medial, strong, black, slightly waved, angled inwards on
vein 1; claviform and orbicular absent; reniform small, white
with central black lunule; postmedial line black defined by white
on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then very minutely
waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points

540 NOCTUID¥.

beyond if on costa; faint traces of a subterminal line, defined on
inner side at costa by a brownish shade, bent outwards between
veins 7 and 6 and somewhat excurved at middle; a terminal series
of slight dark striz; cilia reddish at base, whitish at tips. Hind
wing pure white, the termen narrowly tinged with pale red-brown;
cilia white; the underside with indistinct punctiform postmedial
line from costa to vein 6.

Q. Head and thorax dark rufous; fore wing dark rufous, the
medial area suffused with black; hind wing wholly suffused with
brown, the basal area paler.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts., 1 ¢, 19. Hap.
32 millim.

*4271. Amiana niama. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 26.)
Amiana niama, Dyar, Proc, Ent. Soe. Wash. vi. p. 105 (1904).

Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with greyish.
Fore wing black-brown mixed with greyish, the basal area with
some reddish ochreous scales and a diffused patch of the same
colour at tornus ; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to sub-
median fold; antemedial line black, waved; claviform represented
by an ochreous point; orbicular and reniform small, with pale
anuuli defined by black, the former round, the latter strongly
constricted at middle; a blackish medial shade; postmedial line
black defined by whitish on outer side, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then sinuous, some white points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by blackish,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black
striz ; cilia with slight pale line at base. Hind wing black-brown
with a pale line at base of cilia; the underside with three faint
dark lines.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts., Nogales. Hap. 28 millim.
This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type
in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Genus CATAMECIA. Type
(Cmannmacial, SAUCL, INI, To pe Asks) (USDA) — coccacandnnoesse¢escoscesveco. jordana.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about
middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 38rd short; frons with truncate
conical prominence with slight raised edges and corneous plate below it; eyes
large, rounded; antennz of male typicaily ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly
with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibiz slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with
the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and
5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form theareole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
eell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

CATAMECTA. 541
Sect. I. Antenne of male serrate.

4272. Catamecia furtiva.

EE Swinh. P.Z.S. 1885, p. 448; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.
p- 263.

Head and thorax greyish ochreous mixed with dark reddish
brown; palpi blackish; some blackish between antenne; tarsi
fuscous ringed with ochreous ; abdomen ochreous slightly irrorated
with black, the crest at base black. Fore wing pale yellowish
suffused with cupreous brown except in submedian interspace and
on postmedial area, the terminal area whitish except at apex, the
veins with slight dark streaks, more prominent on terminal area ;
subbasal line represented by slight double dark striz from costa,
the antemedial line by slight ‘double dark strie from costa and
inner margin ; claviform asciths orbicular indistinet, whitish,
undefined, with slight black streaks before and beyond it in discal

Fig. 150} Caiemnacte furtiva, 6. 3

2°

fold ; reniform whitish, its centre defined by some black points and
with slight dentate black mark before it in discal fold and blackish
spot beyond its lower extremity ; postmedial line represented by a
double series of slight dark points on the veins, bent outwards
below costa and oblique below vein 4; an oblique dark shade from
apex ; subterminal line represented by a brown shade on its inner
side, angled inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal series of black
points; cilia dark brown intersected with white. Hind wing
yellowish white tinged with brown ; cilia whitish.

Hab. Bompay, Poona (Swinhoe), 1 3, 1 Q type. Exp. 24
moillim.

Szcr. II. Antennz of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.
a. Fore wing with black streak in submedian fold between
ante- and postmedial lines ..........0......0...2ececeeeeeenee connectens.
}. Fore wing without black streak in submedian fold between
ante-jangdapostmedialeliMesiir rac e-sacea-cecssaestceo aa secter deceptrix.
B. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.
a. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with black-brown... minima.
b. Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with black-
brown.
a‘, Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on median
TLE VULTEO Me aictaneractasiersisiinc isl oy sa cialesisidiosleia spinels sesmeeelsclewenenle jordana.
b', Kore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on
PNG UI EWS TSAR Sooo qan ce. oocermadoonosoo xanobasoneadeono0sn oeene contrita,

542 NOCTUID®.

4273. Catamecia connectens. (Plate CXX XVI. fig. 27.)
Tarache connectens, Ampsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 892 (1902).

9. Head and thorax grey tinged with red-brown, the scales
pencilled with black-brown ; palpi white in front ; frons white with
a black bar; pectus and legs whitish, the fore tibie and the tarsi
brown ringed with white ; abdomen red-brown, the ventral surface
whitish. Fore wing with the scales rufous and red-brown edged
with white; a black streak below base of cell; antemedial line
represented by an oblique black striga from costa and slight streaks
on the veins, angled outwards in submedian fold where there is a
strong black streak from it to postmedial line; orbicular and reni-
form small and close together, rufous with a black streak between
them, the former rather elongate and defined by black, the latter
defined by black on inner side only; postmedial line black defined
by white on outer side, very indistinct except between veins 3
and 1, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique to sub-
median fold and angled outwards at vein 1; the terminal area with
slight dark streaks on the veins and a dark shade at middle. Hind
wing whitish, the marginal areas suffused with brown; cilia white
with a brown line near base from apex to vein 2; the underside
with the costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated with red-
brown.

Hab. Bucuvanatann, N’Gami (Lugard), 1 @ type. Exp. 26
millim.

4274, Catamecia deceptrix. (Plate CXXXVL. fig. 28.)

Pseudohadena deceptrix, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 369, pl. 5. f. 15 (1900) ; id.
Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170.

¢. Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with dark brown;
antenne ringed with black ; abdomen brownish grey irrorated with
fuscous. Fore wing pale grey-brown irrorated with fuscous ; the
veins with slight black streaks; a sinuous black streak below base
of cell; subbasal line represented by two oblique strize from costa ;
antemedial line double, more prominent at costa, obliquely excurved
from cell to inner margin; orbicular and reniform rather small,
defined by black, the former rather elongate elliptical, the latter
open above; postmedial line indistinctly double, more prominent
at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to
slight streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some
pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line hardly traceable,
with slight fuscous suffusion before it on inner side, and diffused
rather wedge-shaped marks beyond it in the interspaces ; a pro-
minent waved black terminal line. Hind wing ochreous white; a
fine slightly waved fuscous terminal line; the underside with the
costal area irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot.

Hab, Syrta, 1 g. ap, 40 millim.

CATAMECTA. 553)

4275. Catamecia minima. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 29.)
Apamea minima, Swinh. P.Z. 8. 1889, p. 410; Hmpsn, Moths Ind. ii.

p- 248.
Catamecia bacheri, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 213 (1901).

3. Head and thorax ochreous slightly tinged with rufous and
irrorated with brown; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing
ochreous irrorated with brown ; subbasal line represented by slight
black marks below costa and cell ; antemedial line blackish defined
by ochreous on inner side, slightly excurved below costa, then some-
what sinuous; claviform moderate, filled in with black-brown ;
orbicular and reniform small, ochreous slightly defined by blackish,
the former round, the latter narrow and angled inwards on median
nervure, a diffused dark shade between and beyond them ; _post-
medial line defined by ochreous on outer side, strongly bent
outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some ochreous
points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous defined on
inner side by small dentate blackish marks below costa and at
middle, somewhat excurved below costa and at middle and angled
inwards at vein 2; a terminal series of slight black strie; cila
brown intersected with ochreous. Hind wing white with fine
dark terminal line; the underside with the costal area irrorated
with pale brown, a brown discoidal lunule and traces of a diffused
postmedial line from costa to vein 2.

Hab. Patustine, Jordan, 1 ¢; Apun (Yerbury), 1 3; Persian
Guir, Fao (Cuming), 1 3; Punsas, Lahore (Harford), 2 3;
Stnp, Karachi (Swinhoe), 1 3, Hyderabad (Swinhoe), 1 3, Kipra
(Swinhoe), 1 3 type. Hap. 20-22 millim.

4276. Catamecia jordana.

Catamecia jordana, Staud. Iris, x. p. 288, pl. 4. f. 23 (1897) ; id. Cat. Lep.
pal. p. 213.
Catamecia mauretanica, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 213 (1901).

3d. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with brown; tarsi
fuscous ringed with white; abdomen white slightly irrorated with

Fig. 151.—Catamecia jordani, 3. 3

brown. Fore wing ochreous white thickly irrorated with brown,
the areas before medial part of subterminal line and towards tornus
whiter; no trace of subbasal, antemedial, or postmedial lines; a
whitish fascia below base of cell confluent with the claviform, which

544 NOCTUID ©.

is white defined by black, narrow and elongate; orbicularvery small,
elongate elliptical, white defined by blackish and with slight dark
streak in centre; reniform narrow, angled inwards on median
nervure, white defined by blackish and with brown line in centre
dilated below; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by
an oblique fuscous shade from costa, bent outwards at vein 7, then
represented by an oblique series of white striw slightly defined on
each side by brown suffusion, ending at vein 2; a terminal series
of dark strie. Hind wing white tinged and irrorated with brown
except towards base; cilia white; the underside white slightly
irrorated with brown especially on terminal area, a slight discoidal
lanule.

Ab. 1. mauretanica. Fore wing uniformly irrorated, with
fuscous, the white streak below base of cell absent and the clavi-
form hardly traceable; the ante- and postmedial lines sometimes
present, obsolete towards costa, the former defined by white on
inner side and angled inwards on vein 1, the latter defined by
white on outer side, oblique and slightly sinuous.— Algeria.

Hab. Atceria, Biskra, Tkout (Walsinyham), 1 $, Hammam-es-
Salahin (Walsingham), 6 3; Patestine, 1 ¢. Hap. 24—28 millim.

4277. Catamecia contrita.

HOTRES COM TEC, Christ. Rom. Mém. i. p. 118 (1884); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.
22. 9
Urals contrix, Christ. Rom. Mém. i. pl. vii. f. 8 (1884).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous slightly tinged with
brown. Fore wing pale ochreous irrorated with brown; subbasal
iine represented by slight dark marks below costa and cell; ante-
medial line indistinct, waved, somewhat oblique ; claviform slightly
defined by fuscous; orbicular and reniform rather indistinctly
defined by fuscous, the former very small, round, the latter rather
large and quadrate; traces of an oblique medial line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line strongly bent
outwards below costa, then dentate, very oblique below vein 4,
some slight pale points beyond it on costa; faint traces of a pale
subterminal waved line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a
terminal series of slight brown lunules ; cilia mixed with brown
and with traces of a slight brown line through them. Hind wing
pale brownish ochreous, the terminal area rather darker; cilia
white; the underside white irrorated with pale brown, an in-
distinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. W. Turxesran, Tureomania, 1 ¢; KE. Turkestan, I.
Exp. 30 millim.

Genus NAMANGANA.

Type.
Namangana, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 28 ....................5 eretacea.
Eupolia, Smith, Tr. Am. Ent. Soe. xxi. p. 69 (1894) ............... licentiosa.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about
middle of frons and moderately scaled in front, the 3rd typically short,

NAMANGANA. 545

porrect; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded; antennse of male typically
ciliated; head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax
with spreading crests; tibiae moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with
dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6
from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle
ef discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only. :

Seer. 1. (Hupolia). Antennne of male bipectinate with long branches.

JAG. UINOVKS) AWA? THE EL OTTON Man capr-conqoeacseonnorodn bobs cosquior conensenr peetinicornis.
Be Hove wing grey aycssenssis se duasescumesocasea emacs licentiosa.

_4278. Namangana pectinicornis. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 30.)

Aunthoptera pectinicornis, Hmpsn. Trans, Ent. Soe. 1895, p. 302; id.
Moths Ind. iv. p, 515.

3S. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey; pectus
and legs grey tinged with brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with
white; abdomen whitish, the basal crest fuscous, the anal tuft
tinged with ochreous. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with
fuscous and irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by a
slight dark striga from costa; antemedial line very indistinct,
oblique from costa to submedian fold ; orbicular and reniform very
small, faintly defined by blackish, the former whitish, oblique
elliptical, the latter with brown centre and whitish annulus; a
slight dark medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell;
postmedial line hardly traceable, bent outwards below costa,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some whitish points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly angled outwards at
vein 7, then oblique; a terminal series of minute black lunules ;
cilia with fine pale line at base followed by a strong black line.
Hind wing white, the costal area tinged with brown; a slight
brown terminal line and the cilia tinged with ochreous from apex
to vein 2; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area whitish tinged with
rufous,

Hab. Bunest, Calcutta, 1 ¢; Mapras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 3;
Cryton, Hambantota (Mackwood), 1 g type, Pattalam (Pole), 1 3,
1 Q. xp. 20 millim, ;

*4279. Namangana licentiosa. —

Eupolia licenticsa, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 70, pl. 3. f. 8
(1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 161.

Head and thorax ashen grey with dark irroration ; the tips of
tegule and disk of patagia with a yellowish tinge; abdomen grey.
Fore wing ashen grey irrorated with fuscous, the markings in-
distinct and interrupted; subbasal and antemedial lines hardly

VOL. VIL. 2N

546 NOCIUIDA,

traceable, very indistinctly double; claviform small, defined by
blackish, indistinctly above; orbicular and reniform large, irrorated
with white and undefined, the former round ; postmedial line bent
outwards below costa, then somewhat dentate and produced to slight
streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; postmedial
area somewhat paler and with pale points on costa; subterminal
line pale, defined on each side by blackish, excurved below vein 7

Fig. 152.—Namangana licentiosa, $. 3.

and at middle ; a terminal series of black strize; cilia with fine pale
lines at base and middle. Hind wing whitish, the termen irrorated
with fuscous in male, with broad diffused band in female; a small
discoidal spot; the underside white irrorated with brown, a small
discoidal spot and traces of a postmedial line more distinct in
female.

Hab. US.A., Utah. vp. 27-29 millim. This species is un-
known to me; figured from a drawing from specimen in U.S.
Nat. Mus.

Secr. IT, Antennz of male bipectinate with short branches, the apex ciliated.

4280. Namangana alfceni.

Perigea perplexa, Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 154 (1893), non descr.

Perigea alfkenii, Grote, Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 79 (1895); Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 111.

Perigea paupera, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 279 (nee WIK.).

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous mixed with some black
scales; palpi black above; frons with lateral black bars; tarsi
fuscous with pale rings. Fore wing ochreous irrorated with black ;

Fig. 153.—Namangana alfceni, S. }.

subbasal line black, ill-defined, double, waved, from costa to sub-
median fold ; antemedial line double, waved, nearly erect ; orbicular

NAMANGANA. 5AT

and reniform defined by black, the former round; an indistinct
waved black medial line; postmedial line double at costa, slightly
bent outwards below costa, then waved and with series of black
points beyond it on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,
some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous
defined by fuscous on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle ; a terminal series of slight black lunules ; cilia with a fine
ochreous line at base. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal
area tinged with brown; cilia white; the underside white, the
costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal
lunule and postmedial series of dark points on the veins.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Arizona, 1 9, Marisco Co., Phoenix
(Kunzé), 1 3, Prescott (Kunzé), 1 9 ; N. Mexico, Sonora (Morrison),
4 $,1 2, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hep. 32-34 millim.

Secr. III. Antennz of male serrate.
A. Fore wing with whitish fascia through the cell and thence to
EYOERS -cdon0adcooosocanbsboudnondsoaesusqdobE nbaLGbao9> QD Dn OGaRHOUsSoOCHODD minor.
B. Fore wing without whitish subcostal fascia ..............2..06+ preacuta,

4281. Namangana minor. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 31.)
Crambodes minor, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 397.

Head and thorax whitish mixed with rufous; abdomen whitish
tinged with rufous. Fore wing whitish suffused with rufous; a
whitish streak on basal half of inner margin; subbasal and ante-
medial lines absent; orbicular an elongate elliptical white mark
with rufous streak through middle; reniform a small white spot
with some rufous in lower part, an oblique fascia formed of white
streaks in the interspaces from it to apex; traces of an oblique
brown postmedial line from submedian fold to inner margin ; post-
medial area with slight whitish streaks in the interspaces between
vein 4 and submedian fold; subterminal obliquely placed brown
streaks above and below veins 6 and 3 and a slight brown lunule
below vein 2; a terminal series of brown striz: cilia white at base,
brownish at tips. Hind wing white tinged with rufous; a fine
brown terminal line; the underside with the costal area slightly
irrorated with rufous.

Hab. QvueEEnstanp, Peak Downs, 1 J, 1.92 type. ap.
26 millim.

4282. Namangana preacuta.

Platyperigea preacuta, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxi. p. 61, pl. iii. f. 6
(1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 109.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with grey and black-
brown scales. Fore wing brownish grey irrorated with black ;
subbasal line biack, strongly excurved in cell and incurved below it,
ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line strong, black, obliquely excurved ;
elaviform represented by a slight oblique black mark ; orbicular and

2N2

348 NOCLUID®.

reniform large, defined by black, the former oblique, open above
and its lower extremity produced toa point, the latter with brownish
centre ; a slight oblique medial brown shade from costa to median
nervure; postmedial line black, strong at costa, bent outwards
below costa, oblique to vein 6, then minutely waved, incurved below
vein 5, some pale points beyond it on costa; traces of a pale sub-
terminal line defined on inner side by an oblique black shade at

Fig. 154.—Namangana preacuta, $. }t.

costa and with an oblique black bar from vein 2 to tornus, angled
outwards at vein 7; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia
with grey line at base. Hind wing grey tinged with brown; the
underside grey irrorated with pale brown, a faint brown discoidal
spot and rather diffused postmedial line from costa to vein 3,

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 dg. wp, 32 millim.

Sect. IV. Antennze of male ciliated.

A. Palpi with the drd joimt long and dilated at extremity.

4283. Namangana adela.
Spodoptera adela, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus, ii. p. 287 (1902).
$. Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with red-brown and
dark brown ; lower part of frons whitish with black lateral bars ;
tegule with the basal half mostly rufous and with black medial hne. ;
abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous and tinged with rufous at

ig. 155.—Namangana adela, S. 4. aS

base and extremity. Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-brown
and violaceous white, the veins with slight dark streaks; subbasal
line double filled in with white, angled outwards in cell and ending
at vein 1; antemedial line double filled in with white, oblique,
waved, angled inwards on vein | and to inner margin ; claviform
large, defined by black, acute at extremity ; orbicular and reniform
with white annuli defined hy black, the former oblique elliptical ;
postmedial line defined by white on outer side, double towards
costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4,
then incuryed, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

NAMANGANA. 549

line indistinct, whitish, defined by brown on inner side, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle; a fine dark terminal line; cilia fuscous |
with some white at tips. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal
area suffused with reddish brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia
white with a brown line near base; the underside with the costal
area and terminal area to vein 4 slightly tinged with pink and
irrorated with brown.

Hab. Bucnvanatann, N’Gami (Lugard), 1 $ type. Exp. 30

millim.

B. (Namangana). Palpi with the 3rd joint short and not dilated
at extremity.

a. Fore wing with elongate V-shaped black marks on terminal
ERGY OST WOUNS Tf RING! B _Goccocoascnodocavacscnaxtosaene08e"s cashmirenst
b. Fore wing without y-shaped black marks on terminal :
area.
a, Fore wing with large patches of black suffusion on
costal half of medial area and on postmedial and

Genminal areas) Adu sososchansuewonteeeee cnet aeee ae eee ce atrescens.
6!, Fore wing mostly suffused with black-brown except on

Wepinaell Enyce HogaponacecactoasooSe sa ccaosocanend deenaeaauanecor CaN0d.
cl, Fore wing with wedge-shaped patch of black suffusion

in and below cell to postmedial line ................2.006 atripars.
d\, Fore wing with the costal half suffused with black to

jpostianec bill Ibn. ocnsocesboodandbasGacoanageuapussoonesooon fenecs abalas.

el. Kore wing without patches of blackish suffusion.
a. Fore wing with black streak in base of submedian

fold to beyond antemedial line ................002..00000- vulnerca.
b>, Fore wing with ochreous streak in submedian fold to
POSHACChAll ING ceoopsocedcanascanasosoaoaovadonocoscqsdacan favistriga.

c*, Fore wing without streak in submedian fold.
a3, Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with
brown.
a*. Kore wing with the claviform filled in with
black, the reniform angled inwards on median
INGLIS ogonooospsoo0a000nGopbcD0DCGdQNESSsoUoORGORONECS cretacca.
}', Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with
black, the reniform not angled inwards on
median nervure.
a. Kore wing with the orbicular and reniform
present.
a6, Fore wing with the subterminal line angled
outwards to termen at veins 4, 3 ............ accurata,
6°, Fore wing with the subterminal line not
angled outwards to termen at veins 4,3 ... morsa.
c&. Fore wing with the subterminal line absent begallo.
v5, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform
BDSM Epis icin aesmec sab ieativoesesmesctustesenesee els egestis.
6°, Hind wing wholly suffused with brown, the base
somewhat paler.
a‘, Hind wing suffused with pale ochreous brown... lecorena.
b+, Hind wing suffused with fuscous brown.
a, Fore wing with the reniform very large, white,

elliptical se saeajrecseoatco si naccisctene: echereceansesels albirena.
45, Kore wing with the reniform lunulate with AG
TUES) VetMlise) ENONMINC ee nonannearonsontoneoneap ae NLVELPEN Ms

ce, Fore wing with the reniform constricted at
middle.

900 NOCLUID.E.

a®. Fore wing not irrorated with white.
a. Fore wiug with the reniform slightly
angled inwards on median nervure.
«8, Fore wing with the cell filled in with

blackish, esas Sees eee er oneee anes consors.
6°, Fore wing with the cell not filled in
withitiblachislyiiies ncaa acsostacceeetesieesn oe texand.
bi, Fore wing with the reniform not angled
inwards on median nervure .............++ variata.
6°, Fore wing irrorated with white ............... charada,

4284. Namangana cashmirensis. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 32.)
Calophasia cashmirensis, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 358; Hmpsn. Moths
Ind. il. p. 284.

g. Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with red-brown ;
sides of palpi and frons fuscous ; abdomen ochreous white with fine
brown segmental rings, the basal crest blackish, the ventral surface
suffused with brown, Fore wing ochreous white slightly irrorated
with red-brown, the costal area except at base and the cell suffused
with red-brown and thickly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line
double, brown, from costa to vein 1, with aslight black spot beyond
its lower extremity ; two slight brown streaks above base of inner
margin; a black spot below median nervure before the antemedial
line, which is double, oblique and slightly sinuous from costa to
median nervure, then erect ; orbicular and reniform with blackish
centres and ochreous-white annuli defined by blackish, the former
round, the latter a narrow lunule; a strong rather diffused dark
brown medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then
sinuous and incurved in submedian interspace; postmedial line
obsolete on costal half, below angle of cell double, the outer line
indistinct, incurved, waved ; elongate Y-shaped dark subterminal
marks above veins 5, 4, 3 and slight marks below veins 3 and 2; a
wedge-shape terminal mark beyond the mark above vein 5; a
terminal series of small black spots and a semicircular blackish
patch at tornus; cilia chequered ochreous white and fuscous.
Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and terminal half slightly
tinged with brown; a terminal series of slight dark lunules; cilia
white slightly mixed with brown; the underside white, the costal
area slightly irrorated with brown.

@. Much browner; hind wing wholly suffused with brown.

Hab. Kasumir: Pounsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 6,
Kangra (Dudgeon), 1 $ ; TRavancore, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray), 2 Q ;
Ceyton, Haldamulla (Mackwood),1 ¢. Hap. 32 millim.

4285. Namangana atrescens. (Plate CXXXVII. fig. 1.)
Caradrina atrescens, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xi. p. 444 (1897).
Head and thorax whitish tinged with brown and slightly
irrorated with black, the tegule and front of thorax thickly

irrorated with black; palpi black, white in front and at tips ;
antenne ringed with black at base, tibie banded with fuscous,

NAMANGANA. 5ol

the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen whitish tinged with
fuscous brown. Fore wing whitish tinged with ochreous; subbasal
line represented by black spots on costa and below cell; the ante-
medial area with black patch on costa and diffused curved mark
below cell; antemedial line black, rather diffused and interrupted,
oblique, irregularly waved, with small black spot at costa and
angled inwards to a black spot on vein 1; orbicular slightly defined
by black on inner side and with quadrate black patch beyond it
connected with a patch on costa; reniform only defined by two
small black spots on its outer edge; postmedial line indistinct,
with small black spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then
waved and with some whitish points beyond it on the veins,
incurved below vein 4; postmedial area black with some white
points on costa; subterminal line only defined by the contrast
between the postmedial and terminal areas, excurved below vein 7,
excurved and waved at middle and incurved at discal and sub-
median folds; the terminal area with blackish streaks on the veins
and a blackish patch at discal fold; a terminal series of small black
lunules ; cilia chequered whitish and black. Hind wing whitish,
the veins and terminal area broadly suffused with fuscous brown ;
cilia white with series of slight fuscous spots; the underside white
with postmedial series of minute fuscous streaks on the veins, and
fuscous suffusion on veins of terminal area from apex to vein 2.
Hab, Stxutm, 1800’ (Dudgeon), 1 $, 1 2 type. Hyp. 40

millim.

*4986, ?Namangana canoa. (Plate CXX XVII. fig. 2.)
Cerma canod Barnes, Can, Ent. xxxix. p. 11 (1907).

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with darker grey and black-
brown ; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous. Fore wing grey
mostly suffused with dark grey and black-brown; subbasal line
represented by a white point on costa with some black scales on its
inner side, the antemedial area with pale streaks below cell and
above inner margin; antemedial line represented by pale marks on
costa, in submedian fold and on inner margin, each defined by a
dark shade on outer side; medial area with pale streaks on the
veins; orbicular a minute white point; reniform with white
annulus, small and narrow ; postmedial line white, bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein +, then incurved, some white points
beyond it on costa: subterminal line whitish, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards to near postmedial line
at discal and submedian folds ; terminal area pale greyish; a fine
dark terminal line; cilia chequered grey and white. Hind wing
fuscous brown with traces of a discoidal point and postmedial line ;
cilia whitish with a dark line through them ; the underside whitish
with distinct discoidal point and postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Redington. Hap. 24 millim. This species
is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in Coll.

W. Barnes.

5a2 NOCTUID 2%.

4287. Namangana atripars, n.sp. (Plate CAXXVII. fig. 3.)

@. Head and thorax rufous mixed with fuscous ; tarsi fuscous
with pale rings; abdomen red-brown. Fore wing rufous, the costal
area suffused with fuscous leaving pale streaks on the veins, the
cell and area below it to submedian fold and beyond it to post-
medial line suffused with black and irrorated with white; subbasal
and antemedial lines, claviform and orbicular absent; reniform a
small round rufous spot at lower angle of cell with black point in
centre ; postmedial line blackish, oblique and slightly sinuous from
below costa to vein 1; a diffused blackish subterminal line, arising
from apex and almost obsolete on inner area; a terminal series of
black strise; cilia blackish with fine whitish lines at base and
middle. Hind wing pale red-brown with fine dark terminal line ;
the underside pale reddish ochreous, the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. C. Cotony, Deelfontein (Sloggett), 1 2 type. rp. 26
millim.

3. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with whitish ; tarsi
fuscous ringed with whitish; abdomen whitish tinged with brown.
Fore wing whitish largely suffused with rufous, the costal area to
near apex, the cell and area just beyond and below its extremity
suffused and irrorated with blackish, the veins streaked with black,
the submedian interspace and a diffused oblique fascia from anex to
end of cell whiter; antemedial line represented b¥ obscure black
points on the veins; orbicular an indistinct round whitish mark,
the reniform a faint whitish bar; an indistinct oblique medial line
from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, blackish, bent
outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to short black
streaks on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some whitish points
beyond it on costa; a terminal series of small black lunules with
white points between them at the veins; cilia blackish. Hind wing
white ; the terminal area slightly tinged with brown from apex to
vein 2; a fine brown terminal line; cilia white mixed with brown
towards apex; the underside with the costal area irrorated with
brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Yavapai Co, 1 ¢, Cochise Co. Lup,
30 millim,

4289. Namangana vulnerea. (Plate CXXXVII. fig. 5.)

Homohadena vulnerea, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 29 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. ‘Am. p. 157.

@. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown and fuscous;
frons with lateral black marks; tarsi fuscous with pale rings ;
abdomen whitish mixed with dark brown. Fore wing white thickly

eS ee ee ee

NAMANGANA. 553

irrorated with dark brown and fuscous and tinged with ochreous in
discal and submedian folds, the veins slightly streaked with black ;
subbasal line represented by a slight oblique black striga from costa ;
a sinuous black streak in submedian fold to below origin of vein 2 ;
antemedial line represented by a small spot on costa, then by a
faint oblique minutely waved line; orbicular very small, white
defined by black, oblique elliptical; reniform with faint ochreous
white annulus slightly defined by black on inner side, a black
streak in cell before and beyond the orbicular; postmedial line black
slightly defined by whitish on outer side, bent outwards below
costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ;
subterminal line represented by a series of faint minute ochreous
white spots with slight wedge-shaped black marks on their inner
side, most distinct at middle; a terminal series of black points ;
cilia ochreous white and brown intersected with fuscous. Hind
wing semihyaline white with postmedial series of minute black
points on the veins, the veins of terminal area irrorated with black ;
cilia irrorated with black except towards tornus; the underside
with the costal area irrorated with black, the postmedial series of
points more prominent.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Pima Co., Babaquivera Mts.,1 9. Eup.
34 millim.

*4290. Namangana flavistriga. (Plate CXXXVILI. fig. 6.)
Perigea flavistriga, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 204 (1905).

©. Head pale red-brown, darker on vertex; thorax blackish
brown, tegule at base and tips and edges of patagia reddish ;
abdomen pale brown. Fore wing dark brown with blackish
irroration ; subbasal line represented by two black points on costa ;
a distinct yellowish streak in submedian fold from base to post-
medial line; antemedial line hardly traceable except at costa and
in submedian interspace where it is excurved; claviform absent ;
orbicular and reniform with yellowish annuli and rather pale
centres, the former narrow and oblique; postmedial line double
filled in with yellowish, the outer line indistinct, bent outwards
below costa, then minutely waved, oblique below vein 4 and
shghtly angled inwards above vein 1; subterminal line represented
by slight yellowish lunules defined on inner side by minute dentate
blackish marks, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;
terminal area slightly darker; a terminal series of black stric.
Hind wing brown, paler and yellowish towards base; an indistinct
discoidal iunule; the underside yellowish tinged with fuscous, an
indistinct discoidal lunule and postmedial line.

Hab, Canava, Alberta, Lethbridge (Willing). Hap. 34 millim.
This species is unknown to me} figured from a drawing from type
in Coll. J. B. Smith.

5504 NOCLUID EH.

4291, Namangana cretacea.

Namangana cretacea, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 28; Alph, Rom.
Mém. ix. p. 216, pl. 8. f. 10; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 169.

3. Head and thorax ochreous white, brown, and fuscous mixed ;
tegule with strong black line near base ; prothoracic crest with two
black points, metathoracic crest with four points; tarsi black
ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous white mixed with brown.
Fore wing ochreous white tinged with brown and irrorated with
fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa
and cell; antemedial line black, waved; claviform narrow and

Fig. 156.—Namangana cretacea, 3. }-

acute at extremity, defined by black and almost entirely filled in
with black; orbicular and reniform ochreous white defined by
black, the former rather elongate elliptical, the latter narrow,
angled inwards on median nervure and with slight brownish centre ;
a faint blackish medial bar from costa; postmedial line black,
double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line whitish slightly defined on each side by dark
suffusion, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, then
incurved ; a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia ochreous
white and brown with a slight brown line through them. Hind
wing white tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused
with brown; cilia white ; the underside white slightly irrorated with
brown, a dark discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line from costa to
vein 2, and faint diffused subterminal shade.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Tedschen Oasis, 1 ¢ , Ferghana, -
Issyk Kul. Hep. 30 millim.

4292, Namangana accurata.

Mamestra accurata Christ. Hor. Ent. Soe. Ross. xvii. p. 110 (1882); id.
Rom. Mém. ii. pl. 2. f. 11; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 169.

g. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with red-brown ;
palpi black at sides; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen
ochreous white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing ochreous white
suffused and irrorated with red-brown; subbasal line indistinetly
double and slightly waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial iine
double, the outer line blackish and rather diffused, waved, angled
inwards on vein 1; claviform a minute brownish mark; orbicular

NAMANGANA. 550

and reniform small, ochreous white defined by brown and with
slight brownish centres, the former round; a slight diffused medial
brown line oblique from costa to lower angles of cell; postmedial
line blackish slightly defined by white on outer side, bent outwards
below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some
white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white slightly
defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards on veins 7, 6, 4, 3 ;
a terminal series of-slight black lunules; cilia brown and white
with a dark line through them. Hind wing white, the veins
slightly tinged with brown and with traces of a diffused brown
subterminal shade; a fine terminal brown line; the underside with
the costal area irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule,
diffused curved postmedial line with minute dark streaks on the
veins, and diffused subterminal shade from costa to vein 2.

Q. Hind wing with the terminal area more suffused with
brown.

Hab, Anmenta; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 g, 1 2, Ferg-
hana. ap. 30 millim.

#4293. ? Namangana morsa.
Perigea morse, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxxiii. p. 141 (1907).

Head and thorax dull fuscous brown; tegule with black line
near tips; abdomen somewhat paler. Fore wing dull fuscous
brown; subbasal and antemedial lines double, punctiform, the
latter oblique and irregular; claviform defined by some black
scales; orbicular and reniform pale, undefined, the former nearly
round, moderate, the latter slightly constricted at middle; post-
medial line double, punctiform, bent outwards below costa, ex-
curved to vein 4, then somewhat incurved ; subterminal line angled
inwards below costa and at discal and submedian folds, pale slightly
defined on inner side by black; a terminal series of indistinct dark
lunules. Hind wing of male whitish, the termen suffused with
fuscous, of female uniformly suffused with fuscous; the underside
whitish with some brown irroration, a discoidal spot and postmedial
line.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Brownsville. Hwp. 25-28 willim. This

species is unknown to me.

*4294, ? Namangana begallo.
Catabena begallo, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxvii. p. 193 (1905).

Head and thorax reddish brown suffused with fuscous ; abdomen
whitish. Fore wing reddish brown thickly irrorated and suffused
with fuscous; subbasal and antemedial lines absent; orbicular a
pale dot with black point in centre ; reniform irrorated with white
especially at lower extremity and defined by a few blackish scales;
traces of a dentate postmedial line; subterminal line absent; a
terminal series of black strize with white points at the veins; cilia

556 VOCTUID ©.

slightly chequered with white. Hind wing white slightly tinged
with fuscous towards termen especially in female; cilia white, the
underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal
point, and in female traces of a postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Pima Co. Hap. 24 millim. This species
is unknown to me. ; ;

4295. Namangana egestis. (Plate CXX XVII. fig. 7.)

Adipsophanes egestis, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 77, pl. v. f. 14
(1804); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 108.

©. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey, the scales tipped
with grey; tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen whitish
suffused with brown. Fore wing reddish brown largely mixed with
grey and fuscous, the medial area and veins slightly darker ; ante-
medial line very indistinct, pale, angled outwards in interspaces
and inwards on the veins; orbicular and reniform absent ; post-
medial line hardly traceable, oblique below vein 4; subterminal
line absent; a terminal series of slight dark lunules. Hind wing
white, the terminal area tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal
line; the underside with the costal area and terminal area to
vein 2 irrorated with brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts., 1 2, Prescott. Hap.
26 millim.

4296. Namangana leucorena. (Plate CXXXVII. fig. 8.)

Caradrina teucorena, Smith, Pr, U.S. Nat. Mus, xxii. p.477 (1900) ; Dyar,
Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 111.

g. Head and thorax grey mixed with pale reddish brown ;
abdomen whitish tinged with pale brown. Fore wing grey-white
suffused with pale reddish brown; subbasal line represented by a
slight dark striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, dark,
angled outwards at submedian fold and above inner margin and
inwards on median nervure and vein 1; orbicular a faint dark
point ; reniform an ill-defined whitish bar with some dark scales on
its inner side; postmedial line represented by a series of dark
points on the veins with pale points beyond them, bent outwards
below costa and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line defined by
faint dark suffusion on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle; a terminal series of minute dark lunules ; cilia with a fine
pale line at base. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale ochreous
brown ; cilia whitish; the underside white, the costal area slightly
irrorated with brown, a terminal series of minnte black points.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Los Angeles, Arizona, Phenix, 1 ¢
co-type. Hxp. 28-38 millim.

NAMANGANA, 57)

4297. Namangana albirena, n. sp. (Plate CXXXVITI. fig. 9.)

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with black and some grey ;
pectus, legs, and abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the tarsi black
ringed with white. Fore wing purplish grey tinged with red-
brown, the medial area red-brown except towards costa; subbasal
line represented by double striz from costa and a whitish spot
below the cell with dentate black mark beyond it; antemedial line
double, black filled in with white, obliquely curved; orbicular pale
defined by black, small, rather oblique elliptical, touching the ante-
medial line; reniform yellowish white defined by black, very large
and elliptical; postmedial line double, black filled in with white,
bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to
black and white points on the veins, excurved to vein 5, then
incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
yellowish white defined on inner side by dark brown suffusion and
with slight dentate blackish marks on inner side, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle and incurved at discal and submedian folds,
where it forms diffused yellowish-white marks; a terminal series
of minute black points with yellowish-white points before them ;
cilia red-brown mixed with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white
suffused with red-brown, the terminal area darker: cilia yellowish
white tinged with brown and with brown line at middle; the
underside yellowish white thickly irrorated with brown, a slight
discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line, and subterminal
shade.

Hab. Qunrnstand, Brisbane, Taylor Range (Dodd), 1 Q type.
Exp. 26 millim. ¢ in Coll. Druce.

4298. Namangana niveirena. (Plate CXXXVIL. fig. 10.)

Perigea niveirena, Hary. Can. Ent. viii. p. 55 (1876); Smith, Cat. Noct.
N. Am. p. 154,

@. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; tarsi blackish
ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with brown. Fore wing
grey suffused with brown and irrorated with black, the costal edge
blackish ; subbasal line black, angled outwards at median nervure
and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line strong, black,
rather oblique, waved; orbicular very indistinct, slightly defined
by black, oblique elliptical; reniform narrow with brownish
centre and white annulus defined by black; an indistinct medial
line excurved to median nervure, then waved; postmedial line
black, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved
below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-
terminal line indistinct, whitish shghtly defined on inner side by
black and with some fuscous suffusion before it at costa, angled
outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, and inwards at discal and sub-
median folds; a terminal series of strong black lunules. Hind
wing fuscous brown, greyish towards base; cilia with whitish line

558 NOCTUID®,

at base and whitish tips; the underside whitish, the costal and
terminal areas suffused with brown, the former irrorated with black
and white scales, a small discoidal spot, curved diffused postmedial
line, and terminal series of slight lunules.

Hab. Canava, Vancouver I.; U.S.A., California, 1 9 type.
Exp. 38 willim.

4299, Namangana consors. (Plate CXXXVII. fig. 11.)

Perigea consors, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 477 (1900); Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 112.

Q@. Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with greyish; palpi
blackish at sides ; pectus whitish; tarsi fuscous with pale rings ;
abdomen brownish ochreous irrorated with brown, the ventral
area whitish. Fore wing reddish ochreous thickly irrorated with
fuscous, the costal area to postmedial line paler; subbasal line
represented by blackish points below costa and cell; antemedial
line very indistinct, oblique, waved, strongly excurved above inner
margin; claviform large, slightly defined by black; orbicular and
reniform defined by black and with black before and between them
in cell, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter with
fuscous centre and angled inwards on median nervure; an indistinct
oblique blackish medial line from cell to inner margin; postmedial
line defined by reddish on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 6,
angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 4, some
slight dark streaks beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale
reddish defined on inner side by slight black spots forming small
dentate marks above and below vein 5, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle, some blackish suffusion and slight streaks
on the veins beyond it ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia with
pale line at base. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area
suffused with brown; a fine waved dark terminal line; cilia white
with a brownish line through them ; the underside white irrorated
with brown, a small discoidal spot, and slight sinuous postmedial
line.

Hab, U.S.A., Arizona, Pheenix (Barnes), 1 9. Hap. 30 millim.

4300. Namangana texana. (Plate CXX XVII. fig. 12.)

Perigea texana, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 476 (1900); Dyar, Cat.
Lep. N. Am. p. 112.

¢. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with reddish brown
on head and tegule and fuscous on thorax ; palpi with some black
at sides; frons ochreous white below and with black bar above;
tarsi fuscous with whitish rings ; abdomen greyish ochreous dorsally
suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing greyish ochreous tinged
with fuscous and irrorated with black, the postmedial area except
at costa and apex paler, the veins with slight black streaks ; sub-
basal line represented by black striee from costa and cell and point

NAMANGANA. 5a9

beyond it in cell; antemedial line black, angled outwards below
costa, then oblique and waved to just below cell where it is strongly
angled outwards, then strongly angled inwards on vein | ; claviform
absent; orbicular and renitorm with ochreous annuli strongly
defined by black, the former round, the latter slightly angled
inwards on median nervure; a black medial line diffused and
oblique from costa to median nervure, angled inwards below the
cell, then oblique to inner margin ; postmedial line black, excurved
below costa, slightly angled inwards at discal fold, excurved
and minutely waved to vein 2, below which it is bent inwards,
some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented
by slight ochreous-white marks, defined on inner side by small
dentate black marks, larger below costa and at middle, angled out-
wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black
points ; cilia reddish brown at base with series of white points, yel-
lowish white at tips. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area
broadly suffused with brown; cilia brownish at base, white at tips ;
the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
brown, a small black discoidal spot, and sinuous postmedial line.
Hab, U.S.A., Texas, Round Mt., 1 ¢ co-type. Hap. 32 millim.

4301, Namangana variata. (Plate CXX XVII. fig. 13.)

Tricholiia variata, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 231 (1894).
Meristis fea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 279 (part.).

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey; tarsi with
pale rings. Fore wing grey-brown with slight dark irroration ; a
faint waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial
line dark, obliquely excurved from costa to just below cell, angled
inwards on vein 1 and excurved above inner margin; orbicular
faintly defined by brown, round ; reniform defined by brown, with
blackish spot in lower part and somewhat constricted at middle; a
rather diffused medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell,
then incurved ; postmedial line slightly bent outwards below costa,
very slightly incurved at discal fold, excurved to vein 3, then in-
curved, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
indistinctly pale defined on inner side by a brown line, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle; a fine dark terminal line, in male with
white points at extremities of veins ; cilia with a fine pale line at
base. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area suffused with
brown, in female wholly suffused with brown ; cilia yellowish white
with a brownish line through them; the underside grey-white
irrorated with fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot, and somewhat
sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Schaus), 1 9; Guatremana, San Geronimo
(Champion), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll; Cosra Rica, San José.
Kop, 34 millim. ‘Type fin U.S. Nat. Mus.

560 NOCTUID &.

4302. Namangana charada. (Plate CXXXVII. fig. 14.)
Perigea charada, Schaus, Pr, U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 100 (1906),

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey; tarsi with
shght pale rings; abdomen grey-brown, whitish at base. Fore
wing red-brown thickly irrorated with grey and fuscous, the veins
shghtly streaked with grey; subbasal line faint, double filled in
with grey, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double filled in
with whitish, bent inwards at subcostal nervure, oblique to sub-
median fold, then inwardly oblique; orbicular and reniform with
greyish annuli slightly defined by brown, the former small, ir-
regularly rounded, the latter narrow, constricted at middle and
slightly angled inwards on median nervure, connected with costa by
an oblique whitish bar; postmedial line brown defined by whitish
on outer side, excurved from just below costa to vein 4, then
oblique; some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line
indistinct, pale, slightly defined by brown on inner side, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle ; a fine waved brown terminal line with
dark wea in the inter spaces ; ; cilia with a fine white line at base.
Hind wing greyish suffused with brown; a fine waved brown
terminal line; cilia white tinged with brown except at base; the
underside grey-white with some dark irroration, the costal half
tinged with rufous, a slight discoidal spot, curved postmedial line
from costa to vein 4, and terminal series of slight lunules.

Hab. Mrxtco, Jalapa (Schaus),1 9. Hzxp. 38 millim. Typet 3g
in US, Nat. Mus.

Genus CARBONA. Type
Carbona, Schaus, Pr, U.S. Nat. Mus, xxx. p. 102 (1906) ............ obscura.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
vertex of head and moderately fringed with scales in front, the drd moderate,
porrect ; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated ; thorax
clothed with scales and hair mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading
crests; tibia moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair at
base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole: 11 from cell.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only,

4303. Carbona obscura.
Carbona obscura, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 102 (1906).

Head and tegule black-brown slightly mixed with grey, the
tegule tipped with white; thorax greyish tinged with red-brown,
the metathoracic crest large, black, with metallic scales in it ; lige
fuscous brown, the tarsi “slightly ringed with whitish ; nbdomen
dark greyish brown. Fore wing ereyich suffused with red-brown,
the inner area from beyond antemedial line suffused with black-

CARBONA.—CINGALESA. 561

brown extending to cell and from lower angle of cell obliquely to termen
below apex; subbasal line double, minutely waved, from costa tovein 1;
antemedial line double towards costa, minutely waved, incurved
in submedian interspace ; orbicular and reniform defined by black-
brown, the former small, round; an indistinct dark medial line ex-
curved in cell, then incurved ; postmedial line dark, shghtly defined
by greyish on outer side, double and filled in with greyish towards
costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and pro-
duced to slight grey streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, the costa beyond it with some pale points with blackish

Big. 157.—Carbona obscura, 3. }.

marks between them; subterminal line indistinct, greyish, angled
outwards at veins 7 and 4, inwards in discal fold and bent outwards
to tornus; a terminal series of white points at the extremities of
the veins; cilia black-brown with a fine whitish line at base.
Hind wing dark brown with a fine whitish line at base of cilia; the
underside greyish brown, the costal area slightly irrorated with
whitish, an obscure discoidal bar and diffused curved postmedial
line.

Hab. S.K. Perv, La Oroya (Ockenden), 1 3S, Carabaya,
S. Domingo (Ockenden), 1 3 ; Brazin, Petropolis. Hvp. 30 millim.

Genus CINGALHSA. :
Type.

Cingalesa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 386 (1894) .................5 strigicosta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to
vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth ; eyes
large, round; antenne of female minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibie
moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments.
Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen slightly excised below apex and
excurved at middle; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 7, 8 and 10 stalked ;
9 absent; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 obsolescent from
middle of discocellulars; 6,7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near

middle.
4304. Cingalesa strigicosta.
Microphysa strigicosta, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 100, pl. 162. f. 14
(1893) ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 337.

@. Head, tegule, and prothoracic crest black mixed with some
red-brown ; thorax ochreous white; pectus and legs blackish, the
tarsi ringed with white; abdomen ochreous suffused with brown,
the crests blackish. Fore wing whitish suffused with olive ochreous

VOU. VILL. 20

562 NOCTUID &.

and irrorated with a few black scales; the costal edge black; a
small black spot at base of costa; subbasal line represented by a
black striga from costa and a few scales below the cell, the ante-
medial line by a black striga from costa, then by a few scales, ex-
curved; a black mark on costa before the postmedial line which is

Fig. 158.—Cingalesa strigicosta, 2. 3.

slight, black, slightly bent outwards below costa and incurved at
discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some small white spots beyond
it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, excurved below
vein 7 and to termen at middle, leaving a semicircular black patch
beyond it below apex and a black line towards tornus; a terminal
series of whitish points; cilia black mixed with some grey. Hind
wing greyish wholly suffused with fuscous black, the cilia with a
slight pale line at base ; the underside paler irrorated with fuscous
brown, a dark discoidal striga and postmedial line.
Hab. Cryton, Pundaloya (Green), 1 9 type. Hap. 20 millim.

Genus NEOSTROTIA, nov.

Type, NV. malonia.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle
of frons and broadly scaled, the 3rd short ; frons smooth; eyes large, round ;
antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax
without crest, the metathorax with depressed crest; tibize moderately fringed
with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the
termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; il from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper
angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the basal and terminal areas darker than the

STIG SMH Ut Nats em ar ane B En HHIDE Sa duaracsubsaeeacoceatbasondrsoneosdasuosec nigripalpis.
B. Fore wing with the basal and terminal areas not darker than
Phe Med ialvareas eat sdseswecace ac agiaecacene ae PET eae ee eR CERE TAC malonia.

4305. Neostrotia nigripalpis. (Plate CXXXVII. fig. 15.)
Thalpochares nigripalpi, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 162 (1904).

g. Head white; palpi and lower part of frons deep black ;
antennze rufous; thorax yellow tinged with rufous and with a few
dark scales ; pectus except below wings and legs black, the tips of
spurs, base of hind tibiz and the tarsi white; abdomen rufous,
yellowish white at base, the anal tuft and ventral surface black.
Fore wing with the basal area fuscous brown shading to rufous,
some whitish at base of inner margin, the medial area whitish
suffused with yellow and irrorated with brown, the postmedial area

NEOSTROTIA. 563

fuscous brown, the terminal area red-brown ; a slight dark discoidal
spot ; postmedial line represented by a double series of small red-
brown spots, obsolete towards costa and incurved below vein 4, some
white points with black streaks between them beyond it on costa;
subterminal line almost obsolete towards costa, then white, excurved
below vein 7, excurved and minutely dentate at middle and bent
outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black points with minute
white points beyond them; cilia fuscous. Hind wing yellowish
white; a blackish discoidal spot, slight postmedial line obsolete to-
wards costa, indistinct subterminal diffused line and terminal series
of black striz with whitish strie beyond them ; the underside faintly
tinged with rufous and irrorated with dark brown, the postmedial
line distinct and punctiform, a terminal series of small black lunules.
Hab. Braztt, Castro Paraiia (D. Jones), 1 go. Hap. 24 millim.

*4306. Neostrotia malonia.
Kustrotia malonia, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p, 144 (1898).

@. Head white; palpi and frons black; antennze fuscous,
white at base; thorax white suffused with rufous; tibize fuscous
black ; tarsi pale rufous; abdomen fuscous, whitish tinged with
rufous at base and on ventral surface. Fore wing white suffused
with rufous and slightly striated with fuscous; a subbasal black
spot on costa ; antemedial line double filled in with white, the
inner line brown, the outer pale rufous with black spot at costa,
curved and slightly waved, some whitish beyond it; a slight
blackish discoidal lunule; a faint rufous line from lower angle
of cell to inner margin; postmedial line with triangular black
spot on costa, bent outwards and almost obsolete below costa, then

Fig. 159.—Neostrotia malonia, 2. 3.

formed by rufous lunules slightly defined by white on outer side,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white strie beyond it
from costa with small black spots between them; subterminal
line white, defined on inner side by blackish from costa to discal
fold, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, then minutely dentate
and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black strie ;
cilia chequered white and fuscous brown. Hind wing whitish
suffused with brown ; a faint discoidal spot and curved postmedial
line ; a terminal series of black strive; cilia chequered white and
fuscous brown; the underside white irrorated with black, the
202

564 NOCTUID®.

costa and termen to vein 2 tinged with brown, a black discoidal
spot and curved rather maculate postmedial line.

Hab. Brazit, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), type fT 2 in U.S. Nat. Mus.
Exp. 96 millim.

Genus NEOMONODES, nov.

Type, NV. bertha.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex
of head and slightly fringed with scales in front, the 3rd moderate; frons
smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated with tuft of hair in
front of basal joint; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and meta-
thorax with spreading crests; build slender; tibiae moderately fringed with
hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the
apex rounded, the termen excised from vein 3 to tornus and not crenulate ;
vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from above angle; 6 from below upper
angle; 7, 8, 9, stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from
angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from
upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

*4307. Neomonodes bertha.
Hustrotia bertha, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 118 (1898).

3. Head and tegule whitish suffused with red-brown; thorax
ochreous white tinged with rufous ; fore legs suffused with brown;
abdomen ochreous, Fore wing with the basal half ochreous tinged
with rufous, extending to end of cell and on medial area to sub-
median fold, the inner medial area and terminal area grey-brown
with some white mixed, the costal edge brown; subbasal line
represented by a slight very oblique brown striga from costa ;
antemedial line brown, interrupted below the cell, acutely angled
outwards below costa and in cell and above and below vein 1 and
inwards on median nervure and vein 1, with a brown streak from

Fig. 160.—Neomonodes bertha, 3. }.

it to postmedial line above vein 1; two minute whitish points
on discocellulars defined by fuscous ; postmedial line indistinct,
double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique, filled in with white on inner
area; a diffused oblique white band beyond it from vein 6 to
submedian fold; subapical black streaks on veins 8 and 7; sub-
terminal line white, arising from below apex and incurved below
vein 3; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with white
except at apex; a fine blackish terminal line. Hind wing white,
the apical area irrorated with red-brown, a slight discoidal point ;

NEOMONODES.—MICROMONODES. 565

a brown terminal line; cilia white mixed with brown at base ;
the underside with the costal area irrorated with red-brown, a
diffused waved medial line from costa to lower angle of cell and
postmedial line from costa to vein 6.

Hab. Braziu, Sao Paule (D, Jones), type t+ 5 in U.S. Nat. Mus.
Exp. 22 millim,

Genus MICROMONODKES, nov.

Type, M@. guarama.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, slender. the 2nd joint reaching
to vertex of head and slightly fringed with scales in front, the 3rd rather
long; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax
clothed chiefly with scales and without crests, or the metathorax with
depressed crest; tibiz slightly fringed with hair; build slender ; abdomen
without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved
and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;
7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of
cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8
anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Hind wing with veins 3 4, stalked; metathorax with depressed
crest.

*4308. Micromonodes mochensis.
Photedes mochensis, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 157 (1904).

©. Head and thorax whitish tinged with red-brown, the meta-
thoracic crest black; palpi black-brown, the extremity of 2nd
joint and the 3rd joint pale rufous with black points at tips; pectus
and legs whitish tinged with rufous, the fore tibiz blackish, the
tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen red-brown with slight
white segmental lines and white. band at base of anal tuft, which
is black, the ventral surface whitish at base. Fore wing red-
brown with slight blackish irroration, the basal area whitish, the

Fig. 161.—Micromonodes mochensis, 2. 3.

antemedial and terminal areas tinged with fuscous; subbasal line
represented by a slight whitish striga from costa; antemedial line
double, black filled in with whitish, inwardly oblique and almost
straight ; orbicular represented by a black point, the reniform by
an elliptical black spot; a double rather diffused and slightly
sinuous blackish medial line; postmedial line black defined by
whitish on outer side, oblique from cesta to vein 6, excurved to
vein 5, then oblique and slightly sinuous, some whitish points

566 NOCTUID H.

beyond it on costa on a diffused blackish patch; subterminal line
very indistinct, pale, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and
excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia with
fine pale line at base. Hind wing reddish brown; a faint dark
discoidal spot; a sinuous postmedial line and fine terminal line;
cilia rufous with a fine pale line at base; the underside whitish
irrorated with black, the terminal half suffused with rufous, a
black discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and terminal series
of points.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Schaus), type fT 2 in U.S. Nat. Mus.
Exp. 20 millim.

Srecr. II. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell; metathorax without crest.

A. Fore wing without black streak in submedian fold on medial

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B. Fore wing with black streak in submedian fold on medial

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*4309. Micromonodes marita. (Plate CXXXVII. fig. 16.)
Photedes marita, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 157 (1904).

3g. Head and thorax whitish suffused with red-brown and with
a few dark brown scales; palpi whitish, blackish at sides except
at tips; mid and hind tibiz with blackish patches at sides at
extremities; abdomen grey-white, dorsally suffused with brown,
the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing whitish mostly suffused
with red-brown, the inner area paler; subbasal line double,
waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinetly
double, slightly excurved below costa and inwards in cell, then
excurved, oblique and obsolescent towards inner margin ; orbicular
represented by a faint oblique yellowish mark ; reniform very
narrow and indistinct, with brown centre and whitish annulus ;
postmedial line blackish defined by whitish on outer side, strongly
bent outwards below costa, then very minutely waved, excurved
to vein 4, then very oblique, some white points with brown
streaks between them beyond it on costa; an oblique white fascia
from apex to postmedial line defined below by a blackish streak ;
subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at
middle and forming a white patch at tornus; a terminal series of
small black lunules slightly defined by whitish on inner side; cilia
pale rufous. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown except on
basal area; a slight dark discoidal spot; a fine brown terminal
line; cilia whitish with a brown line through them ; the underside
whitish, the costal area and terminal area to vein 4 irrorated with
brown, a blackish discoidal lunule, rather diffused waved postmedial
line, angled inwards at vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, a
terminal series of black lunules from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Brazin, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), type fT ¢ in U.S. Nat. Mus.
Exp. 22 millim.

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MICROMONODES. 567

*4310. Micromonodes guarama.
Thalpochares guarama, Schaus, Trans. Am, Ent. Soe. xxx. p. 162 (1904).

@. Head and thorax pale ochreous slightly tinged with rufous
and irrorated with brown; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing
pale ochreous tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with dark
brown ; subbasal line slight, dark, waved, from costa to vein 1;
antemedial line blackish, with diffused black mark at costa, oblique
to median nervure, with two white points on it in submedian
fold, excurved above inner margin, with a black streak in sub-
median fold from it to postmedial line; traces of a medial line
oblique from costa to middle of discocellulars, then sinuous ;
postmedial line obsolescent towards costa, strongly bent outwards
below costa, excurved to vein 5, then black defined by white on

Fig. 162.— Micromonodes guarama, 2. 3.

outer side and slightly excurved at vein 1, some whitish points
beyond it on costa; an oblique blackish fascia from termen below
apex to postmedial line at vein 5 with whitish patch above it
at apex and traces of a whitish subterminal line from it to inner
margin with black patch before it at middle; a terminal series
of black striw; cilia ochreous white mixed with brown. Hind
wing white slightly tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal
line; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous and
irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot and indistinct
diffused sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Braz, Sio Paulo (D. Jones), type tf in U.S. Nat. Mus.
Exp. 22 millim.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

abalas (Crambodes), 552.
abalas (Namangana),
552.
aboleta (Hydrilla), 415.
abscondita (Acronycta),
ILM),
abscondita (Noctua), 158.
absorbens (Athetis), 354.
absorbens (Graphiphora),
354.
abyssinia (Spodoptera),
)
acallis (Ariathisa), 409.
acallis (Caradrina), 409.
acaste (Monodes), 505.
acaste (Noctua), 505.
accurata (Mamestra),
594.
aceurata (Namangana),
O04.
acera (Andropolia), 208.
acera (Polia), 208.
acericola (Acronycta),
152"
aceris (Acronycta), 116,
138.
aceris (Noctwa), 116.
aceris (Phalena), 151.
Acopa, 410.
Acosmetia, 412.
Acronicta, 59. -
Acronycta, 59.
Acronyctine, 1.
acronyctoides
ptera), 256.
Acroria, 276.
Acroriodes, 279.
actinophora (Matopo),
187.
acuna (Oxyenemis), 219.
adela (Namangana), 548.
adela (Spodoptera), 548.

(Spodo-

adelopa (Ariathisa), 407.
adelopa ( Caradrina), 407.

adelphodes (Ariathisa),
405.

adelphodes (Caradrina),
405.

Adipsophanes, 234.
aduncula (Hadena), 478.
adusta (Oxycnemis), 220.
adustus (Oxycnemis),
220:
advena (Oxycnemis), 218.
aedon (Andropolia), 205.
aedon (Polia), 205.
eschria (Athetis), 358.
afflicta (Acronycta), 86.
Agrionodes, 37.
agrotina (Amphidrina),
298.
agrotina (Celena), 478.
agrotina (Monodes), 475.
agyra (Callopistria), 459.
agyra (Monodes), 459.
aire (Noctua), 414.
albarufa (Acronycta),
68.
albiclava (Delta), 198.
albicosta (Simyra), 178.
albicostata (Eurois), 473,
475.
albida (Arsilonche), 177.
albifasciata (Stoma-
frontia), 223.
albifissa (Gonodes), 451.
albina (Athetis), 340.
albina (Caradrina), 340.

albiorbis (Acronycta),
74.

albipuncta (Athetis),
0

albipuncta (Platysenta),
449,

albipuncta
300.

albirena (Athetis), 349.

albirena (Caradrina),
349.

albirena (Namangana),
557.

albisparsa (Mamestra),
246

“a

(Sesamia),

albistigma (Acronycta),
OB

albistigma (Caradrina),
368.

albistigma (Prometopus),
368.

albiviata (Monodes),
arate

albonigra (Acronicta),
58.

albonigra (Craniophora),
53

albonotata (Hypoperi-
gea), 423.

albonotata
423.

albopicta (Segetia), 524.

( Tarache),

albovenosa (Simyra),
177.
albo-venosa (Noctua),

albula (Xylina), 274.

Aleptina, 229.

alfceni (Namangana),
546.

alfkenti (Perigea), 546.

algama (Bryophila), 498.

algama (Monodes), 498.

Alibaia, 276.

aliena (Agrotis), 256.

alni (Acronycta), 123.

almi (Noctua), 128.

alnoides (Acronycta), 93.

570

Alpesa, 4577.

alphitias (Hremochroa),
378.

alpina (Acronycta), 132.

alpium (Daseocheeta), 30.

alpium (Noctua), 50.

alsines (Athetis), 319.

alsines (Noctua), 319.

altaica (Acronicta), 106.

amathodes (Ariathisa),
386.

amathodes (Caradrina),
386.

ambigua (Athetis), 321.

ambigqua (Noctua), 321.

Ainefrontia, 417.

americana (Acronycta),
151.

americana
151.

Amiana, 588.

Amphidrina, 204.

amurensis (Amphidrina),
296.

amurensis (Caradrina),

319.

(Apatela),

amurensis (Dryobota),
296.
amygia (Xylomyges),
271.

anedina (Triena), 117.

anceps (Caradrina), 362.

ancocisconensis (Hadena),
210.

andalusica (Stilbia), 291.

andrias (Hadena), 252.

androgea (Noctua), 244.

androgea (Prodenia),
244.

Andropolia, 199.

angasi (Ariathisa), 386,

angasi (Luperina), 386.

angelica (Copibryophila),
226

anomala (Phytometra),

anomala (Stilbia), 291.

anomalata (Stilbia), 291.

anomeeosis (Athetis),
349.

Anorthodes, 299.

anotha (Petilampa), 416.

anotha (Platyperigea),
416.

Antachara, 276.

Antha, 274.

antica (Monodes), 463.

antica (Perigea), 463.

antipoda (Agrotis), 390.

Apatela, 59.

aperta (Iscadia), 214.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,
apertura (Laphygma),
260.

apertura (Prodenia), 250.

apicalis (Monodes), 456.

apicalis (Oligia), 486.

apicata (Polionycta), 41.

aprilina (Noctua), 30.

aquatilis (Acosmetia),
413.

Arctomyscis, 59.

arcuosa (Phytometra),
414.

arenacea (Caradrina),

335.

argentacea (Simyra),
174.

argentea (Arsilonche),
Wide

argillacea (Epimecia),
171

Ariathisa, 383.

arida (Acosmetia), 414.

arioch (Acronycta), 164.

arioch (Eulonche), 164.

armata (Fota), 215.

armeniaca (Prestilbia),
292.

arna (Celena), 482.

arnotdes (Celeno), 478.

aroensis (Gonodes), 453.

arensis (Ipimorpha), 453.

Arsilonche, 173.

asiatica (Acronycta), 92.

Asisyra, 454.

aspera (Acronycta), 202.

aspersa (Athetis), 362.

aspersa (Caradrina),
362.
asteropa (Hthiopica),
421.

Athetis, 299.
atmoscopa (Ariathisa),

atmoscopa (Caradrina),
397.

atomana (Noctua), 177.

atra (Agrotis), 401.

atra (Ariathisa), 401.

atrescens (Caradrina),
550.

atriciliata (Platysenta),
448.

atriluna (Athetis), 315.

atriluna (Caradrina),
315.

atrinota (Hadjina), 528.

atripars (Namangana),
552.

atrirena (Athetis), 353.

atrirena (Caradrina),
303.

atrisecta (Monodes), 476.

atrisigna (Monodes), 512.

atrisquamata (Ariathisa),
403

atrisquamata
drina), 403.

atrosignata (Ariathisa),
387.

Atypha, 299.

auricoma (Acronycta),
132.

auricoma (Noctua), 132.

autumnalis (Prodenia),

6
wm.

(Cara -

baboquavaria
enemis), 217.

bacheri ( Catamecia), 548.

Balsa, 454.

barbarossa (Monodes),
461.

barnesi (Acronycta), 144.

barnesit (Acronycta),
144.

basisticha (Ariathisa),
408.

basisticha (Caradrina),
408.

basistigma
AO2

basistigma (Monodes),
492.

bastula (Monodes), 507.

bastula (Semiphora), 507.

baueri (Lhalpochares),
440.

beata (Hadjina), 527.

beata (Thalpochares),
527.

begallo (Catabena), 555.

begallo (Namangana),
595.

belucha (Caradrina), 305.

bertha (Hurots), 496.

bertha (Eustrotia), 564.

bertha (Monodes), 496.

bertha (Neomonodes),
564.

beryllodes (Daseocheeta),
35

(Oxy-

(Hrastria),

3.
beryllodes (Dipthera), 35.
betulee (Acronycta), 151.
bias (Thalpochares), 440.
bicolor (Acronycta), 150.
bicomma (Nitocris), 400.
bicornis (Athetis), 350.
bicornis (Orthosia), 350.
bicyclica (Dysmilichia),

hicyclica (Erastria), 429.

biguttula (Hadjina), 523.

biguttula (Mamestra),
523.

bilunata (Caradrina),
351.

bimacula (Acronycta),
161,

bimacula (Athetis), 563.

bimacula (Nebrissa), 363.

bipurs (Prodenia), 261.

bipunctata (Xylina), 271.

bisignata (Agrotis), 256.

bisignata ( Celena), 256.

bistricula (Ariathisa),
399.

bistrigula’(Hadena), 399.

Bisulcia, 51.

bivirge (Acronycta), 106.

blanda (Athetis), 320.

blanda (Noctua), 320,
322.

blosmeri (Nonagria), 174.

bombycina (Cosmia), 179.

bradyporina (Noctua),
161.

bremusa (Athetis), 534.

bremusa (Caradrina),
Biss
brevipennis (Daseo -

cheta), 27.
brumosa (Acronycta), 78,
83, 89.
brunnea (Acronycta), 85.
brunneicrista (Hyppa),
211.
brunneicrista (Litho-
mea), 211.
bryophiloides (Acronycta),
64

bucephalina (Awylia),

517.

bucephalina (Monodes),
7

buettnert

174.
buettneri (Simyra), 174.

(Arsilonche),

cadema (Monodes), 504.
cadema (Oligia), 504.
ceca (Athetis), 300.
ceca (Caradrina), 421.
ceca (Charidea), 3800.
cca (Paromphale), 421.
cesarea (Acronycta), 89.
calamistrata (Dysmili-
chia), 428.

calamistraia (Llattia),
428.
calberle (Caradrina),
291.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

caliginosa (Acosmetia),
413.

caliginosa (Noctua), 413.

callimera (Agrotis), 394.

caliimera (Ariathisa),
394.

callopistrica (Monodes),
505.

Calogramma, 238.

Calophasidia, 180.

camina (Petilampa), 417.

camina (Platyperigea),
417

campyla (Delta), 194.

canadensis (Acronycta),
135.

candelisqua (Noctua),
116

candida (Homohadena),
256.
campfimbria (Celena),
42.
canifimbria (Micrathetis),
2
Canna, 19.
canoa (Cerma), 551.
canoa (Namangana),
5d].
capicola (Athetis), 303.
capicola (Spodoptera),
303.

capularis (Agrotis), 400.

capularis (Ariathisa),
CO

caradrinoides (Laphyg-
ma), 265.

Carbona, 560.

earbonaria (Acronycta),

carcaroda (Hadjina), 524.

carcaroda (Xanthoptera),
52 5.

carina (Acopa), 410.

carola (Acronycta), 123.

casearia (Athetis), 366.

casearia (Caradrina),
366.

cashinirensis ( Calophasia),
590.

cashmirensis (Naman-
gana), 580.

casparti (Acronycta),
64,

castaneipars (Athetis),
307.

castaneipars
campa), 307.

castra (Galgula), 441.

castrensis (Lithacodia),
501.

castrensis (Monodes), 501.

(Tenio-

571

Catabena, 234.
Catamecia, 540.
caternaulti (Neomili-
chia), 518.
caternaultt
518.
catocaloida (Acronycta),

(Perigea),

catomelas (Pulcheria),
2113,

caudata (Laphygina),
274

cebexe (Thalatha), 46.

cenicienta (Acronycta),
502:

cenicienta (Monodes),

centralis (Acronycta),

Centrarthra, 284.
centripuncta (Simyra),

177.
cephatica (Oligia), 483.
Cephalospargeta, 224.
cervina (Athetis), 306.
cervina (Ilattia), 306.
Cetola, 182.
chalcedonia (Monodes),
chalcedonia
482.
charada (Namangana),
560.
charada (Perigea), 560.
chinensis (Athetis), 386.
chinensis (Caradrina),
236.
chinensis (Hadjina), 525.
chinensis (Perigea), 525.
chionochroa (Acronycta),
136.
chionopasta (Ariathisa),
393.

(Woctua),

chionopis (Athetis), 299.
chionopis (Monodes),
500

Chiripha, 237.

chlorozona (Monodes),
495.

chromoneura( Caradrina),
369.

chrysochlora (Daseo-
cheta), 28.

chrysochlora (Diphthera),
28.

chrysospila (Ariathisa),
391.

chrysospila (Caradrina),
ool.

ciligera (Prodenia), 245.
ciliwm (Spodoptera), 254.

o72

cinctipis (Amphipyra),
400.

cinderella (Acronycta),
135.

cineracea (Acronycta),

cinerascens (Caradrina),
338.

cinerea (Hadjina), 526.

cinerea (Hydrilla), 436.

cinerea (Proxenus), 436.

cinereicollis (Agrotis), 401.

Cingalesa, 561.

civica (Caradrina), 337

clara (Caradrina), 466.

clarescens (Acronycta),
72, 80.

anne (Escaria), 228.

clavipalpis (Athetis),
336.
clavipalpis (Phalena),
336.

cognata (Athetis), 347.
cognate (Graphiphora),
347

calla is (Xylina), 401.

colorada (Arsilonche),
ae

colorada (Simyra), 177.

comma (Ariathisa), 400.

comma (Mamestra), 400.

commeline (Phalena),
242.

commeline (Prodenia),
247.

communicaia (Laphyg-
ma), 278

compta (Laphygma), 255.

compta (Spodoptera),
Y5d.

concisa (Perigea), 468,
510

confinis (Ariathisa), 398.

confinis (Celena), 398.

conformis (Athetis), 326.

conformis (Caradrina),
326.

confusa (Simyra), 178.

confusa (Leucania), 178.

congesta (Caradrina),
340.

ae egata (Hadena),

con ae alis (Bryophita),
47.

conjecturalis (Thalatha),

conjugata (Hydrelia),
473.

conjugata (Monodes),

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

CONJUNG ENS
446,
connecta (Acronycta),

69.
connectens (Catamecia),
542.
connectens
542.
consanguis (Acronycta),
consors (Namangana),
538.
consors (Perigea), 558.
conspersa (Simyra), 179.
conspicua (Athetis), 313.

(Carvanca),

(Larache),

conspicua ( Orthosia), 313.
contacta (Acronycta), 202.

contacta (Andropolia),
262.

contaminei (Hogena), 179.
contaminet (Noctua), 179.
continens (Amiana), 539,

continens (Perigea), 589.

contraria (Galgula), 448.

contraria (Xylina), 210.

contrita (Agrotis), 544.

contrita (Catamecia),
544.

contusa (Athetis), 317.

contusa (Noctua), 317.

conviva (Caradrina), 443.

Copibryophila, 226.

cornuta (Ariathisa), 585.

cornuta (Prometopus),
385.

coronula (Noctua), 57.

correpta (Hypostilbia),
294.

correpta (Senta), 294.

cosmioides (Prodenia),
247.

Cosmodes, 17.

costagna (Monodes), 477.

costagna (Thalpochares),
477.

costalis (Agrotis), 390.

costipuncta (Monodes),
516.

costipuncta (Photedes),
516.

Crambodes, 445.

Craniophora, 51.

crenulata (Acronycta),

cretacea (Namangana),

504.

cretata (Acronycta), 160.

croceipuncta (Athetis),
343.

cryphea (Ariathisa),
03.

cryphed( Caradrina), 403.

crypsicharis (Caradrina),
386.

cubicularis (Caradrina).
340.

cubicularis (Noctua), 336.

cupreipennis (Hadjina),
525.

cupreipenmis (Llattia),
525.

cuprescens
ADT. |

cupricolora (Caradrina),
41%),

eupricolora (Ethiopica),
419.

(Monodes),

Cuspidia, 59.

cuspis (Acronycta), 110.

cyanescens (Acronycta),
129.

cyanoloma (Ariathisa),

eyanoloma (Prometopus),
394,

cycloides (Laphygma),
265.

cylindrica (Fotella), 233.
cylindrica (Hadena), 233.
cyparisse (Noctua), 158.

dactylina (Acronycta),
154.
darena (Prodicella), 227.
darena (Thalpochares),
daria (Prorachia), 230.
daria( Thalpochares), 230
darpa (Acontia), 480.
dasarada (Micrathetis),
444,
dasarada ( Thalpochares),
444,
Daseocheta, 22.
dasychira (Noctua), 318.
deceptrix (Catamecia),
542.
deceptrix CESaueO Carian),
542.
declinata (Pr eo, 246.
deg vee (Noctua), 123,
NOT
delecta (Athetis), 313.
delecta (Caradrina), 313.
deliriosa (Celena), 458.
deliriosa (Monodes), 458.
Delta, 190.
deltoides (Erastria), 468.
deltoides (Monodes),
465.
dentata (Cetola), 183.
denterna (Acroria), 277.

denterna (Xylophasia),
27, 278, 279.
denticulata( Triena), 115.
dentifera (Calophasidia),
182.
dentilineata (Celena),
518.
dentinosa (Noctua), 175.
dentinosa (Simyra). 175.
denvera (Acronycta), 155.
derosa (Caradrina), 400.
derupta (Actinotia), 271.
detersina , Delta), 196.
detersina (Rhizogramma),
196.
detrecta (Xylina), 463.
devara (Monodes), 461.
devara (Hustrotia), 461.
dianiphea (Gonodes),
450.
didonea (Hadena), 536.
didonea (Xylomeea), 536.
diffusa (Acronycta), 93.
diffusilis (Polia), 202.
digna (Acronycta), 146.
digna (Thalpophila), 146.
diminuta (Acroria), 279.
diminuta (Xylophasia),
279.
dinava (Thalatha), 45.
dinawa (Acronycta), 43.
diphteroides (Leuco-
nycta), 36.
diphteroides (Microcelia),
36

Diphtherocome, 22.

diplolopha (Acroriodes),
280.

discibrunnea
cheta), 32.

discibrunnea (Diphthera),
32.

(Daseo-

discistriga (Platyperigea),
448

discistriga (Platysenta),
8.

discophora (Caradrina),
424,
dispar (Andropolia), 203.
dispar (Polia), 203.
dissecta (Acronycta), 88.
dissimilis (Caradrina),
431.
dissimilis (Proxenus),
distans (Acronycta), 142.
distans (Apatela), 142.
distincta (Caradrina),
315.
distracta (Caradrina),
433.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,

distracta (Proxenus),
433.

ditrigona (Monodes),
7

diversilineata (Andro-
polia), 199.

diversilineata (Hadena),

divisa (Athetis), 318.
divisa (Callierges), 236.
divisa (Hyboma), 52.
divisa (Lpimorpha), 318.

.dolens (Acronycta), 80.

dolichos (Noctua), 242.

dolichos (Prodenia),
242,

dolorosa (Apatela), 142.

dorsivaria (Bryophila),
369.

drasteroides (Athetis),
365.

drasteroides (Caradrina),
365.

dubiosa ( Caradrina), 340.

duponchellit (Caradrina),
414.

Dysmilichia, 426.

eceicei (Thalatha), 44.
editha (Atethmia), 513.
editha (Monodes), 513.
edolata (Acronycta),
148.
edolata (Apatela), 145.
egestis (Adipsophanes),
556.
egestis (Namangana),
eheiket (Acronycta), 44.
Hlaphria, 299.
elata (Noctua), 245.
eldora (Acronycta), 118.
elegans (Cosmodes), 17.
elegans (Phalena), 17.

elizabeta (Acronycta),
120.
elongata (Acronycta),

elongata (Cephalospar-
geta), 224

emaculata (Acronycta),
140.

endesma
384.

endesma (Prometopus),
384.

ensina (Monodes), 485.

ensina (Oligia), 485.

enunciatus (Agrotis), 252.

Eogena, 179.

(Ariathisa),

573

eogene (Noctua), 179.

epichysts (Polia), 206.

Kpimecia, 288.

epiplecta (Nitocris), 390.

Eremochroa, 370.

erica (Spodopter a), 252.

eridania (Noctua), 271.

eridania (Xylomyges),
PHONG

Escaria, 228.

esula (Cringe), 2

esula (Xylina), 254

esule (Noctua), 148.

Ethiopica, 418.

ethiopica (Omphaletis),

e amd 9

etoniana (Ariathisa),
395.

etoniana (Caradrina),
399.

euchroa (Ariathisa), 385.

euchroa (Caradrina), 385.

eudiopta (Prodenia), 248.

Hulaphygma, 251.

Eulonche, 162.

euphorbize (Acronycta),
158.

euphorbie (Noctua), 158,
159.

euphrasie (Noctua), 158.

Hupolia, 544.

evanescens (Prodenia),
246.

evanida (Leucania), 176.

excisa (Ariathisa), 387

excisa (Spodoptera), 387.

exempta (Agrotis), 261.

aoe (Laphygma),

exesa ( Celena), 483.
exesa (Monodes), 483.
exigua (Laphygma), 265,
exigua (Noctua), 265.
exilis (Acronycta), 70.
exilis (Caradrina), 415,
expansa (Caradrina),
355.
expolita (Athetis), 305.
expolita (Caradrina),
305.
expuncta (Celena), 482.
exquisita (Prodenia),
243.
externa (Athetis), 306.
externa (Huclidia), 440.
externa (Leucania), 271.
externa (Orthosia), 306.
extima (Athetis), 337.
extima (Caradrina), 337.
extincta (Andropolia),
206.

ort

extincta (Polia), 206.

extricata (Acronycta),
145.

extricata (Mastiphanes),
145.

exundans (Nitocris), 577 .

exundans (Omphaletis),

377.

faille (Stilbia), 291.

Fala, 220.

falcula (Acronycta), 120.

falcula (Apatela), 120.

fallax (Agriopodes), 38.

fallax (Moma), 38.

farinacea (Caradrina),
341.

fasciata (Acronycta), 52,
141

fasciata (Athetis), 325.

fasciata (Craniophora),
52.

fasciata (Daseocheeta),
28.

fasciata (Diphthera), 28.

fasciata (Graphiphora),
325.

favillacea (Noctua), 64.

fea (Meristis), 559.

felina (Acronycta), 128.

felina (Apatela), 128.

Fergana, 289.

fergana (Caradrina),
359.

ferruginea (Caradrina),
531

ferruginea (Hadjina),
531.
ferruginea (Hydrelia),
440.
fervens (Celena), 518.
festiva (Calogramma),
239.

Festiva (Noctua), 239.

festivoides (Celena), 483.

festivoides (Monodes),
483.

fidicularia (Segetia), 334.

jilium (Spodoptera), 256.

fissistigma (Monodes),
473, :

fissistigma (Xanthoptera),
473

fixsent (Acronycta). 147.

fixseni (Athetis), 366.

fixseni (Pseudophia),
366.

flava (Athetis), 327.

flava (Caradrina), 327.

flavicollis (Hrastria),
367.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

flavicollis (Prometopus),
367.

flavida (Arsilonche), 177.

flavimaculata (Cara-
drina), 262, 264.

flavimaculata (Laphyg-
mia), 264.

flavimedia (Prodenia),

flaviorbis (Monodes),
504.

flavipuncta (Athetis),
343,

flavirena (Athetis), 331.

flavirena (Caradrina),

329, 331.

flavirena (Strigiphlebia),

283.

flavistriga (Namangana),
553.

flavistriga
553.

flavitincta (Athetis), 356.

flexirena (Apamea). 406.

flexirena (Ariathisa),
406.

florescens (Celena), 374.

(Perigec),

, florescens (Omphaletis),

374.
floridana (Hadena), 488.
Fota, 214.
Fotella, 232.
foyeata (Athetis), 307.
fragilis (Acronycta), 77.
fragilis (Microcelia), 77.
fragosa (Caradrina),
433.
fragosa (Proxenus), 433.
frigida (Acronycta), 129.
frugiperda (Lapbygma),
262

frugiperda (Phalena),
262.

Sulgens (Noctua), 265.

fulgurita (Hypeuthina),
169;

Sulvosa (Prodenia), 262.

Jumosum (Ablepharon),
176.

funeralis (Acronycta),
24,

funesta (A thetis), 559.

Junesta (Caradrina),
359.

furcifera (Acronycta),
105,

furcivitta (Centrarthra),
284.

Surtiva (Aaylia), 541.

furtiva (Catamecia), 541.

furvula (Athetis), 318.

Jurvula (Noctua), 318.
fusca (Athetis), 528.
Jusca ( Caradrina), 328.
fuscago (Noctua), 326.
fuscata (Celenda), 518.
Suscimacula (Caradrina),
465, 464.
Suscimacula (Hadena),

b4,

fuscimacula (Monodes),
464.

fuscimacula (Oxycnemis),
216.

fusicornis (Athetis), 341.

fusicornis (Caradrina),
341.

Galgula, 439.

Gargaza, 454.

gastridia (Acronycta).
138.

gemella (Dysmilichia),
4277.

gemella (Perigea), 427.

geminata (Agriopodes),
39

geminata (Moma), 39.
germaini (Athetis), 344.
germainii (Bryophila),
344.
gilva (Agrotis), 365.
gilva (Athetis), 365.
glauca (Athetis), 382.
glauca (Caradrina), 352.
glaucistis (Aimphidrina),
296

glaucistis (Caradrina),

glaucistriga (Prodenia),
246.

gluteosa (Athetis), 360.

gluteosa (Caradrina),
360.

enorima (Delta), 195.

gnorima (Rhizogramma),
195.

godalma (Thyatira),
282.

godalma (Thyatirodes),
282.

Goenycta, 49.

gonionephra

old.

(Athetis),

goniosema (Delta), 191.
Gonodes, 450.
gracillinea (Oncocnemis),

gracillinea (Oxycnemis),

grefi (Diphtera), 155.

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graminea (Nonagria),
536.

graminea (Xylomea),
536.
graminicolens (Dian-

thecia), 285.
grata (Antha), 275.
grata (Elaphria), 510.
grata (Leptina), 275.
grata (Monodes), 510.
gratiosa (Laphygma),

256.

grisea (Acronycta), 122.
grisea (Athetis), 338.
grisea (Caradrina), 538,
grisea (Hadjina), 532.
grisea (Limacodes), 532.
grisea {Phalena), 336.
griseocincta (Paracroria),
281.
griseocincta
ptera), 281.
griseor (Apatela), 165.
grisescens (Caradrina),
360.
grotet (Acronycta), 104.
grumt (Acronycta), 149.
guarama (Micromo-
nodes), 567.
guarama (Thalpochares),
567.
gustis (Oxycnemis), 217.
guitilinea (Orthosia),
320.
guttula (Celena), 478.
gypsina (Agrotis), 392.
gypsina (Ariathisa),
392.

(Xantho-

Hadenella, 231.

Hadjina, 521.

hemassa (Monodes), 508.

Hemassia, 438.

hemorrhanta
porigea), 425.

hesitata (Acronycta),
72.

hesitata (Lepitorcuma),
ie

hamamelis (Acronycta),
80, 87.

hamamelis (Apatela), 83.

Hapalotis, 299.

harudes (Thalpochares),
465.

harveyana (Apatela), 131.

hasta (Acronycta), 73.

hastulifera (Acronycta),
153.

hastulifera
1538.

(Hypo-

(Phalena),

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

heliastis (Athetis), 348.
heliosema (Omphaletis),
377.
heliosema

3717.

(Prometopus),

hemileuca (Acronycta),
63

bemileuca (Matopo), 189.

hemileuca (Monodes),
493.

hemipolia (Monodes),
487.

hennia (Caradrina), 436.
hennia (Proxenns), 336.
henrict (Leucania), 176.
henrici (Simyra), 176.
hepara (Galgula), 440.

hercules (Acronycta),
114,

hesperida (Acronycta),
152.

hesperonota (Ethiopica),
420.

heterogama (Ariathisa),
404

heterogama (Caradrina),
404.
hilaris-( Caradrina), 321.
himaleyica (Athetis), 335.
himaleyica (Caradrina),
hippotamada
chares), 440.
hispanica (Athetis), 339.
hispanica (Caradrina),
339.
histrionica (Noctua), 245.
horologa ( Orthosia), 36%).
horologa (Prometopus),
369.
hospes ( Caradrina), 480.
hospes (Proxenus), 430.
hybnerana (Pyralis),
493

( Thalpo-

Hyboma, 59.

hybridata (Geometra),
291,

hydrecioides (Agrotis),
395.

hydreecioides (Ariathisa),
395.

Hydrilla, 412.

hylea (Noctua), 519.

hylea (Neomilichia),
519.
hypeenides (Stilbina),
168

hyperseschra (Athetis),
364.

Hypeuthina, 169.
Hypoperigea, 422.

579
hyposeots (Monodes),
464.

Hypostilbia, 2938.
Fyppa, 208.

ignava (Athetis), 345.
ignava (Caradrina), 345.
ignobilis (Mamestra),

ignobilis (Prodenia), 271.

illepida (Andropolia),
200.

illepida (Polia), 199,
200.

illita (Acronycta), 90.

illustrata (Caradrina),
524.

illustrata (Hadjina), 524.

imparata (Celena), 395.

imperviata (Laphygma),
2o4.

impleta (Acronycta), 90.

implexa (Graphiphora),
400.

implexa (Noctua), 529.

impressa (Acronycta),

emray (Diphthera), 31.
inangulata (Matopo), 186.
inassueta (Prometopus),
369.
inca (Aleptina), 229.
incana (Acopa), 411.
inclara (Acronycta), 80.
increta (Acronycta), 88.
incretata (Acronycta),
109.
indica (Acronycta), 93.
indica (Delta), 196.
indica (Xylophasia), 196.
indicata (Caradrina),
315.
indigens (Nonagria), 448.
indigesta (Scotocampa),
12.
indistincta (Hyppa), 212.
indistincta (Lithomcea),
212.
inepta (Laphygma), 262.
infecta (Prodenia), 256.
infensa (Xylina), 276.
infixa (Agrotis), 254.
infusca (Caradrina), 315,
del.
infuscata (Noctua), 116.
ingloria (Prodenia), 261.
ingrata (Athetis), 339.
ingrata ( Caradrina), 339.
innotata (Acronycta),
15d,

576

inquieta (Xylina), 271.

insignata (Caradrina),
254.

insignata (Prodenia),
256.

insipida - (Caradrina),
436.

insipida (Monodes), 465.

insipida (Oligia), 4695.

insipida (Proxenus), 456.

insita (Acronycta), 136,
158.

insolita (Acronycta), 164.

insolita (Hulonche), 164.

instipata (Graphiphora),
400.

insularis (Stilbia), 291.

insulsa (Spodoptera), 204.

intaminata (Agrotis),
297.
intaminata (Amphi-

drina}, 297.
interferens (Ariathisa),
406.
interferens (Dianthecia),
406.
intermedia (Cloantha),
D)

intermedia (Delta), 192.

interrupta (Acronycta),
130.

interstincta (Athetis),
324.

énterstincta (Graphi-

phora), 324.
interstriata (Monodes),
476.
inumbrata (Agrotis), 3595.
involuta (Chiripha), 237.
irta (Acronycta), 113.
irresoluta (Celena), 482.

jalapensis (Acontia), 480.

jalapensis (Monodes),
480.
jancousci (Acronycta),
75.

jankowskti (Apatela), 75.
Jocheera, 59.
jonea (Hadena), 515.
jonea (Monodes), 513.
jordana (Amphidrina),
298.
jordana
543,
judeza (Acronicta), 116.
Junceti (Caradrina), 265.
jurassica (Athetis), 330.
yurassica (Caradrina),

330.

(Catamecia),

leucomela

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

hadenti (Noctua), 341.

kargalika (Acronycta),
108.

hebee (Dipthera), 46.

kebee (Tarache), 48.

labecula (Balsa), 456.

labecula (Nolophana),
456.
laciniosa (Caradrina),
336.

leetabilis (Amiana), 538.
letabilis (Hadena), 538.

jetifica (Acronyeta), 103.

letrina (Apamea), 530,

leetrina (Xylomeea), 535.

lanceolaria (Apatela),
164.

laneeolaria~ (Eulonche),
164.

langia (Callopistria), 506.

langia (Monodes), 506.
lapatht (Noctua), 132.
Laphygma, 258.
latebrosa (Caradrina),
latifascia (Prodenia),
leada ( Drobeta), 452.
Leiometopon, 172.
lenta (Caradrina), 318.
lentilinea (Monodes),
511.
lentina (Caradrina), 318.
leodura (Nola), 45+.
lepetita (Acronycta), 67.
lepigone (Caradrina),
430.
lepigone (Hydrilla), 434.

lepigone (Proxenus), 434.

Lepitoreuma, 59.

leporella ( Acronycta),
161.
leporina (Acronycta),
161.
leporina (Noctua), 161.
leprosticta (Huplexia),
423.
leprosticta (Hypoperi-

gea). 423.
lepusculina (Acronycta),

leucaspis (Cucullia), 17.
Leucocnemis, 221.
leucocuspis (Acronycta),
Hii. :
(Monodes),

leuconephra (Athetis),
350.

Leuconycta, 35.

leucophlebia (Laphyg-
ma), 259.

leucophlebia (Prodenia),
259.

leucopis (Athetis), 302.

leucopis (Caradrina), 299.

leucopis (Charidea), 302.

leucoplaga (Neolaphyg-
ma), 267.

leucoptera (Noctua), 330.

leucoptera (Pharetra), 95.

leucorena (Caradrina),
506.

leucorena (Namangana),
556.

leucosoma (Hadena), 285.

leucosoma (Mimleu-
cania), 280.

leucosticta (Ariathisa),

leucosticta
323.
leucosticta (Caradrina),
405.
leucostigma (Monodes),
8

(Athetis),

levis (Caradrina), 319.

licentiosa (Hupolia), 545.

licentiosa (Namangana),
545.

lichnomima (Erastroides),
369.

ligniferata (Ramesa),

lignigera (Laphygma),
279:

ligustri (Craniophora),
le

ligustri (Noctua), 57.

limbosa (Nitocris), 396.
linea (Noctua), 271.

lineatella (Prodenia),
248.

lineolata (Catabena),
239.

liquida (Gonodes), 452.
liquida (Ipimorpha), 452.
lithodia (Hustrotia), 514.
lithodia (Monodes), 514.
Lithomea, 208.
Lithomoia, 208.
lithospila (Acronycta),
143.
litorea (Anthophila), 413.
litterata (Noctua), 57.
littoralis (Hadena), 245.
litura (Noctua), 245.
litura (Prodenia), 245.
liturata (Acronycta), 77.
lobelize (Acronycta), 104,

lobifera (Calophasia),
188.

longa (Acronyeta), 157.

longiciliata (Athetis),
324,

Lophotarsia, 268.

lucala (Calophasidia),
180.

lucala (Megalodes), 180.

lucasti (Miana), 374.

lucifera (Mamestra),
401.

lugens (Hydrilla), 437.

lugubris (Acosmetia),
359.

lunifera (Orthosia), 400.

lupini (Acronycta), 165.

lupini (Merolonche), 165.

lurida (Caradrina), 288.

lutea (Acronycta), 95.

lutea (Caradrina), 415.

luteicoma (Acronycta),

luteola (Caradrina), 415.

luteomedia (Aleptina),
225.

luteomedia (Prothrinax),
225.

lutescens (Phytometra),
414

lutosa (Hadjina), 527.

macra (Laphygma), 262.

macropa (Hremochroa),
372.

macropa (Praxis), 372.

maculatra (Athetis),
362.

maculatra (Caradrina),
363.

major (Acronycta), 117.
malachitis (Canna), 20.
malachitis ( Telesilla), 20.

malacopis (Prometopus),
379.

malagassica (Thalatha),
42

malana (Balsa), 454.

malana (Brachytenia),
454.

malonia (Hustrotia), 563.

malonia (Neostrotia),
563.

mamestroides (Euplexia),

mandarina (Segetia),
525.

manitoba (Acronycta),
105.

mansueta (Acronycta),

VOL, VIII.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,
marginalis (Ariathisa),
396.

marginalis (Hadena),
396.

marima (Prodenia), 251.

marita (Micromonodes),
566.

marita (Photedes), 566.

marmorata (Acronycta),
74.

marmorata (Miana),
490

marmorata
490.

marmorea (Daseocheeta),

(Monodes),

marmorea (Diphthera),

marmorea (Noctua), 244.

mastera (Microcelia),
490.

mastera (Monodes), 490.

Mastiphanes, 59.

Matopo, 185.

maurella (Athetis), 363.

maurella (Caradrina),
363.

mauretanica (Catamecia),
543

mauritia (Hadena), 256.

mauritia (Spodoptera),
256.
maxima (Acronycta),
112.

maxima (Andropolia),
207.

maxima (Polia), 207.

maxima (Triena), 112.

mediterranee (Cara-
drina), 31d.

megacephala(Acronycta),
149.

megacephala (Noctua),
149,

Megacronycta, 59.

megastigma (Hypostil-
bia ), 293.

megastigma (Senta), 293.

melaleuca (Thalatha), 48.

melanephra (Athetis),
352.

melanochroa (Hydrilla),
415.

melanographa (Aria-
thisa), 409.
melanographa (Cara-

drina), 409.
melanopis (Athetis), 301,

351.
melanosticta

342.

(Athetis),

O77

melanura
3055.

melanurina (Agrotis),
367.

(Caradrina),

melanurina (Athetis),
67.

melodora (Omphaletis),
379.

melodora (Prometopus),

379.
menetriesi (Athetis), 333.

menetriest (Caradrina),
333.

menyanthidis (Acro-
nycta), 154,

menyanthidis (Noctua),

3d.

meralis (Athetis), 351.

meralis (Caradrina),
351.

Merolonche, 165.

mesket (Caradrina), 448,

mesombra ( Orthosia),
378

mesomela (Monodes),
503.

Mesotrosta, 437.

metaneura (Omphaletis),
380.

metaneura (Prometopus),
380.

eee (Daseocheeta),
23.

metaxantha (Acronycta),
139.

mexicana (Acroria), 278.

michael (Acronycta),
146.

micra (Caradrina), 420.

micra (Hthiopica), 420.

Micrathetis, 442.

Microcelia, 59.

microdes (Ariathisa),
402.

microdes (Caradrina),

Micromonodes, 565.

Micropia, 373.

microspila (Ariathisa),
397.
microspila (Caradrina),
397.

microtera (Athetis), 304.

macrotera (Caradrina),
304.

Milichia, 426.

millert (Caradrina), 386.

Mimleucania, 285.

minella (Acronycta), 81.

minella ( Apatela), 81.

minima (Apamea), 543,

578

minima (Catamecia),

minima (Noctua), 414.

minima (Petilampa),
414.

minor (Caradrina), 331.

minor (Crambodes), 547.

minor (Namangana),
547.

minorata (Fota), 214.

miochroa (Monodes),
509.

miranda (Caradrina),
435.

miranda
435.

miscellus (Adipsophanes),
2309.

(Proxenus),

mochensis (Micromo-
nodes), 565.

mochensis (Photedes),
565.

modestissima (Apamea),
528.

modestissima (Hadjina),
528.

modica (Acronycta), 71.

mesta (Apatela), 161.

monochroa_ (Ariathisa),
404.

monochroa (Caradrina),
404.

Monodes, 457.

montana (Caradrina),
333

montivaga
158.

monyma (Monodes),
478.

morosa (Athetis), 328.

morosa (Caradrina), 328,
355.

morpheus (Athetis), 357.

(Acronycta),

morpheus (Phalena),
357.
morristt (Acosmetia),
415.
morsa (Namangana),
555

morsa (Perigea), 555.
morula (Acronycta), 125.
multifera (Athetis), 334,
multifera (Caradrina),
334.
murina (Arsilonche), 177.
murrhina (Moma), 30.
mus (Radinacra), 445.
mus (Stygiathetis), 445,
muscosa (Bryophila), 31.
muscosa (Daseocheta),

ALPHABHBTICAL INDEX,

mutata (Alibama), 479.
myrice (Acronycta), 158.

Namangana, 544.

nea (Delta), 198.

nea (Heterocampa), 198.

Nebrissa, 299.

Neolaphygma, 266.

Neomilichia, 518.

Neomonodes, 564.

Neostrotia, 562.

nevtropicalis (Matopo),
189.

nephrosticta (Athetis),

nervosa (Noctua), 174.

nervosa (Simyra), 174.

niama (Amiana), 540.

nigra (Acronycta), 57.

nigricans (Acronycta),
140.

nigripalpis (Neostrotia),
562.

aigripalpts (Thalpo-
charts), 562.

nigrivitta (Craniophora),
52.

nigrivitta (Hyboma), 52.

nigrivittata (Matopo),
185.

nigrofascia (Leucania),
271.

nigrostriata (Acronycta),
52

niphanda (Dargida),

76.

nitens (Athetis), 359.

mitens (Caradrina), 359,
435.

nitens (Proxenus), 435.

Nitocris, 383.

nivalis (Leucocnemis),

223.

nivalis (Oxycnemis),
223

niveiguitata (Hrastria),
49

niveiguttata (Goenycta),
49,

my eiplegs (Monodes),
488.

niveiplaga (Oligia), 488.
niveirena (Namangana),
557.
nivetrena (Perigea), 557.
niveonitens (Stmyra),
i)

noctivaga (Acronycta),
84.

noctivaga
del.

(Caradrina),

nodyna (Prometopus),
370

noloides (Procrateria),
534,

Nolophana, 454.

notalis (Fotella), 233.

nubes (Spodoptera), 256.

nubilata (Craniophora),
55.

nubilata (Hupleria), 5d.

nucicolora (Monodes),
466.

numida (Hypeuthina),
170

numida (Hypeuthyna),
170.

nuna (Nitocris), 378.

nuna (Omphaletis), 378.

nycteris (Ariathisa), 407.

nycteris (Caradrina),

407.

oblinita (Hulonche), 163.
oblinita (Phalena), 163.
obliqua (Gonodes), 452.
obliqua (Hadena), 256.
obliqua (Tycracona), 50.
obliquifera (Balsa), 454.
obliquirena (Monodes),
484.
obliterans (Laphygma),
254.
obliterata (Microcelia),
obscura (Apatela), 152.
obscura (Carbona), 560.
obscura (Craniophora),
58.
obscura (Noctua), 158.
obscura (Prodenia), 262.
Seo (Acronycta),
4

obtusa (Athetis), 344.
obtusa (Caradrina), 344.
occidentalis (Acronycta),
130.
ochracea
204. Hi
ochracea (Arsilonche),
Weide
ochracea (Polia), 204.
ochrea (Xylomyges), 273.
ochroleuca (Ariathisa),

(Andropolia),

ochroleuca (Caradrina),
6

ochroprocta
tarsia), 268.

olivacea (Acronycta), 57.

olorina (Andropolia),
204.

(Lopho-

olorina (Hadena), 204.

Omphaletis, 374.

opacaria (Hipepa), 528.

orbata (Caradrina), 346.

orbicularts (Caradrina),
254.

orbicularis (Laphygma),
271, 274.

orbiculata (Eurois), 499.

orbiculata (Monodes),
499.

oreophila (Fergana), 290.

orientalis (Acronycta),
111.

orion (Noctua), 30.

ornithogalli (Prodenia),
248.

othello (Acronycta),
156.

ovata (Acronycta), 71.

oxygona (Caradrina),
377.

Oxycnemis, 215.

oxyptera (Noctua), 174.

pacifica (Acopa), 410.

pacifica (Acronycta),
130.

paginata (Hadena), 466.

paleestinensis (Hadjina),
530.

palestinensis (Segetia),
530.

pallens (Noctua), 177.

pallescens (Monodes),
486.

pallicornis (Athetis),
54, 5
pallicornis (Caradrina),
354.

pallida (Daseocheta),
24

pallida (Diphtera), 24.
pallida (Hadjina), 532.
pallida ( Telesilla), 532.
pallidicoma (Apaiela),
157.
ee (Andropolia),
pallifera (Polia), 202.
palustris (Noctua), 415.
palustris (Petilampa),
415.
Paracroria, 281.
paradesma (Hremochroa),
372.
paradoxa (Acronycta),

paragrapha (Acronycta),
56.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

paragrapha (Cranio-
phora), 56.
paragypsa (Ariathisa),
392

ER ypst (Caradrina),
392.

parallela (Acronycta),
68

parallela (Apatela), 68.

paratorna (Ariathisa),
393.

paratorna (Caradrina),
393.

Par omphale, 421.

partita (Caradrina), 345.
partita (Galeula), 440.

onioe: (Omphaletis),
376

passalota (Prometopus),
376.

paupera (Athetis), 357

paupera (Car Se
307.

paupera (Perigea), 546.

Deca (Acronycta),
6

pecten (Spodoptera),
252,

pectinata (Caradrina),
252.

pectinicornis
gana), 545.

pectinicornis
pera), 545.

pelosticta (Ariathisa),
383.

pelosticta (Caradrina),
383.

pepli (Noctua), 132.

perdita (Acronycta), 145.

perfundis (Leucocnemis),
222.

ee (Oxycnemis),

(Naman-

(Xantho-

setae (Hadenella),
232.

geese (Dysmilichia),
428.

perigeta (Photedes), 428.

permunda (Prodenia),
256.

perpallida (Acopa), 412.

perplera (Perigea), 546.

persimilis (Stauropides),
270.

perstriata (Mimleucania),

persuasa (Apatela), 78.

pertinax (Athetis), 355.

pertinac (Caradrina),
355.

579

peruviana (Laphygma),
273.

peruviana (Xylomyges),
273.

pervicax (Caradrina),
345.

peterseni (Delta), 197.

petersent (Rhizogramma’,
197

Petilampa, 414.

petrea (Caradrina), 333.

petrea (Turbula), 235.

Eee (Omphaletis),
81

petrodora (Prometopus),
381.

pexicera (Amphidrina),
295.

pheopera (Monodes),
488.

pheoplaga (Monodes),
495.

Phalacra, 426.
Pharetra, 59.

philopalis (Stilbia), 291.
Philorqyia, 59.

phytolacce (Phalena),
‘ 271.

picta (Polia), 239.
pigra (Athetis), 346.
pigra (Caradrina), 346.
placata (Athetis), 317.
placata (Orthosia), 317.
placida (Athetis), 347.
placida (Radinacra), 347.
plagiata (Prodenia), 262.
plantaginis (Noctua), 321.
Plataplecta, 59.
Platyperigea, 414.
Platysenta, 447.
plectilis (Axylia), 475.
plectilis (Monodes), 475.
plinthina (Caradrina),
382.
plinthina (Omphaletis),
382.

EEN se (Tarache),
ee (Hadena), 400.
poliastis (Amyna), 530.
poliastis (Hadjina), 530,
poliocrossa (Ariathisa),
398.
poltocrossa (Caradrina),
8

Polionycta, 41.

poliophracta
topus), 377.

poliostrota (A thetis), 304,

poliotts (Cassandria),
458.

(Prome-

080
polyastra (Ethiopica),
419

polysticta (Monodes),
485.

pontica (Acronycta), 55.

pontica (Craniophora),
55.

populi (Acronycta), 157.

porphyrescens (Aria-
thisa), 399.
porphyrescens (Cara-

drina), 399.
postifusca (Spodoptera),
258

preacuta (Namangana),
547.

preacuta (Platyperigea),
547.

preclara (Acronycta), 54.
preclara (Craniophora),
54

preefica (Prodenia), 250.
Prestilbia, 292.
preterita (Caradrina),
_ 204,
preetexta (Athetis), 316.
pretexta (Caradrina),
316.
prasinaria (Canna), 19.
Pe (Diphthera),
9

pretiosa (Antha), 275.

prima (Anorthodes), 360.

procedens (Laphygma),
254.

Procrateria, 533.

Prodenia, 240.

Prodicella, 227.

proleuca (Monodes), 479.

Prometopus, 367.

Prorachia, 230.

Prothrinax, 225.

Proxenus, 430.

proxima (Caradrina),
341.

pies (Acronycta), 91,
133.
pruinosa (Plataplecta),
74.

pruni (Acronycta), 80.

psammias (Hremochroa),
371.

Pseudoligia, 170.

Pseudopunda, 59.

psi (Acronycta), 106.

pst (Noctua), 106, 108.

psorallina (Acronycta),
45,

psorallina (Thalatha),
45

pterota (Procrateria),)33.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

ptychophora (Fala), 221.
pudorata (Acronycta),
22.

pulcnella (Laphygma),
243,

pulchella (Prodenia), 243.

Pulcheria, 213.
pulchra (Alabama), 276.
pulchra (Miana), 499.
pulchra (Monodes), 499.
pulchripicta (Canna), 21.
pulla (Acronycta), 149.
pulla (Noctua), 357
pulmonarie (Noctua),
6.

pulmonaris
326.

pulmonaris (Noctua), 326.

pulverea (Amyna), 525.

pulverosa (Acronycta),
133.

pulverosa (Caradrina),
336

(Athetis),

pulverulenta (Andro-
polia), 201.

pulverulenta (Polia), 201.

punctula (Monodes), 468.

punctula (Semiophora),
468.

purpurea (Amefrontia),
417.

putrida (Xylomyges), 271.

pygmea (Caradrina),
265,

pyhevaare (Acronycta),
132.

pyroxantha (Hadjina),
Haile
pyroxantha (Polia), 531.

quadrata (Acronycta),
101.

quadripunetata (Noctua),
336.

radcliffei (Acronycta),
127.

radcliffe: (Apatela), 127.

radiata (Calophasidia),
181.

radiata (Caradrina), 521.

radiata (Cetola), 184.
radiata (Hadjina), 521.
radiata (Megalodes), 181.
Radinogoes, 450.
ramosula (Auchmis), 191.
ramosula (Cloantha),
193.
ramosula (Delta), 193.

raphael (Acronycia), 147.

raphaelis (Acronycta),
147.

rasilis (Hadena), 510.

rebeli (Athetis), 329.

rebelt (Caradrina), 329.

recondita (Callierges),
271

rectilinea (Lithomea),
9

rectilinea (Noctua), 209.

rectiradiata (Hadenella),
231.

rectiradiata (Tarache),
Bl.

renalis (Hzemassia), 438.

renalis (Pyralis), 438.

renifera (Anthophila),
438.

renigera (Henverosia),
438.

repanda (Monodes), 491.
repanda (Photedes), 491.
resoluta (Polia), 200.
respersa (Athetis), 322.
respersa (Noctua), 322
restituta (Agrotis), 401.
retardata (Acronycta),
88.

retardata (Microcelia),

retina (Hadena), 245.

retrahens (Laphygma),
254.

revellata (Acronycta),

Rhabinopteryx, 287.

rhodocentra (Micropia),
374.

rhodocentra (Prometopus),
374.

rotundata (Antachara),
279.

rougemonti (Athetis),
329.

rougemonti (Caradrina),
329.

Ruacodes, 537.

rubiginosa (Acronycta),
Ti,

rubricoma (Acronycta),
148.

rubricosta (Cetola), 183.

rubrifusa (Prodenia),
240.

rubripicta (Monodes),

rubrisecta (Monodes),
477.

rubrispersa (Prometopus),
425.

rufalis (Dysmilichia),
426

rufalis

(Protagrotis),
426.

rufipuncta (Athetis), 303.

rufipuncta (Caradrina),
303.

rumicis (Acronycta), 93.

rumicis (Noctua), 93.

runica (Noctua), 30.

sepistriata (Arsilonche),
178.
sepistriata (Simyra),
8.
salicis (Acronycta), 93,
163.

sancta (Acronycta), 161.
sanctanna (Agrotis), 496.
sanctanna (Monodes),
496.
sansar (Polia), 202.
sarcomorpha (Ompha-
letis), 380.
sarcomorpha (Prometo-
pus), 880.
sarepte (Segetia), 525.
satellitia (Athetis), 325.
satellitia (Caradrina),
325.
scotica (Acronycta), 134.
Scotocampa, 171.
scotti (Agrotis), 369.
schghana (Caradrini),
265.
sectilis
222.
sectilis (Oxycnemis), 222.
segetum (Noctua), 336.
selecta (Matopo), 188.
selecta (Xylophasia), 188.
selini (Athetis), 331.
selini (Caradrina). 331.
selinoides (Athetis), 333.
selinoides (Caradrina),
330.
semiluna
388.
semiluna (Nitocris), 388.

(Leucocnemis),

(Ariathisa),

semirufa (Monodes), 491.

semivirga (Acronycta),
61

separata (Xylomoia), 536.

sept (Noctua), 357.
sericea (Caradrina), 319.
sicula (Stilbia), 291.
signalis (Mesotrosta),
437.
signalis (Scopula), 437.

signifera (Prodenia), 262.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

sikkimensis (Auchmis),
192.

similana (Acronyeta),
138.

similiaria (Ligta), 171.
similiaria (Pseudoligia),

similis (Noctua), 132.

Simyra, 173.

simyrides (Leiometopon),
172.

sincera (Athetis), 346.

sincera (Spelotis), 346.

sinens (Orthosia), 48.

sinens (Thalatha), 48.

singula (Athetis), 348.

singula (Caradrina), 348.

smintha (Athetis), 361.

smintha (Caradrina),
361.

smithii (Acronycta), 73.

soluta (Polia). 91.

sorex (Galgula), 440.

speelotidia (Amphidrina),
297.

spelotidia (Caradrina),
adi.

spectans (Bryophila), 77.

sperata (Acronycta), 157.

speratina (Acronycta),
157.

spilomela (Laphygma),
443.

spinea (Apatela), 167.
spinea (Merolonche), 167.
spinigera (Acronycta),
131.
splendens (Canna), 20.
splendida (Simyra), 175.
Spodoptera, 251.
squalida (Glottula), 859.
squalida (Laphygma),
56

alt

stagnicola (Caradrina),
291.

stagnicolor (Caradrina),
413

Stauropides, 269.

steinertt (Acronycta), 123.

stelligera (Microcelia),
503.

stelligera (Monodes), 508.

stenelea (Monodes), 516.

stenelea (Photedes), 516.

stenonephra (Monodes),
510.

steuarti (Delta), 193.

stewartt (Actinotia), 198.

Stilbia, 290.

Stilbina, 168.

stolifera (Delta), 194.

Stomafrontia, 228.

strigicosta (Cingalesa),
561.

strigicosta (Microphysa),
561.

strigifera (Prodenia), 271.

Strigiphlebia, 283.

strigosa (Acronycta), 64.

strigosa (Noctua), 64.

strigulata (Acronycta),
101

-striolata (Ariathisa), 408.

striolata
408.

stygia (Athetis), 357.

stygiata (Monodes), 508.

Stygiathetis, 444,

subapicalis (Galgula),
440. |

subaquila (Caradrina),

(Caradrina),

submarginalis
256.
subobliqua (Celena), 479.
subobliqua (Monodes),
479.

subochrea (Acronycta),
83.

(Agrotis),

subornata (Acronycta),

subpartita (Galgula), 440.

subrubens (Miana), 467.

subrubens (Monodes),
467.

subsimplex (Oxycnemis),
218

subterminalis (Prodenia),
246..
subtilis (Epimecia), 288.

' subtilis (Rhabinopteryx),

288.
subusta (Atethinia), 510.
suffusa (Acronycta), 106,
134.
sundevalli(Acronycta), 57.
sunia (Xylomyges), 274.
superans (Acronycta), 82.
superba (Antachara), 269,
270.
superba (Stauropides),
269.

superstes (Athetis), 322.

superstes (Caradrina),
322.

synstictis (Prodenia), 260.

syrtaca (Caradrina), 355.

syriaca (Stilbia), 291.

talidiformis (Crambodes),
446

taraxaet (Noctua), 320,

582

tarda (Athetis), 360.
tarda (Caradrina), 360.
targa (Atethmia), 512.
targa (Monodes), 512.
tasmanica (Prodenia),
245.
taurica (Acronicta), 115.
taurica (Acronycta), 115.
tela (Hadena), 537.
tela (Ruacodes), 537.
telum (Acronycta), 73.
temecula (Platysenta),
aA
tendinosa (Symira), 175.
tenebrata (Athetis), 305.
tenebrata (Caradrina),
305.
tenebrosa (Monodes), 507.
tenuipennis (Acosmetia),
412.
tenuis (Proxenus), 434.
tenuis (Radinogoes), 434.
terens (Acroria), 276.
terens (Catabena), 236.
terens (Hadena), 276.
terens (Laphygma), 236.
terminata (Caradrina),
363.
terminellus (Adipsopha-
nes), 236.
terrea (Athetis), 340.
terrea (Noctua), 340.

testaceicollis (Agrotis),
401.
testaceoides (Prodenia),
245.

texana (Namangana),
558.

terana (Perigea), 558.

Thalatha, 42.

theodora (Acronycta), 62.

theodori
206.

theodori (Apatela), 206.

thermidora (Eremo-
chroa), 371.

(Andropolia),

thionarts (Hustrotia), 514.

thionaris
514.

thoracica (Acronycta),
102.

thoracica (Apatela), 102.

(Monodes),

thoracica (Monodes), 500.

thoracica (Oligia), 501.
Thyatirodes, 282.
tiena (Acronycta), 150.
tonsa { Hypoperigia), 425.
tonsa (Perigea), 425.
torosa (Simyra), 174.
tortisigna (Ariathisa),
_ 390:

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

tortisigna (Ochropleura),
390.

tota (Acronycta), 127.

tota (Apatela), 127.

tracta (Hadena), 482.

transducta (Agrotis), 256.

transyersata (Acronycta),
126.

trapezoides ( Celena), 479.

Triena, 59.

Tricholonche, 59.

Trichorhiza, 190.

tridens (Acronycta), 108.

tridens (Noctua), 1vU8.

trientiplaga (Laphygma),
478, 482.

trifissa (Monodes), 475.

triplex (Laphygma), 443.

triplex (Micrathetis),
443,

triquetra (Athetis), 314.

triquetra (Pyrophila),
314.

tristis (Acosmetia), 413.

tristis (Arsilonche), 177.

tristis (Caradrina), 437.

tristis (Proxenus), 437.

tristrigella (Balsa), 456.

tristrigela (Gargaza),
456.

tritona (Acronycta), 119.

tritona (Triena), 119.

- triturata (Caradrina),

256.
twranica (Acronycta), 93.
turanica (Ligia), 287.
turanica (Rhabino-
pteryx), 287.
Turbula, 234.
turpis (Acontia), 424.
turpis (Hypoperigea),
424

tybo (Agriopodes), 40.
tybo (Moma), 40.
Tycracona, 50.

typica (Matopo), 186.

uliginosa (Caradrina),
430.
uliginosa (Hydrilla), 360.
ulmi (Acronycta), 125.
umbraculata (Humichtis),
252.
umbraculata
ptera), 252.
untformis (Orthosia), 231.
uniformes (Spelotis), 252.
wnisignata (Laphygma),
466.

(Spodo-

ursina (Merolonche), 166.
ustirena ( Caradrina),340,

ustula (Cymatophora),
288.

ustula (Epimecia), 288.
ustulata (Noctua), 289.

variabilis
341.
varia (Hrastria), 483.
variana (Athetis), 364.
variana (Radinacra), 364.
variata (Namangana),
559.
variata ( Tricholita), 559.
variolosa ( Prodenia), 247.
velia (Acronycta), 79,
venosa (Caradrina), 265.
venosa (Noctua), 177.
venustula (Monodes), 493.
venustula (Noctua), 493.
venustula (Prodenia), 256.
veprecola (Neomilichia),
520.
veprecola
521.
verbenata (Daseocheta),

(Caradrina),

(Protheodes),

verbenata (Diphthera), 34.
verecunda (Celena), 400.
verrillit (Acronycta), 141.
versicolor (Ladena), 481.
versicolora (Monodes),
481.
vesca ( Telesilla), 440.
vesta (Leuconycta), 37.
vesta (Microcelia), 37.
vichti (Hadjina), 526.
vicina (Athetis), 355,
vicina (Caradrina), 355.
videns (Leucania), 448.
videns (Patysenta), 448.
vigens (Daseocheta), 26.
vigens (Diphtera), 26.
villicosta (Alpesa), 460.
villicosta (Monodes), 460.
villipes (Acreria), 276.
Viminia, 59.
vincta (Miana), 482.
vinnula (Acronycta), 65.
vinnula (Microcelia), 65.
vinosa (Charidea), 418.
vinosa (Ethiopica), 418.
violascens (Cyathissa),
452.
virescens (Moncdes), 515.
virescens (Photedes), 515.
virga (Acronycta), 108.
viridata (Jaspidea), 40.
viridata (Agriopodes),
‘40.
viridis (Agriopis), 22.
viridis (Daseocheeta), 22.

viscosa (Hadjina), 529.
viscosa (Noctua), 529.
vitrina (Catabena), 236.
vitrina (Laphygma), 236.
vittata (Callopistria),
479.
vittifera (Monodes), 462.
vivida (Daseocheta), 25.
vivida (Diphthera), 25.
yullschlegeli (Athetis),
382.
vulnerea (Homohadena),
552.
vulnerea
552.
vulpina (Apatela), 161.

(Namangana),

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

walkeri (Acronycta), 68.

wichti (Amphipyra), 526.

wulluschlegeli (Cara-
drina), 332.

xantholopha (Caradrina),
431.

xantholopha (Proxenus),
431.

xanthopis (Proxenus),
432.

xerampelina (Ompha-
letis), 381.

xerampelina (Prome-
topus), 381.

583

ayliniformis (Acronycta),
157

scylinoides (Acronycta),
157.

xylinoides (Hadena), 210.

xylinoides (Lithomcea),
210.

Xylomeea, 534.
Xylomoia, 535.
Xylomyges, 271.

yuma (Oxyenemis), 219.

zellert (Asisyra), 456.

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with some clerical assistance :—

Vol. I. A—D. Pp. viii., 500. 1903, 4to. 20s.
Vol. II. E—K. Pp. 501-1088. 1904, 4to. 20s.

Catalogue of the Specimens and Drawings of Mammais,
Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes of Nepal and Tibet. Presented
by B. H.. Hodgson, Hsq., to the British Museum. 2nd
edition. By John Edward Gray. Pp. xii.,90. [With an
account of the Collection by Mr. Uodgson.] 1863, 12mo.
2s. od.

Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea in the
Collection of the British Museum. [With list of Species
of New Guinea Birds, and those of the neighbouring
Localities.] By John Edward Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., and
George Robert Gray, F.L.S., &. Pp. 62. Woodcuts,
1859, 8vo. Is. 6d.

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Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-
Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. “ Alert,” 1881-2.

Pp. xxv., 684. 54 Plates.
Summary of the Voyage...
Mammalia . Be ie
Aves..

Reptilia, Batrachia, "Pisces
Mollusca

Hehinodermatia

Crustacea

Coleoptera ...
Lepidoptera aoe
Alcyonaria and Spongiida

Report on the Collections of Neue

1884, 8vo.

IWAN OS.

... By Dr. R. W. Coppinger.
4 . Thomas.

B. Sharpe.
Giimther.

A. Smith.

J- Bell.

J. Miers.

O. Waterhouse.
G. Butler.

O. Ridley.

Bacher made in the

ledgecads

Antarctic Regions during the Voyage of the “Southern

Cross.”’ Pp. ix. a44,
Mammalia
Notes on Antarctic Sheil . ae

Extracts from the “ Diary” |

of the late Nicolai Hanson. {

53 Plates.
. By Capt. G. H. H. Barrett-Hamilton.

1902, Royal 8vo. 27.

E. A. Wilson, MLB.

Aves ... , Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe.

Pisces... ,» G.A. Boulenger, ¥.R.S8.

Tunicata » Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S.

Mollusca » HB. A. Smith.

Hehinoderma » Prof. F. J. Bell.

Insecta , G. H. Carpenter and Hon. N. C.
Rothschild.

Arachnida -- , Dr. BK. l. Trouessart.

Crustacea oD LVeRelodssons

Polycheta 20d) py) LD AL Walley.

Gephyrea .. ,, A. H. Shipley.

aes a noe t », Dr. von Linstow.

Eee » R. Kirkpatrick.

Anthozoa sie Dr. L. Roule and 8. J. Hickson,
E.RS.

Actinize » &. A. Clubb.

Hydrozoa » 4. T. Browne.

Cryptogamia » A. Gepp, V. H. Blackman, and
Miss H. 8. Barton.

Rock Specimens ee D Ga esr or:

National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904. [Discovery

Report.| Watural History :—

Vol.1. Geology (Field-Geology: Petrography).
160: 10 plates, 72 text-figures, 2 maps.

1907, 4to. 17. 10s.
Field-Geology
Rock-Specimens

Molaie

Pp. Xit.,

[ With Index. ]

. By H. T. Ferrar, M.A., F.G.S.
» G. T. Prior, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S.

Zoology (Vertebrata :

Mollusca ; Crustacea).

Pp. xiv., 895 : 33 plates (17 coloured), 146 text-figures,

1 map. "1907, dto. 3/
Mammalia Gon 69 :
36 figs.).
Aves (pp. 121: 13 pls.

8 figs.).

5 pls. [3 coral)

col., 46 figs.)
Anatomy of Penguins (pp. 28:

By H. A. Wilson, M.B.

1 pl., » WwW. P. Pyeraft,

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National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904—continued.
Vol, 11—continued.

Fishes (pp. 5; 2 pls.) .. .. By G.A.Boulenger, F.R.S.
Cephalodiscus (pp. 67: 7 pls. {l col.], ,, W.G. Ridewood, D.Sc.
17 figs.).
Mollusca. rues (pp. 2: ,, W. HE. Hoyle, D.Sc.
1 fig.).
é. II.—Gastropoda { (pp.12,1: )} aah
. Til. —Amphineura 1 9 pls.). f ” K, A. Suniith, L.S.0.
. IV.—Nudibranchiata (pp. 28: ,, Sir Chas. Eliot,
1 pl, 30 figs.). K.C.M.G., G44.D.
e V.—Lamellibranchiata (pp. 7 ‘}
1 pl.). >» H. A. Smith, 8.0.
Brachiopoda (pp. 2: 4 figs.) ... 4)
Crustacea I.—Decapoda (pp. 7) |
x II.—Cumacea (pp. 6: 1 pl, » W. T. Calman, D.Sc.
4 fiors.).

Vol. III. Zoology and Botany ae Marine
Algz, Musci). Pp. vi. 273: 51 plates, 8 text-figures,
and 1 chart. 1907, 4to. 27. 10s.

On Collecting in Antarctic Seas (pp.10) By T. V. Hodgson, F.L.S.

Mollusca. VI.—Pteropoda (pp, 15: ,, Sir Charles Eliot,
2 pls.). K.C.M.G., LL.D.
Crustacea. 1II.—Amphipoda (pp. 39: ,, A. O. Walker, F.L,S.
13 pls.).
4 IV. a ae (pp. 2: ,, Dr. J. Thiele.
2
is V.—Ostracoda (pp.9:3pls.) ,, oe 8. S. Brady,
» Vi.—Cirripedia (pp.4: 1pl.) ,, Prof. A. Gruvel.
Pycnogonida (pp. 72: 10 aoe Bont Mm Rae Ode F.L.S.
Acari (pp. 6: 1 pl.) .. ,, Dr. H. L. Trouessart.
Cheetognatha (pp. 6: 1 chart) . .. 5, Dr.G.H. Fowler, F.L.S.
Nematoda (pp. 4: 1 ph) so Er Os von ins tow?
Cestoda (pp. 6 : 1 TO)) 7 coo .. «, A. E. Shipley, F.R.S.;
Coelentera. I.—Alcyonaria (pp. 1D Scot TO me Elicksons
2 pls.). F.R.S.
. II. adh Zoophytes ,, Prof 8. J. Hickson,
(pp. 34: 4 pls.). E.R-S., and 1. i.
Gravely.

IlI.—Tentacles ofaSiphono- ,, Dr. J. Rennie.
phore(pp. 3 : 5 figs.).

Porifera, 1.—Hexactinellida (pp. 25: ,, It. Kirkpatrick.
: é pls.),
Marine Alge. I.—Phzophyceze and ,, A, Gepp and Mrs. B.S.
Floridez (pp. 15: Gepp.
4 pls.).
be Primi a ie (pp. 2 , M. Foslie.

Musci (pp. 6: 2 pls.) aw au eee eaLcaou:
Vol. IV. Zoology (various Invertebrata). Pp. iv., 281:

65 plates, 1 text-figure. 1908, 4to. 1/. 15s.
Mullusca. VII.—Solenogastres (pp. 13: By Dr. H. F. Nierstrasz.

2 pls.).
Insecta.—Aptera (pp. 5: 1 pl.) Pein Gaels Carpenter boc.
M.R.LA.
Crustacea. VII.—Schizopoda (pp. 42: ,, W.M. Tattersall, M.Sc.

8 pls.).

i VIII.—Copepoda (pp. 44: ,, R. Norris Wolfenden,
7 pis.). M.D.

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National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904—continued.
Vol. IV—continued.
Hchinoderma (pp. 16: 5 pls.) .. .. By F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A.
Hchinoderm Larve an @g it pl.) .. 5 H. W. McBride, MM.A.,

gsr. gual di, (0),
Simpson, B.Se.

Myzostomide (pp.26: 1pl.andifigure) ,, Dr. Rudolf Ritter von
Stummer-Traunfels.
Sipunculoidea (pp. 6) . ,, W. }. Lanchester, M.A.
Coelentera. LV. ~Actiniz (pp. 12: 3pls.) ,, J. A. Clubb, M.Se.
Poritera. IT. OM ara (pp. 56: ,, R. Kirkpatrick.

pls.).
5 Ifl ees 52:12pls.) ,, C. F. Jenkin, B.A.

A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) : Physical
Features and Geology by C. W. Andrews, B.A., B.Sc.,
¥.G.8., with descriptions of the Fauna and Flora by
numerous contributors. Pp. xv.,337: 22 plates (7 coloured),
a map, and 27 illustrations in text. [With Index.] 1900,
8vo. 20s.

Virst Report on Economic Zoology. By Fred. V. Theobald,
M.A., &. [With an Introduction, containing a Classifica-
fion of Animals from the point of view of Hconomic
“oology, by Prof. HE. Ray Lankester, LL.D., F.R.S.]
Pp. xxxiv., 192. 18 Woodcuts. 1903, Roy. 8vo. 6s.

Second Report on Economic Zoology. By Fred. V. Theobald,
M.A., &. Pp.x., 197. 29 Illustrations. 1904, Roy. 8vo.
Os:

MAMMALS.

Catalogue of the Bones of Mammalia in the Collection of the
British Museum. By Edward Gerrard. Pp. iv., 296.
1862, 8vo. _ ds.

Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats in
the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. EH.
Gray, ERS. &e. Pp. wile, 130. 72) Woodeuts. > lone.
8vo. As. au

Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Hdentate
Mammalia in the British Museum. By John Edward
Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. vii., 398. 47 Woodcuts.. 1869,
8vo. 6s. 6d.

Catalogue of Seals and Whales inthe British Museum. By
John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c. 2nd Edition. Pp. vii.,
402. 101 Woodcuts. 1866, 8vo. $s.

—— Supplement. By John Hdward Gray, F.R.S., &.,
Pp. vi., 103. 11 Woodcuts. 1871, dvo. 2s. 6d.

List of the Specimens of Cetacea in the Zoological Depart-
ment of the British Museum. By William Henry Flower,
LL.D., F.R.S., &c. [With Systematic and Alphabetical
Indexes. ] Pp. iv., 36. 1885, 8vo. Is. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 4)

Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia (Pecora, Linnzus) in the
British Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c.
Pp. viii., 102. 4 Plates. 1872, 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the
Collection of the British Museum. By Oldfield Thomas.
Pp. xiii, 401. 4 Coloured and 24 plain Plates.
[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.j 1888,
Svo. 1. 8s.

BIRDS.

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum :—

Vol. VII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Tichlomorphe : Part IV., containing the concluding
portion of the family Timeliide (Babbling Thrushes).
By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xvi., 698. Woodcuts and
15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes.] 1883, Svo. 4/. 6s.

Vol. VIII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Cichlomorphe: Part V., containing the families
Paride and Laniide (Titmice and Shrikes); and
Certhiomorphe (Creepers and Nuthatches). By Hans
Gadow, M.A., Ph.D. Pp. xiii., 386. Woodcuts and
9 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes.] 1883, 8vo. 17s.

Vol. X. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Hringilliformes: Part I1., containing the families
Diceide, Hirundinide, Ampelide, Mniotiltide, and
Motacillide. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 682.
Woodcuts and 12 coloured Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. I/. 2s.

Vol. XI. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Fringilliformes: Part Il., containing the families
Coerebide, Tanagride, and Icteride. By Philip Lutley
Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xvii., 431. Woodcuts and
18 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes.] 1886, 8vo. 1/.

Vol. XII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Pringilliiformes: Part II!., containing the family
Fringillide. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xv., 871.
Woodcuis and 16 coloured Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1888, 5vo. 1d. 8s.

Vol. XIIT. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Sturniformes, containing the families Artamide,

6 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum—continued.

Swurnidee, Ploceidee, and Alaudide. Also the families
Atrichiidze and Menuride. By R. Bowdler Sharpe,
Pp. xvi. 701. Woodcuts and 15 coloured Plates.
[ With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890,
dsvo. Li. 8s.

Vol. XIV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Oligomyode, or the families Tyrannide, Oxyrham-
phidee, Fipride, Cotingidz, Phytotomide, Philepittide,
Pittide, Xenicide, and Hurylemidze. By Philip
Lutley Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xix.,494. Woodeuts
and 26 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes.] 1888, Svo. 17. 4s.

Vol. XV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching
Birds, in the Collection ef the British Museum.
Tracheophone, or the families Dendrocolaptide,
Formicariide, Concpophagids, and Pteroptochide.
By Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xvii., 371.
Woodcuts and 20 coloured Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890, 8vo. 1.

Vol. XVI. Catalogue of the Picarie in the Collection of
the British Museum. Upupe and Trochili, by Osbert
Salvin. Coracic, of the families Cypselidee, Capri-
mulgidss, Podargidse, and Steatornithide, br Ernst ‘
Hartert. Pp. xvi., 708. Woodcuts and 14 coloured
Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. |
1892, 8vo. 12. 16s.

Vol. XVII. Catalogue of the Picarie in the Collection
of the British Museum. OCoracie (contin.) and
Malcyones, with the families Leptosomatide, Coraciida,
Meropidee, Alcedinide, Momotide, Totide and Coliide,
by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Bucerotes and Trogones, by y
W. R. Ogilvie Grant. Pp. xi., 522. Woodcuts and 17
coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabeticai
Indexes.] 1892, Svo. 10. 10s.

Vol. XVIII. Catalogue of the Picariz in the Collection
of the British Museum. Scansores, containing the
family Picide. By Hdward Hargitt. Pp. xv., 597.
Woodeuts and 15 coloured Plates. | With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.| 1890, 8vo. IJ. 6s.

Vol. XIX. Catalogue of the Picariz in the Collection of
the British Museum. Scansores and Coccyges : con-
taining the families Rhainphastide, Galbulide, and
Bucconide, by P. L. Sclater; and the families Indi-
catoridee, Capitonide, Cuculide, and Musophagide, by
G. H. Shelley. Pp. xii., 484: 13 coloured Plates.
{With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1891,
Svo. 12, ds.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 7

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum—continued.

Vol. XX. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots, in the
Collection of the British Museum. By TT. Salvadori.
Pp. xvii., 658. Woodcuts and 18 coloured Plates.
[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1891,
dvo. 1d. 10s.

Vol. XXI. Catalogue of the Columbe, or Pigeons, in
the Collection of the British Museum. By T. Saivadorf.
Pp. xvii., 676. 15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, Svo. 1/. 10s.

Vol. XXIT. Catalogue of the Game Birds (Plerocleies,
Galline, Opisthoconi, Hemipodit) in the Collection of
the British Museum. By W. R. Ogilvie Grant.
Pp. xvi., 985. & coloured Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 1/. 6s.

Vol. XXIII. Catalogue of the Fulicariz (Rallide and
Heliornithidz) and Alectorides (Aramide, Hurypy-
gids, Mesitide, Rhinochetide, Gruide, Psophiide,
and Otidide) in the Collection of the British Museum.
By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 353. 9 coloured

‘Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. ]
1894, 8vo. 20s.

Vol. XXIV. Catalogue of the Limicole in the Collection
of the British Museum. By R. Bowdler Sharpe.
Pp. xii., 794. Woodcutsand 7 coloured Plates. [With
Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, 8vo.
1. 5s.

Vol. XXV. Catalogue of the Gaviz and Tubinares in
the Collection of the British Museum. Gaviee (Terns,
Gulls, and Skuas), by Howard Saunders. Tubinares
(Petrels and Albatrosses), by Osbert Salvin. Pp. xv.,
475. Woodeuts and 8 coloured Plates. [With Syste-
matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, Svo. 1d. 1s.

Vol. XXVI. Catalogue of the Platalez, Herodiones,
Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcz, and Impennes in the
Coliection of the British Museum. Platalez (Ibises
and Spoonbills) and Herodiones (Herons and Storks),
by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Steganopodes (Cormorants,
Gannets, Frigate-birds, Tropic-birds, and Pelicans),
Pygopodes (Divers and Grebes), Alce (Auks), and Im-
pennes (Penguins), by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. Pp. xvii.,
687. Woodcuts and 14 coloured Plates. [With Sys-
tematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1898, 8vo. 1J. 5s.

Vol. XXVII. Catalogue of the Chenomorphe (Pala-
medex, Phoenicopteri, Anseres), Crypiuri, and Ratitee
in the Collection of the British Museum. By T.
Salvadori. Pp. xv., 636. 19 coloured Plates. [With
Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895, Svo.
Mots:

8 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

A Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds. [Nomen-
clator Avium tum Fossilium tum Viventium.] By R.
Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. :—

Vol. I. Pp. xxi., 303. [With Systematic Index.]
1899, 8vo. 10s.

Vol. II. Pp. xv., 312. [With Systematic Index, and
an Alphabetical Index to Vols. I. and II.] 1900,
8vo. 10s.

Vol. III. Pp. xii., 367. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes.] 1901, 8vo. 10s.

Vol. IV. Pp. xii., 391. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Indexes.] 1903, Svo. 10s.

List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the
British Museum. By George Robert Gray :—

Pari III., Sections II].and IV. Capitonide and Picide.
Pp. 137. [With Index.] 1868, 12mo. Is. 6d.

Part IV. Columbe. Pp. 73. [With Index.] 1856,
12mo. Is. 9d.

Part V. Galline. Pp. iv., 120. [With an Alphabetical
Index.] 1867, 12mo. Is. 6d.

Catalogue of the Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific
Ocean in the Collection of the British Museum. By
George Robert Gray, F.L.S., &. Pp. 72. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 8vo. Is. 6d.

Catalogue of the Collection of Birds’ Eggs in the British
Museum (Natural History) :—

Vol. I. Ratitee. Carinate (Tinamiformes—Lariformes)
By Eugene W. Oates. Pp. xxiii., 252. 18 Coloured
Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. |
1901, 8vo. 30s.

Vol. II. Carinate (Charadriiformes—Sirigiformes). By
Kugene W. Oates. Pp. xx., 400. 15 Coloured Plates.
[ With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1902,
dSvo. 30s.

Vol. Ill. Carinate (Psittaciformes — Passeriformes).
By Engene W. Oates and Capt. Savile G. Reid.
Pp. xxiii., 349. 10 Coloured Plates. [With Syste-
matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1908, 8vo. 25s.

Vol. 1V. Carinatz (Passeriformes continued). By
Hugene W. Oates, assisted by Capt. Savile G. Reid.
Pp. xvili., 352. 14 Coloured Plates. [With Syste-
matic and Alnhabetical Indexes.] 1905, Svo. 30s.

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REPTILES.

Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbeenians
in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. EH.
Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. viii., 80. [With an Alphabetical
Index.] 1844, 12mo. 1s.

Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British
Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &¢.:—

Appendix. Pp. 28. 1872, 4to. 2s. 6d.

PartII. HWmydosaurians, Rhynchocephalia,and Amphis-
benians. Pp. vi. 41. 25 Woodecuts. 1872, 4to.
as. 6d.

Hand-List of the Specimens of Shield Reptiles in the
British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., F.L.S., &e.
Pp. iv., 124. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1873,
8vo. 4s,

Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and
Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History).
New Edition. By George Albert Boulenger. Pp. x., 311.
73 Woodcuts and 6 Plates. [With Systematic and
Alphabetical Indexes.] 1889, 8vo. 15s.

Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural His-
tory). Second Edition. By George Albert Boulenger :—

Vol. I. Geckonide, Hublepharide, Uroplatide, Pygo-
podide, Agamide. Pp. xii., 436. 32 Plates. [With
Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 20s.
Vol. Il. Iguanide, Xenosauride, Zonuride, Anguide,
Anniellide, Helodermatide, Varanide, Xantusiide,
Teiide, Amphisbenide. Pp. xiii., 497. 24 Plates.
| With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885,

8vo. 20s.

Vol. Ill. Lacertidz, Gerrhosauride, Scincide, Anelytro-
pide, Dibamide, Chameleontide. Pp. xii., 575. 40
Plates. [With a Systematic Index and an Alphabetical
Index to the three volumes.| 1887, 8vo. 1/. 6s.

Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural
History). By George Albert Boulenger, F.R.S., &c. :—

Vol. I., containing the families Typhlopide, Glauconiida,
Boidz, Ilysiidee, Uropeltidz, Xenopeltide, and Colu-
bride aglyphe (part). Pp. xiii., 448 : 26 Woodcuts
and 28 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical
Indexes.] 1893, Svo. 1l. 1s.

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Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum—continwed.

Vol. Il., containing the conclusion of the Colubride
aglyphe. Pp. xi., 382: 25 Woodcuts and 20 Plates.
[ With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1894,
dvo. 17s. 6d.

Vol. III., containing the Colubride (Opisthoglyphe and
Proteroglyphe), Amblycephalide, and Viperide.
Pp. xiv., 727: 37 Woodcuts and 25 Plates. [With
Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index to the 3
volumes.] 1896, Svo. 1. 6s.

Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the
British Museum. By Dr. Albert Giinther. Pp. xvi., 281.
[ With Geographic, Systematic, and poe Indexes. |
1858, 12mo. 4s.

BATRACHIANS.

Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the
British Museum. By Dr. Albert Giinther. Pp. xvi., 160.
12 Plates. [With Systematic, Geographic, and Alphabetical
Indexes.1 1858, 8vo. 6s.

FISHES.

Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Second
edition. Vol.I. Catalogue of the Perciform Fishes in the
British Museum. Vol. I. Containing the Centrarchide,
Percide, and Serranide (part), By George Albert
Boulenger, F.R.S. Pp. xix.,394. Woodcuts and 15 Plates.
Lith Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895, 8vo.
lds.

Catalogue of Fish collected and described by Laurence
Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. Pp. vii.,
196. [With a Systematic Index.] 1854, 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Catalogue of Lophobranchiate Fish in the Collection of the
British Museum. By J.J. Kaup, Ph.D., &c. Pp. iv; 80.
4 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856, 12mo. 2s.

MOLLUSCA.

Guide to the Systematic Distribution of Mollusca in the
British Museum. Partl. By John Edward Gray, Ph.D.,
E.RS., &e. Pp. xii., 230. 121 Woodcuts. 1857, 8vo. 5s.

Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British
Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen. Described by
Philip P. Carpenter. Pp. xvi., 552. 1857, 12mo. 8s.

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Catalogue of Pulmonata, or Air Breathing Mollusca, in the
Collection of the British Museum. Part I. By Dr. Louis
Pfeiffer. Pp. iv., 192. Woodcuts. 1855, 12mo. 2s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Auriculide, Proserpinide, and Truncatellide
in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. Louis
Pfeiffer. Pp. iv., 150. Woodcuts. 1857, 12mo. 1s. 9d.

List of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum.
By John Edward Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., &c. :—

Part II. Olivide. Pp. 41. 1865, 12mo. Is.

Catalogue of the Conchifera, or Bivalve Shells, in the
Collection of the British Museum. By M. Deshayes :—

Part I. Veneride, Cyprinide, Glauconomide, and
Petricolade. Pp. iv., 216. 1853, 12mo. 3s.

Part II. Petricolade (concluds1); Corbiculadee. Pp.
217-292. [With an Alphabetical Index to the two
parts.] 1854, 12mo. 6d.

BRACHIOPODA.

Catalogue of Brachiopoda Ancylopoda or Lamp Shells in the
Collection of the British Museum. [Jsswed us “ Catalogue
of the Mollusca, Part IV.”] Pp. iv., 128. 25 Woodcuts.
[ With an Alphabetical Index.] 1853, 12mo. 3s.

POLYZOA.

Catalogue of Marine Polyzoa in the Collection of the British
Museum. Part III. Cyclostomata. By George Busk,
E.R.S. Pp. viii, 39. 38 Plates. [With a Systematic
Index.] 1875, 8vo. 5s.

CRUSTACHA.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in
the Collection of the British Museum. By C. Spence Bate,
F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv., 399. 58 Plates. [With an Alpha-
betical Index.] 1862, 8vo. 1/. 5s.

ARACHNIDA.

Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma, based upon
the Collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in
the British Museum. By 1’. Thorell. Pp. xxxvi., 406.
[With Systematic List and Alphabetical Index.] 1895,
Svo. 10s. 6d.

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INSECTS.
Coleopterous Insects.

Nomenclature of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection ot
the British Museum :—

Part VII. Longicornia, I. By Adam White. Pp. iv.,
174. 4 Plates. 1853, 12mo. 2s. 6d.

Part VIII. Longicornia, Il. By Adam White. Pp. 237.
6 Plates. 1855, 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Coleoptera in the
Gollection of the British Museum. Part I. Lycide. By
Charles Owen Waterhouse. Pp. x., 83. 18 Coloured
Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. ]
1879, 8vo. 16s.

Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of Madeira in the
Collection of the British Museum. By T. Vernon
Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. Pp. xvi., 234: 1 Plate. [With
a Topographical Catalogue and an Alphabetical Index. ]
1857, 8vo. 3s.

Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of the Canaries in the
Collection of the British Museum. By T. Vernon
Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. Pp. xiii, 648. [With Topo-
graphical and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1864, dvo. 10s. 6d.

Catalogue of Halticidz in the Collection of the British
Museum. By the Rev. Hamlet Clark, M.A., F.L.S.
Physapodes and (H#dipodes. Part I. Pp. xii, 301.
Frontispiece and 9 Plates. 1860, 8vo. 7s.

Catalogue of Hispide in the Collection of the British
Museum. By Joseph S. Baly, M.E.S.,&¢e. PartI. Pp.x.,
172. 9 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1858,
Svo. 6s.

Hymenopterous Insects.

Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the
British Museum. By Frederick Smith. 12mo. :—

Part I. Andrenide and Apide. Pp. 197. 6 Plates.
1853, 2s. 6d

Part Il. Apide. Pp. 199-465. 6 Plates. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 1854. 6s.

Part IIl. Mutillide and Pompilide. Pp.206. 6 Plates.
185.)) 6s:

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Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the British
Museum—continued,

Part IV. Sphegide, Larridee, and Crabronide. Pp. 207-
497.- 6 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856.
6s.

Part V. Vespide. Pp.147. 6 Plates. [With an Alpha-
betical Index.] 1857. 6s.

Part VI. Formicide. Pp. 216. 14 Plates. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 1858. 6s.

Part VII. Dorylide and Thynnide. Pp. 76. 3 Plates.
[ With an Alphabetical Index.] 1859. 2s.

List of Hymenoptera, with descriptions and figures of the
Typical Specimens in the British Museum. Vol. L.,
Tenthredinide and Siricide. By W. F. Kirby.
Pp. xxviii., 490. 16 Coloured Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1682, 8vo. Ll. 18s.

Dipterous Insects.

A Monograph of the Culicidz, or Mosquitoes. Mainly com-
piled from the Collections received at the British Museum
from various parts of the world in connection with the
Investigation into the cause of Malaria conducted by the
Colonial Office and the Royal Society. By Fred. V.
Theobald, M.A., &c. :—

Vol. III. Pp. xvii., 359: 17 plates, 1 diagram, and 193
illustrations in text. 1903, 8vo. 1/. 1s.

Vol. 1V. Pp. xix., 639: 16 plates and 297 text-figures,
[With Index.] 1907, 8vo. 1/. 12s. 6d.

A Monograph of the Tsetse-Flies (Genus Glossina, Westwood),
based on the Collection in the British Museum. By
Kirnest Edward Austen. With a chapter on Mouth-parts
by Een. Hansen, Phil: Docs) Bp ix. 319. 2 plates
(7 coloured), 16 woodcuts, 1 map. 1903, Roy. 8vo. 15s.

Lepidopterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalene in the British
Museum. By Sir George F. Hampson, Bart. :—

Vol. I. Catalogue of the Syntomide in the Collection
of the British Museum. Pp. xxi., 559 : 285 woodcuts.
[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1898,
8vo. Lds.

——Atlas of 17 Coloured Plates, 8vo. 15s,

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Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phaleenee—continued.

Vol. II. Catalogue of the Arctiade (Noline, Litho-
siane) in the Collection of the British Museum.
Pp. xx., 589: 411 woodcuts. [With Systematic and
Alphabetical Indexes.| 1900, 8vo. 18s.

——Atlas of 18 Coloured Plates (xviii.-xxxv.), 8vo. 15s.

Vol. III. Catalogue of the Arctiade (Arctiane) and
Agaristide in the Collection of the British Museum.
Pp. xix. 690: 294 woodcuts. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1901, 8vo. 15s.

—— Atlas of 19 Coloured Plates (xxxvi-liv.), 8vo. 16s.

Vol. IV. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Agrotine]. Pop.
xx., 689: 125 woodcuts. [With Systematic and
Alphabetical Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 15s.

——Atlas of 23 Coloured Plates (lv.-lxxvii), 8vo. 16s.

Vol. V. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Hadenine]. Pp.
xvi., 624: 172 woodcuts. [With Systematic and
Alphabetical Indexes.] 1905, 8vo. 15s.

——-Ailas of 18 Coloured Plates (Ixxviii—xev.), 8vo. 15s.

Vol. VI. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Cuculliane]. Pp.
xiv., 532: 172 woodcuis. [With Systematic and
Alphabetical Indexes.] 1906, 8vo. 15s.

——Atlas of 12 Coloured Plates (xcvi—cvii.), 8vo. 10s.

Vol. VII. Catalogue of the Noctuide { Acronyctine ].
Pp. xv., 709 : 184 woodcuts. [With Systematic and
Alphabetical Indexes.] 1908, 8vo. 17s.

——-Atlas of 15 Coloured Plates (cviii—exxii.), Svo. 13s.

" Uustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera
in the Collection of the British Museum :—

Part V. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xii., 74.
78-100 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic Index. |
1881, 4to. 20. 10s.

Part VI. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xV., 89.
101-120 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic Index. ]
1886, 4to. 27. 4s.

Part VII. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. iv., 124.
121-138 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic List. |
1889, 4to. 27.

Part VIII. The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri
District. By George Francis Hampson. Pp. iv., 144.
139-156 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic List. ]
1891, 4to. 22.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 15

Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera
in the Collection of the British Museum—coniinued.

Part IX. The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon.
By George Francis Hampson. Pp. v., 182. 157-176
Coloured Plates. [With a General Systematic List of
Species collected in, or recorded from, Ceylon.| 1893,
Ato. 21. 2s.

Catalogue of the Collection of Palearctic Butterflies formed
by the late John Henry Leech, and presented to the
Trustees of the British Museum by his Mother, Mrs. Eliza
Leech. By Richard South, F.E.S. Pp. vi., 228. 2 Coloured
Plates. With a Portrait and Biographical Memoir of Mr.
Leech. 1902, 4to. 17.

Calalugue of Diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in
the Collection of the British Museum. By Arthur Gardiner
Butler, F.L.S., &c. Pp. iv., 303. 3 Plates. 1869, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the
Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker.
12mo. :—

Part XXIII. Geometrites. Pp. 756-1020. 1861. 3s. 6d.
Part XXV. -————-— Pp. 1281-1477. 1862. 3s.
Part XXVI. —————— Pp. 1478-1796. [With an
Alphabetical Index to Parts XX.-KXVI.] 1862. 4s. 6d.
Part XXVII. Crambites and Tortricites. Pp. 1-286.

1863. 4s.
Part XXVIII. Tortricites and Tineites. Pp. 287-561.
1863. 4s.

Part XXIX. Tineites. Pp. 562-835. 1864. 4s.

Part XXX. —— Pp. 836-1096. [With an Alpha-
betical Index to Parts XX VII.-XXX.] 1864. 4s.

Part XXXI. Supplement. Pp. 1-321. 1864. 5s.

Part XXXII. _ — Part 2. Pp. 322-706.
1865. 5s.

Part XXXIII.—-——--—- Part 3. Pp. 707-1120.

Re SOd2 10S:

Part XXXIV.--——-—-— —— Part 4. Pp. 1121-1533.
1865. 5s. 6d.

Part XXXV. —— Part 5. Pp. 1534-2040.

[With an Alphabetical Index to Parts XXXI.-
XXXV.] 1866. 7s.

Neuropterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the
Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. H. Hagen,
Part I. Termitina. Pp. 34, 1858, J2mo, 6d,

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Orthopterous Insects.

Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects in the Collection of the
British Museum. Part I. Phasmide. By John Obadiah
Westwood, F.L.8., &. Pp. 195. 48 Plates. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 4to. 3/.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariz in the Collection of
the British Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &e.
Pp. 239. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1868, 8vo. ds. 6d.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the
Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker,
F.L.S., &e. :-—

Part 1I. Locustide (continued). Pp. 225-423. [With
an Alphabetical Index.] 1869, 8vo. 4s. 6d.

Part III. Locustids (continued).—Acridide. Pp. 425-
604. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1870, 8vo. 4s.
Part IV. Acrididz (continued). Pp. 605-809. [With

an Alphabetical Index.] 1870, 8vo. 6s.

Part V. Tettigide.—Supplement to the Catalogue of
Blattariz.—Supplement to the Catalogue of Dermaptera
Saltatoria (with remarks on the Geographical Distri-
bution of Dermaptera). Pp. 811-850; 43; 116.
[With Alphabetical Indexes.] 1870, 8vo. 6s.

Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. By W. F. Kirby :—

Vol. I. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria, et Gres-
soria. (Forficulide, Hemimeride, Blattide, Mantide,
Phasmide.) Pp. x., 501. [With Index.] 1904,
8vo. 10s.

Vol. II. Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetide et
Phasgonuride.) Pp. viii., 562. [With Index.] 1906,
8vo. lds.

Hemipterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in
the Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker,
E.LS., &c. 8vo. :—

PartIV. Pp. 211. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1871. 6s.
Part V. Pp. 202. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1872. 5s.
Part VI. Pp. 210. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. 5s.
Part Vil. Pp. 213. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. 6s.
Part VIII. Pp. 220. [With Alphabetical Index. ] ae 3.

6s. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 17

Homopterous Insects.

A Synonymic Catalogue of Homoptera. Part I. Cicadide.
By W. L. Distant. Pp, 207. [Index.] 1906, Svo. 5s.

VERMES.

Catnoeus of the Species of Bates, or Intestinal: Worms,
contained in the Collection of the British Museum. By
Dr. Baird. Pp. iv., 132. 2 Plates. [With an Index of
the Animals in which the Entozoa mentioned in the
Catalogue are found, and an Index of Genera and
Species.] 1853, 12mo. 2s.

ANTHOZOA.

Catalogue of Sea-pens or Pennatulariidz in the Collection of
the British Museum. By J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &e. Pp. iv.,
40. 2 Woodeuts. 1870, 8vo. Is. 6d.

Catalogue of Lithophytes or Stony Corals in the Collection
of the British Museum. By J. EH. Gray, F.R.S., &c.
Pp. iv., 51. 14 Woodcuts. 1870, Svo. 3s.

Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British
Museum (Natural History) :—

Vol. I. The Genus Madrepora. By George Brook.
Pp. xi., 212. 35 Collotype Plates. [With Systematic
and Alphabetical Indexes, and Explanation of the
Plates.] 1893, 4to. 10. 4s.

Vol. Il. The Genus Turbinaria; the Genus Astreeopora.
By Henry M. Bernard, M.A. Cantab., F.L.8., ¥.Z.8.
Pp. iv., 106. 30 Collotype and 3 Lithographic Plates.
[With Index of Generic and Specific Names, and
Explanation of the Plates.] 1896, 4to. 18s.

Vol. III. The Genus Montipora; the Genus Anacro-
pora. By Henry M. Bernard, M.A., &c. Pp. vii., 192.
30 Collotype and 4 Lithographic Plates. [With Syste-
matic Index, Index of Generic and Specific Names,
and Explanation of the Plates.] 1897, 4to. 1/. 4s.

Vol. IV. The Family Poritide. I.—The Genus
Goniopora.’ By Henry M. Bernard, M.A. Pp. viii.,
206. 12 Collotype and 4 Lithographic Plates. [With
Index of Generic and Specific Names, and Explanation
of the Plates.] 1903, 4to. 1d.

Vol. V. The Family Poritide. I1.—The Genus Porites.
Part I.—Porites of the Indo-Pacific Region. By
Henry M. Bernard, M.A. Pp. vi., 303. 35 Plates.
[ With Index of Generic and Specific Names and
Explanation of the Plates.] ‘1905, 4to. £1 15s.

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Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British
Museum—continued.

Vol. VI. The Family Poritide. I1.—The Genus Porites.
Part II.—Porites of the Atlantic and West Indies, with
the European Fossil Forms. The Genus Goniopora,
a supplement to Vol.IV. By Henry M. Bernard, M.A.
Pp. vi. 173. 16 Collotype and 1 Lithographic Plates.
[With Index of Generic and Specific Names, and
Explanation of the Plates.] 1906, 4to. £1.

BRITISH ANIMALS.

Catalogue of British Birds in the Collection of the British
Museum. By George Robert Gray, F.L.8., F.Z.S., &c.
Pp. xii., 248. [Witha List of Species.] 1863, 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Catalogue of British Hymenoptera in the Collection of the
British Museum. Second edition. Part I. Andrenide
and Apide. By Frederick Smith, M.E.S. New issue.
Pp. xi., 236. 11 Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-
betical Index. 1891, 8vo. 6s.

Catalogue of British Fossorial Hymenoptera, Formicide, and
Vespidze in the Collection of the British Museum. By
Frederick Smith, V.P.H.S. Pp. 236. 6 Plates. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 1858, 12mo. 6s.

Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies, with notes by
Ernest Edward Austen, Assistant, Department of Zoology,
British Museum (N.H.). Pp. 74. 34 Coloured Plates.
1906, roy. 8vo. £1 ds.

A Catalogue of the British Non-parasitical Worms in the
Collection of the British Museum. By George Johnston,
M.D., Edin., F.R.C.L., Ed., Lu.D., Marischal Coll., Aber-
deen, &c. Pp. 365. Woodcuts and 24 Plates. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 1865, 8vo. 7s.

Catalogue of the British Echinoderms in the British Museum
(Natural History). By F.Jeffrey Bell, M.A. Pp. xvii., 202.
Woodcuts and 16 Plates (2 Coloured). [With Table of
Contents, Tables of Distribution, Alphabetical Index,
Description of the Plates, &c.] 1892, 8vo. 12s. 6d.

List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection
of the British Museum ; with Synonyma and References
to figures. 12mo.:—

Part V. Lepidoptera. By J. F. Stephens. 2nd Edition.
Revised by H. T. Stainton and EK. Shepherd. Pp. iv.,
224. 1856. 1s. 9d.

Part VI. Hymenoptera. By F.Smith. Pp.134. 1851. 2s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 19

List of the Specimens of British Animais in the Collection
of the British Museum—continued.

Part VII. Mollusca, Acephala and Brachiopoda. By
Dr. J. E. Gray. Pp. iv., 167. 1851. 3s. 6d.

Part VIII. Fish. By Adam White. Pp. xxiii., 164.
(With Index and List of Donors.) 1851. 3s. 6d.

Part IX. Eggs of British Birds. By George Robert
Gray. Pp. 148. 1852. 2s. 6d.

Part XI. Anoplura, or Parasitic Insects. By H. Denny.
Ppiniveoley 8o2 aN ils.

Part XII. Lepidoptera (continued). By James F.
Stephens. Pp. iv., 54. 1852. 9d.

Part XIII. Nomenclature of Hymenoptera: By
Frederick Smith. Pp. iv., 74. 1853. Is. 4d.

Part XIV. Nomenclature of Neuroptera. By Adam
White. Pp. iv.,16. 1853. 6d.

Part XV. Nomenclature of Diptera, I. By Adam
White. Pp. iv., 42. 1853. Is.

Part XVI. Lepidoptera (completed). By H.T. Stainton.
Pp. 199. [With an Index.] 1854. 3s.

PLANTS.

Ulustrations of Australian Plants collected in 1770 during
Captain Cook’s Voyage round the World in H.M.S.
“ Hndeavour.” By the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks,
Bart., K.B., P.R.S., and Dr. Daniel Solander, F.R.S.
[Being a series of lithographic reproductions of copper-
plates engraved after paintings by IF’. P. Nodder, James
Miller, J. F. Miller, and John Cleveley.] With Introduc-
tion and Determinations by James Britten, F.L.S., Senior
Assistant, Department of Botany, British Museum :—

Part I.—101 Plates, with 31 pages of descriptive text.
1900, fol. £1 5s.

Part IJ.—142 Plates (pls. 101-243), with 41 pages of
descriptive text (pp. 35-75). 1901, fol. £1 15s.

Part I11.—77 Plates (pls. 244-318, 45a, and 122), with
26 pages of descriptive text, including Index to the
whole work (pp. 77-102), and 3maps. 1905, fol. £1 5s.

Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich
Welwitsch in 1853-61 :—
Vol. I. Dicotyledons. By William Philip Hiern, M.A.,
F.L.S., &e. -— i
Part I. [Ranunculacee to Rhizophoraceze.|] Pp.
xxvi., 336. [With Portrait of Dr. Welwitsch.
Introduction, Bibliography, and Index of Genera. ]
1896, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

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Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich
Welwitsch in 1853-61—continued.

Vol. l.—continiued.

Part II. Combretacez to Rubiacez. Pp.. 337-510.
[With Index of Genera.] 1898, 8vo. 4s. —

Part III. Dipsacee to Scrophulariacee.. Pp. 511—
784. [With Index of Genera.] 1898, 8vo. 5s.

Part IV. Lentibulariaces to Ceratophyllez. ‘Pp. 785-
1035. [With Index.] 1900, 8vo. 5s. ~

Vol. IT. Monocotyledons, Gymnosperms, and Crypto-
gams :—

Part I. Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms. By
Alfred Barton Rendle, M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S., Assis-
tant, Department of Botany. Pp. 260. [With
Index of Genera.| 1899, 8vo. 6s. .

Part Il. Cryptogamia. Pp. 261-566. [With Table
of Errata, and General Index to the whole work. ]
1901, 8vo. 6s.

Vascular Cryptogams ... By William Carruthers, F.R.S.

Mosses ae ea ... ,, Antony Gepp, M.A., F.L.S.

Hepatics ... Soh .- 5, EF. Stephani.

Marine Algze wee -» 5, Wthel 8. Barton.

Freshwater Alge ... ... ,, W. West, F.L.S., and G. S.
West, B.A.

Diatomacez Joe .-- 5, Lhomas Comber, F.L.S.

Lichenes ... ss 5o5 ay Bb wg \Wieubontoy,

Fungi eee .. 5, Annie Lorrain Smith.

Mycetozoa ... oe ... ., Arthur Lister, F.R.S.

Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes: a Descriptive
Catalogue of the Drawings and Specimens in the Depart-
ment of Botany, British Museum. By Worthington George
Smith, F.L.S. Pp. 531. 5 Plates and 145 Figures in
Text. [With Index.] 1908, 8vo. 10s. ;

A Monograph of Lichens found in Britain : being a Descrip-
tive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the
British Museum. By the Rev. James M. Crombie, M.A.,
¥.L.S., F.G.8S., &c. Part I. Pp. viii., 519 : 74 Woodcuis.
[With Glossary, Synopsis, Tabular Conspectus, and Index. ]
1894, 8vo. 16s.

List of British Diatomacez in the Collection of the British
Museum. By the Rev. W. Smith, F.L.S., &e. Pp. iv., 55.
1859, 12mo. Is. 7

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FOSSILS.

Catalogue of the tossil Mammalia in the British Museum
(Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A., F.G.S.:—

Part I. Containing the Orders Primates, Chiroptera,
Insectivora, Carnivora, and Rodentia. Pp. xxx., 268.
33 Woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical
Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 5s.

Part II. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder
Artiodactyla. Pp. xxii., 324. 39 Woodecuts. [With
Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 6s.

Part III. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborders
Perissodactyla, Toxodontia, Condylarthra, and Ambly-
poda. Pp.xvi.,186. 30 Woodcuts. [With Systematic
Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species,
including Synonyms.] 1886, 8vo. 4s.

Part IV. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder
Proboscidea. Pp. xxiv., 235. 33 Woodcuts. [With
Systematic Index, and Alphabetical index of Genera
and Species, including Synonyms.]| 1886, 8vo. 5s.

Part V. Containing the Group Tillodontia, the Orders
Sirenia, Cetacea, Edentata, Marsupialia, Monotremata,
and Supplement. Pp. xxxv., 345. 55 Woodcuts.
[With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of
Generaand Species, including Synonyms. | 1887, Svo. 6s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Birds in the British Museum (Natural
History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A. Pp. xxvii., 368.
75 Woodeuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical
Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1891,
8vo. 10s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the Britisk
Museum (Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A.,
F.G.S. :— .

Part.I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia,
Dinosauria, Squamata, Rbynchocephalia, and Pro-
terosauria. Pp. xxviii., 309. 69 Woodcuts. [With
Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera
and Species, including Synonyms.] 18885, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part II. Containing the Orders Ichthyopterygia and
Sauropterygia. Pp. xxi., 307. 85 Woodcuts. [With
Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera
and Species, incluving Synonyms.] 1889, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part III. Containing the Order Chelonia. Pp. xviii.,
239. 53 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and
Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including
Synonyms.] 1889, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

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Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British
Museum—continued. .
Part IV. Containing the Orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata,
Caudata, and Labyrinthodontia; and Supplement.
Pp. xxiii, 295. 66 Woodcuts. [With Systematic
Index, Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species,
including Synonyms, and Alphabetical Index of Genera
and Species to the entire work.] 1890, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural
History). By Arthur Smith Woodward, LL.D., #.R.S.,
F.G.S., &¢. :—

Part I. Containing the Hlasmobranchii. Pp. xlvii.,
474. 13 Woodcutsand 17 Plates. [With Alphabetical
Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species. |
1889, 8vo. 21s.

Part Il. Containing the Elasmobranchii (Acanthodii),
Holocephali, Ichthyodorulites, Ostracodermi, Dipnoi,
and Teleostomi (Crossopterygii and Chondrostean
Actinopterygii). Pp. xliv., 567. 58 Woodeuts and
16 Plates. [With Alphabetical index, and Systematic
Index of Generaand Species.] 1891, 'Svo. is.

Part III. Containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi
of the Orders Chondrostei (concluded), Protospondyli,
Aetheospondyli, and Isospondyli (in part). Pp. xlii.,
044. 45 Woodcuts and 18 Plates. [With Alphabetical
Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species. ]
1895, 8vo. 2is.

Part IV. Containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi of
the Suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi,
Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii,
and Anacanthini. Pp. xxxix., 636. 22 Woodcuts
and 19 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and
Systematic Index of Genera and Species.] 1901,
8vo. 21s.

A doseripiive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of he
Faytim, Egypt. Based on the Collection of the Egyptian
Government in the Geological Museum, Cairo, and on the
Collection in the British Museum (Natural History),
London. By C. W. Andrews, D.Sc. Pp. xxxvii., 324:
98 Text Figures and 26 Plates. [With Systematic and
Alphabetical Indexes.] 1906, 4to. 1/. 15s.

Systematic List of the Edwards Collection of British Oligocene
and Hocene Moilusca in the British Museum (Natural
History), with references to the type-specimens from
similar horizons contained in other collections belonging
to the Geological Department of the Museum. By Richard
Bullen Newton, F.G.S. Pp. xxviii., 365. [With table of
Families and Genera, Bibliography, Correlation-table,
Appendix, and Alphabetical Index.] 1891, 8vo. 6s,

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 23

Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology,
British Museum (Natural History). Part I. The Austra-
lasian Tertiary Mollusca. By George F. Harris, F.G.S., &c.

_ Pp. xxvi.,407. 8 Plates. [ With Table of Families, Genera,
and Sub-Gener a, and Index.] 1897, 8vo. 10s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum
(Natural History) :—

-Part I. Containing part of the Suborder Nautiloidea, con-
sisting of the families Orthoceratide, Endoceratide,
Actinoceratide, Gomphoceratide, Ascoceratide,
'Poterioceratidz, Cyrtoceratide, and Supplement. By
Arthur H. Foord, F.G.S. Pp. xxxi., 344. 51 Woodcuts.
[ With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of

' Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1888,
dvo. 10s. 6d.

Part JI. Containing the remainder of the Suborder
Nautiloidea, consisting of the families Lituitide,
Trochoceratidz, Nautilide, and Supplement. By
Arthur H. Foord, ¥.G.S. Pp. xxviii., 407. 86 Wood-
cuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical
Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms. |
1891, 8vo. 15s.

Part III. Containing the Bactritide, and part of the
Suborder Ammonoidea. By Arthur H. Foord, Ph.D.
F.G.8., and George Charles Crick, A.R.S.M., F.G.S.
Pp. xxxiii., 303. 146 Woodcuts. [With Systematic
Index of Genera and Species, and Alphabetical Index. |
1897, Svo. 12s. 6d.

List of the Types and Figured Specimens of Fossil Cephalopoda
in the British Museum (Natural History). By G.C. Crick,
¥.G.8. Pp. 103. [With Index.] 1898, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

A Catalogue of British Fossil Crustacea, with their Synonyma
and the Range in Time of each Genus and Order. By
Henry Woodward, F.R.S. Pp. xil., 155. [With an
Alphabetical Index.] 1877, 8vo. 5s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of
Geology, British Museum (Natural History) :—
The Jurassic Bryozoa. By J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.G.S.,
¥.Z.8. Pp. [viii.,] 239 : 22 Woodcuts and 11 Plates.
[ With List of Species and Distribution, Bibliography,
Index, and Explanation of Plates.] 1896, 8vo. 10s.

The Cretaceous Bryozoa. Vol. I. By J. W. Gregory,
D.Se., F.G.S., F.Z.S. Pp. xiv. 457: 64 Woodeuts
and 17 Plates. [With Index and Explanation of
Plates.] 1899, 5vo. 16s.

24 | LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Blastoidea in the Geological Department of
the British Museum (Natural History), with an account of
the morphology and systematic position of the group, and

‘a revision of the genera and species. By Robert Etheridge,
jun., of the Department of Geology, British Museum
(Natural History), and P. Herbert Carpenter, D.Sc., F.R.S.,
¥.L.S. (of Eton College). Pp. xv.,322. 20 Plates. [With
Preface by Dr. H. Woodward, Table of Contents, General
Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 1886 4to. 25s.

The Genera and Species of Blastoidea, with a List of the
Specimens in the British Museum (Natural History). By
F. A. Bather, M.A., F.G.S., of the Geological Department.
Pp... (0h Wioodcuts)) 1899s 8ivonas.

Catalogue of the Palzozoic Plants in the Department of
Geology and Paleontology, British Museum (Natural
History). By Robert Kidston, F.G.8. Pp. viii., 288.
[With a list of works quoted, and an Index.] 1886,
Svo, 9S.

Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of
Geology, British Museum (Natural History). By
A. C. Seward, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., University Lecturer
in Botany and Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge :—

Part I. The Wealden Flora. Part I. Thallophyta—
Pteridophyta. Pp. xxxviii., 179. 17 Woodcuts and
11 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, Explanations
of the Plates, &c.] 1894, 8vo. 10s.

Part IJ. The Wealden Flora. Part II. Gymnosperme.
Pp. viii., 259. 9 Woodeuts and 20 Plates. [With
Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates, &.]
1895, 8vo. 15s.

Part ITI. The Jurassic Flora. Part I. The Yorkshire
Coast. Pp. xii., 341. 53 Woodcuts and 21 Plates.
[ With Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates,
&e.] 1900, 8vo. 20s.

Part IV. The Jurassic Flora. II.—lLiassic and
Oolitic Floras of England (excluding the Inferior
Oolite Plants of the Yorkshire Coast). Pp. xv., 192.
20 Woodcuts and 13 Plates. [With Alphabetical
Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 1904, 8vo. 10s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Plants of the Glossopteris Flora in
the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural
History). Being a Monograph of the Permo-carboniferous
Flora of India and the Southern Hemisphere. By HE. A.
Newell Arber, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. Pp. Ixxiv., 255: 951
Text-Figures and 8 Plates. [With Bibliography and
Alphabetical Index.] 1905, 8vo. 12s. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 25

GUIDE-BOOKS, ETc.

A General Guide to the British Museum (Natural History),
Cromwell Road, London, S.W. 11th Edition. With
58 woodcuts, 2 plans, 2 views of the building, and an
illustrated cover. Pp. 125. 1906, 8vo. 3d.

Guide to the Specimens illustrating the Races of Mankind
(Anthropology), exhibited in the Department of Zoology,
British Museum (Natural History). [By R. Lydekker,
F.R.S.] Illustrated by 16 Figures. Pp.31. 1908, 8vo. 4d.

Guide to the Galleries of Mammals (other than Ungulates)
in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum
(Natural History). 8th Edition. Pp. 101. 52 Woodcuts
and 4 plans. |Index.] 1906, 8vo. 6d.

Guide to the Great Game Animals (Ungulata) in the Depart-
ment of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). Pp.
93. 53 Text and other figures. With list of Horns,
Antlers and Tusks, and Index. 1907, 8vo. Is.

Guide to the Elephants (Recent and Fossil) exhibited in
the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the British
Museum (Natural History). [By Dr. C. W. Andrews,
F.R.S.] Illustrated by 31 text-figures. Pp. 46. 1908,
8vo. 6d.

Guide to the Specimens of the Horse Family (Hquide)
exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British Museum
(Natural History). [By R. Lydekker, F.R.S.] Pp. 42.
26 Figures. 1907, 8vo. Is.

Guide to the Domesticated Animals (other than Horses)
exhibited in the Central and North Halls of the British

. Museum (Natural History). [By R. Lydekker, F.R.S.]
Illustrated by 24 Figures. Pp.55. [With table of Contents, .
List of Illustrations, and Index.] 1908, 8vo. 6d.

Guide to the Whales, Porpoises, and Dolphins (order Cetacea)
exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British Museum
(Natural History). {By R. Lydekker, F.R.S.] Llustrated
by 33 Figures. Pp. 47. | With Index.] 1909, Svo. 4d.

Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the Department of Zoology
of the British Museum (Natural History). [By W. R.
Ogilvie Grant.] Pp. iv., 228. 24 Plates, and 7 Illustra-
tions in text. (With Index.] 1905, 4to. 2s. 6d.

Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the Department of Zoology,
British Museum (Natural History). Part I. General
Series. [By W. R. Ogilvie Grant.] Pp. 149. [With Index. ]
1905, 4to. 6d.

Guide to the Nesting Series of British Birds. Being
Part II. of the Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the
Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History).
[By W. R. Ogilvie Grant.] Pp. 62. 4 Plates. {Index.]
1905, 4to. 4d.

26 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Guide to the Gallery of Reptilia and Amphibia in the
Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural
' History). (By tt. Lydekker, F.R.S.]. ‘Illustrated by-
76 text and other Figures. Pp. iv., 7d. [ With Table of
Contents.| 1906, 8vo. 6d.

Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology
of the British Museum (Nattfral History). [By Dr. W. G.
Ridewood.] Illustrated by 96 Figures. Pp. v., 209.
[With Preface by Sir H...Ray Lankester, Table _ of
Classification, and Index.] 1908, 8vo. 1s.

Guide to the exhibited Series. of Insects, Zoological Derate
ment (Insect Section), British Museum ( Natural History).
By C. O. Waterhouse,,..» Pp.57 :; 62 text and full-page
Illustrations. [With Table of Contents and Index. ]

_ 1908, 8vo. ds.

Guide to the Sheli and Starfish Galleries (Mollusca, Polyzoa,
Brachiopoda, 'Tunicata, Echinoderma, and Worms).
» Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History).
Fifth Edition. Pp. iv., 133. ..125 Woodcuts, Plan and
Indexes. 1908, 8vo. 6d.

Guide to the Coral Gallery (Protozoa, Porifera or Sponges,
Hydrozoa, and Anthozoa) in the Department of Zoology,
Pon Museum (Naiural History). Second Edition.

[iv., 8] 73. 90 peat Plan and Index.
“ad07, Svo. Ls.

A Guide to the Fossil Moanials and Birds in the Department
-of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum
(Natural History). Ninth Edition. [By A. 8. Woodward,
-GILD., -FUR:S.)' Pp. xvi., L006 Plates; 88 Woodcuts.
[ With List of Ulustrations, Table of Stratified Rocks, and
Index.] 1909, 8vo. 6d.

A Guide to the Fossil Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fishes in

the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the

British Museum (Natural History). 8th Hdition. | [By

A. 8. Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S.] Pp. xviii. 110. 8 Plates

and 116 Text- Figures. [With List of Illustrations, Geo-
~ logical Time- Scale and Index.] 1905, Svo. 6d.

A Guide to the Fossil Invertebrate Animals in the Depart-
_ment of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum
(Natural History). [By F. A. Bather, D.Sc.]» Pp, ix.,
182. 7 Plates and 96 Text-Figures. [With List of

~ Illustrations, Geological Time-scale, and Index.]. 1907,
&vo. 1s. .

List of British Seed-plants:and Ferns. exhibited in the
Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History).
With table of Sequence of Orders, and Index of Genera.
Pp. 44. 1907, 8vo. 4d. ee,

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). at

Guide to Sowerby’s Models of British Fungi in the De-

. partment of Botany, British Museum (Natural History).
Second Edition, revised. By Worthington G. Smith, F.L:S.
Pp. 85. 91 Woodcuts. With Table of Diagnostic Characters,
Glossary, and Index. 1908, 8vo. 4d.

Guide to the British Mycetozoa exhibited in the Department
of Botany, British Museum (Natural History). [By Arthur
Lister, F.R.S.] Third Edition, revised. Pp. 49. 46

--Woodcuts. Index. 1909, 8vo. 3d.

A Guide to the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum

» (Natural History). 10th Edition. [By L. Fletcher, M.A.,

(HARES aly apy oc. a lanes LIONS cosa:

The Student’s Index to the Collection of Minerals, British

~ Museum (Natural History). 23rd Edition. [By L. Fletcher,
MEA irr Suly a paaou \Vithieal Plant of: them Mimerall

Gallery. 1908, 8vo. 2d.

An Introduction to the Study of Minerals, with a. Gude to
the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum (Natural
History). By L. Pletcher, M/A.,’F.R.S. 12th Edition.
Pp. 123. 41 Woodcuts. With Plan of the Mineral

_ Gallery and Index. 1908, 8vo. 6d.

An Introduction to the Study of Rocks and Guide to the
Museum Collection. Fourth Edition. By L. Fletcher,

M.A. F.R.S. Pp. 155. [With Plan of the Mineral Gallery,
Table of Contents, and Index.] 1909, 8vo. 1s.

An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites, with a List of the
Meteorites represented in the Collection. By L. Fletcher,
M.A., F.R.S., &c. Tenth Edition. Pp. 120: [With a Plan

‘of the Mineral Gallery, and an Index to the Meteorites
ae in the Collection. i 1908, 8vo. 6d.

SPHCTAL GurpEs.

No. 1.—Guide to an Exhibition of Old Natural History Books,
illustrating the origin and progress of the Biedy of
Natural Histor y up to the time of Linneus. [By B. B.
Woodward.| Pp. 27. 1905, 8vo. 3d.

No. 2.—Books and Portraits illustrating the History of Plant
Classification exhibited in the Depart tment of Botany. [By
. A.B. Rendle, M.A., D.Sc.] Pp.19. 4 Plates. 1906, 8vo. 4d.

No. 3.—Memorials of Linneus: a collection of Portraits,
Manuscripts, Specimens, and Books exhibited to com-
memorate the Bicentenary of his Birth. [By A. B.
Rendle, M.A., D.Sc.] Pp, 16.. 2 Plates. 1907, 8vo. 3d.

28 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS &C. (NATURAL HISTORY).

Handbook of Instructions for Collectors, issued by the
British Museum (Natural History). With Illustrations.
Third Edition. Pp. 144. Index. 1906, 8vo. Is. 6d.

Instructions for Collectors :—

No. 1.—Mammals. 3rd Edition. Pp. 12. Text illust.
1905, 8vo. 3d.

No. 2.—Birds. 4th Edition. Pp. 10. 5 figures in text.
1908, 8vo. 3d.

No. 3.—Reptiles, Batrachinians, and Fishes. [3rd Edition. ]
Pp. 12. 1903, &vo. 4d.

No. 4.—Insects. 4th Edition. Pp. 11. ‘Text illust.
1907, 8vo. 3d.

No. 5.—Diptera (T'wo-winged Flies). 3rd Edition. Pp 16.
Text illust. 1908, 8vo. 3d.

No. 6.—Mosquitoes (Culicide). [8rd Edition.] Pp. 8.
1 Plate, 1 figure in text. 1904, 8vo. 3d.

No. 7.—Blood-sucking Flies, Ticks, &c. By H. E. Austen.
drd Edition. Pp. 24: 13 figures in text. 1907, 8vo. 3d.

No. 8.—Spiders, Centipedes, &c. 2nd Edition. Pp. 4.
1906, 8vo. 3d. :

No. 9—Soft-bodied Invertebrate Animals; Shells of
Molluscs. [2nd Edition.] Pp. 15. 1902, 8vo. 4d.

No. 10.—Plants. [3rd Edition.] Pp. 8: 2 figures in text.
1903, 8vo. 4d.

No. 11.—Fossils and Minerals. 3rd Edition. Pp. 8.
1906, 8vo. 3d.

British Museum (Natural History),
Cromwell Road,
London, 8.W.
April 1st, 1909.

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